Fire at Bathurst
BATHURST, Saturday. --A fire occurred at Yarras farm yesterday, the, property of Mr Davison. A large stack of hay, a steam chaff cutter, 500 bags of chaff, tarpaulins, and a number…
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Disastrous Fire. BRISBANE
A fire broke out at the Kangaroo Point ropeworks. The fire appears to have originated among a quantity of fibre, and by strenuous exertions was confined to the portion of the building…
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A destructive fire occurred in Ipswich on Friday night. Messrs. Hancock Bros, and Salkeld's sawmill, timber yard, and railway carrirge works, with their contents, were almost totally destroyed…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.-- Serious fires were reported in the northern districts yesterday. Mr Pott's farm in kurelia was visited by a conflagration. Three hundred acres of feed, and a…
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GUNDAGAI, Monday.-- Mr Michael Ball, of Five Mile creek, had his wheat and hay stacks destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The flames were caused by navvies' fires. The damage is…
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Some alarm was created on Saturday by a report that a fire bad broken out on the Maitland Park. A Large number of people and several fire engines were quickly on the spot, when it was…
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John Fisher Cripps appeared on remand in the Water Police Court to-day, and was charged with having maliciously Ret fire to the Coffee Palace Hotel, "having well known that persons were…
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A fire occurred at Mr. Prior's farm, near Rankin's Bridge, and resulted an the loss of about 1000 bushels of wheat, which had just been formed into two stacks. The fire was caused by…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- Another large fire is reported from G[?]wer. It started in a blacksmith's shoe on the sharemarket property near the station. It quickly demons[?] and…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- About 8 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a small building in Gotha-street, Fortitude Valley, occupied by Hitchcock Brothers aa bedding and carpentry works…
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Shortly after 8 a.m. to-day an alarm of fire was sounded from the Valley station. Shortly afterward about 17 members of the fire brigade put in an appearance in the Central station. It was…
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John Fisher Cripps, on remind, was charged before Mr W. Johnson, D.S.M., at the Water Police Court, yesterday, with having maliciously set fire to a certain dwelling-house, situated at 13…
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The hearing of the case against J.F. Cripps, who is charged with having wilfully set fire to the Coffee Palace Hotel, was resumed in the Water Police Court on Tuesday afternoon, before Mr. W. Johnson…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A fire broke out tonight about 9 o'clock in a six-roomed wooden house, occupied by a family named Karrigan, at the corner of Gregory Terrace and Arthur-street…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Last night just before 11 a fire broke out in the midst of a block of houses in King street, near the Protestant Hill, resulting in toe total destruction of all the…
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Shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, a disastrous fire broke out in lower Church-street, and resulted in the total destruction of four valuable buildings and their contents. It was supposed that it was…
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The charge of arson against J. F. Cripps was was resumed yesterday, at the Water Police Court, when Mr Wise, barrister, instructed by this Crown Solicitor, appeared to prosecute, and Mr Roberts…
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The adjourned hearing of the case against John Fisher Cripps, charged with having wilfully set fire to the Coffee Palace Hotel, was proceeded with in the Water Police Court on Wednesday…
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Anothor large fire broke out here last night, just before the steamers started for Sydney. At 10 minutes to 11 o'clock the fire-ball rang our the alarm, and, as if by magic, an immense crowd of persons poured down Hunter-street…
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The adjourned hearing of the case against John Fisher Cripps, charged with having set fire to the Coffee Palace Hotel, on December 20 last, was resumed in the Water Police Court on Thursday…
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