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710 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 36
Fierco bush fires raged in the scrub adjoining the town on Saturday. The flames were only prevented from oxtonding to the town by the united efforts of numerous residents of both sexes, who used…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →ON Thursday evening a vocal and instrumental concert was given in the Town Hall the auspices of the Parramatta Volunteer Brigade, No. 2, when, doubtless owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday afternoon Messrs. F. Laesotter and Co. experimented with a novel machine for extinguishing1 fire. This fire engine has been highly spoken of, and is said to be the most superior of its…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →About a fortnight ago the Alexandria Volunteer Fire Brigade notified the board that the subsidy granted them was not sufficient to meet current expenses, and that they would disband…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large fire broke out at midnight on Thursday, in the timberyard of Messrs. C. R. Ross and Co., near the Spencer-street Railway. The fire raged with great force, and spread rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 433 →Yesterday evening, a largely-attended public meeting was held at the Town Hall for the purpose of showing sympathy with and raising funds for the widows and orphans of those who lost their lives by suffocation in the recent fire at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →AUCKLAND, Friday.--The Union Steamship Manapouri, Captain Logan, left Auckland for Melbourne via southern ports yesterday. Shortly after leaving, a lady…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after the Union Co.'s steamship Manapouri left Auckland on Thursday for Melbourne, via the southern ports, one of the passengers wished to ascertain whether one of his boxes had been placed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Steamship Company have narrowly escaped another serious disaster to one of their fleet. Shortly after the steamship Manapouri left Aucklaud yesterday for Melbourne, via the Southern ports, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In connection with the approaching fire brigades demonstration in Melbourne, Dr. Wilkinson, M.L.A., of the Globe, waited upon Mr. Lyne, Minister of Works, on Saturday, in reference to the granting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Saturday.--A seaman named Floyd, belonging to the steamer Manapouri, has died from the effects of the fumes which resulted from the recent fire on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Mr. Morris, late chief officer of the s.s. Manapouri. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and added a ruler, blaming Messrs. Elliott Bros., of Sydney, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation composed of officers of metropolitan fire brigades and accompanied by Mr. O'Sullivan, M.P., waited on Mr. Lyne, the Minister for Public Works, yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday night, at about half-past 7 o'clock, the town was alarmed by shouts of " fire." A large crowd of people rushed to the scene of the conflagration, which was the upper portion of Mr. W. Hall's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Freemasons' Hotel, kept by Mr. T. Barber, was destroyed by fire at about 4 o'clock on Monday morning. Nothing is known as to the origin of the fire. A man was arrested by the police on Monday on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Freemasons' Hotel, kept by Mr. T. Barber, was destroyed by fire about 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Nothing is known, nor can be ascertained, as to the origin of the fire. A man was arrested by the police yesterday on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The services of two surveyors and one clerk in the Survey Department in the Northern Territory are to be dispensed with. Several boats are to be sold, and a number of boatmen discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At about twenty minutes to 3 this morning a fire broke out in a grocer's shop at 68, Wellington-street, Redfern, occupied by Mrs. Jane Henderson. Portions of the fixtures and the contents, consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Some doubt as to the origin of lost night's fire has been raised and various rumours of an invidious character are abroad. An inquiry is to be called…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the representatives of the volunteer fire brigades of city and suburbs was held yesterday in the Sydney Town Hail. Captain M'Guinness, of the Sorry Hills Fire Brigade, was elected…
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