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697 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 35
The fire in the cellars at Messrs. Norris and Son's store, Catherine-street, Forest Lodge, was burning during the whole of yesterday. The contents of the cellars comprised a large quantity of tinned meats and jams. A few cases of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--In your issue of the 11th inst, is the following:-- One very potent argument against the raising of rates as far as the soft goods merchants are concerned,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A disastrous fire occurred here this morning, by which Mr. Duffy's store and the Australian Joint Stock Bank premises were burnt to the ground, nothing being saved. The fire originated in the back of the store. The hotel adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Duffy's store and the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Nyngan, were destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. The fire broke out in the store, and rapidly spread, till the buildings were consumed…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Under the direction of the New South Wales Volunteer Fire Brigades, a demonstration of intercolonial fire brigades took place in Prince Alfred Park. Although the brigades which hare been catalogued in competition include the…
Continued on Trove, page 1060 →ON Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out at the establishment of Messrs. Norris and Sons, wine and spirit merchants and wholesale grocers, Katherine and Mitchell-streets, Forest Lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A meeting of merchants and others interested in the formation of a merchants' fire insurance corporation was held Wednesday in Chamber of Commerce. There was an attendance of about fifty gentlemen…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Gisborne correspondent of the New Zealand Times gives the following full particulars of the fire on board the steamer Wairarapa on November 1:— "Great sensation was caused when the Wairarapa steamed…
Continued on Trove, page 1035 →A disastrous fire occurred this morning by which Mr. Duffy's store and the Australian Joint Stock Bank were burnt to the ground, nothing being saved. The fire originated in the back of the store. The hotel-adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 1060 →Whatever may be the phases of Lord Carringbon's career which will secure for his lordship the appreciation of the people of this colony, there, is one thing, certain—that he will be immensely popular with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, a fire broke out at the store of Messrs. N. J. Norris and Sons, wholesale grocers, 5 and 7, Katherinestreet, Glebe. The building was owned by Mr. Norris,…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Sir, -- Your correspondent, Mr. R. H. J. Kemp, in his letter this morning, in endeavoring to prove the risk from fire in warehouses is being increased by the use of Oregon timber and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extensive bush fires are raging to the north for the last two-days. Yesterday afternoon they caught Mr. Wilson's 300 acres crop of wheat, 10 acres of which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, November 13.—News has been received here that a disastrous fire has broken out in Galveston, a seaport town in the State of Texas, and has been burning since early this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A large number of firemen from the city and suburbs assembled at Parramatta on Saturday afternoon to take part in the festivities in connection with the christening of the hose-reel belonging to the Parramatta No. 2 Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ceremony of naming the hose reel of the No. 2 Parramatta Volunteer Fire Brigade was celebrated, on Saturday afternoon, in Prince Alfred-square, in the presences of about 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEW YORK, Friday evening.—News has been received here of a disastrous fire having broken out at Galveston, a seaport town in the state of Texas. The fire has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News has been received here that a disastrous fire has broken out at Galveston, a seaport town in the State of Texas, and has been burning since early this morning. Sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Saturday evening, at about half-past 7, a fire occurred in a, draper's shop on the Parramatta-road, Petersham, occupied by Mr. Robert Cockroft. It appears that when the shop was being lighted up…
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