Fire Brigades Board
The metropolitan aud suburban volunteer fire brigades held a meeting yesterday morning in the Town-hall, Mr. M'Guinness (Surry-hills) being in the chair. Through the Metropolitan…
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Fire in Bourke. BOURKE
A fire broke out in O'Grady's Hotel, at 11.45 a.m. By some means unknown, the door curtains were ignited to the ceiling, which was soon in flames. The fire brigade was goon on the spot with the Climax…
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Messrs. Searanke and Kirkland, electrical engineers, exhibited yesterday morning, at their premises, 62, Hunterstreet, a working model of an electric apparatus for the instantaneous transmission of an alarm of fire. The object…
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Sir,--When writing some few months since to call attention through your columns to the increased fire risks in the city in consequence of the extensive use of Oregon pine I had no…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A fire occurred this morning in Cole's Book Arcade, Bourke-street, which at one time threatened with destruction the entire building with its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TELEGRAMS. Fire in Melbourne. MELBOURNE
A fire occurred in Cole's Book Arcade to-day. It 18 supposed to have originated through charring timber let into the kitchen chimney of the adjoining hotel. The damage is estimated about £200…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Fires in Bourke-street, Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
Early this morning a fire broke out in Cole's Book Areade, Bourke-street; but fortunately the Insurance Fire Brigade was quickly in attendance, and was able to prevent what promised to be a very serious conflagration…
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An inquest was held to-day as to the cause of the fire which occurred at O'Grady's Imperial Hotel on Wednesday morning. Mr. Nevill, solicitor, watched the case for the National Insurance Company of New Zealand; Mr…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. -- An extensive tire broke out to-night at Lang and Co.'s ironmongery warehouse, a five-story building in Elizabeth-street. The fire, the origin of…
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A terrible fire broke oat during the night of January 21 at a cabinet manufactory at Belleville. It made rapid progress before the fire-engines were on the spot, and spread to the adjoining houses, which are inhabited by workpeople…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A large fire broke out in a room on the second flat of stores in Bourke-Btreet, near the corner of Elizabeth-street, known as the Bechive Clothing Warehouse. A large number of fire engines were present…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire on the Manapouri. AUCKLAND, March 2
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 15 →The Bourke Fire. BOURKE. Friday, March 5
An inquiry was held on Thursday into the cause of the fire at O'Grady's Hotel, before Mr. Daniel, coroner, and a jury. The evidence showed that the fire was seen just over the staircase in the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--A fire broke out on Saturday morning early in, the Ipswich railway workshops, where large quantities of seasoned timber were stacked in an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bourke Fire. BOURKE, Monday. March 8
The fire inquest was concluded On Saturday evening. Mrs. O'Grady, who was examined, corroborated all the previous evidence. She said she remembered that some time ago Mr. Heseler, owner of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire near Albury. ALBURY, Saturday, March 6
A large fire broke out on Friday night, on the farm premises of Mr. Hugh M'Dermott, a farmer and contractor, at Mungibereena, on the Sydney-road, about 2½ miles from Albury. It was first discovered on the…
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A fire broke out at the Government railway workshops, Ipswich, on Saturday, in a large building principally used for storing timber. The place was destroyed, and the fire was with great difficulty…
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