Fire at Camperdown
At about half-past 12 to-day a fire was discovered in a workshop constructed of galvanised iron, and belonging to Mr. Geo. Barr, tinsmith and galvanised…
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Albury Fire Brigade Sports
ALBURY, Monday.--The sports under the auspices of the Albury [?] Surgades were had been to-day and were the most successive, ever bronzer off in the district. The weather was…
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In accordance with an annual custom, the Newtown Volunteer Fire Brigade last night held a torehlight procession, which was sufficiently imposing to form a striking feature even among the brilliant display of fireworks which…
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The Salvation Army is nothing unless it is sensational and startling. Their proceedings are never characterised by mildness or quietude, but their wildest frenzy and enthusiasm never…
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It is the night of the Queen's Birthday. Review, and sports, and races, are all over, picnic parties have returned, sensible folks, one would say, are all home in bed,…
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A fire broke out in a shop at Parra-matta-road, Leichhardt, between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning. The Metropolitan Brigade and others were quickly on…
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At 11.30 p.m. on Monday a fire was discovered on the promises of Mrs. Lydia Howe, a stationery and fancy goods depot, situated on the Parramatta-road, Leichhardt. The alarm was given almost…
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Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in some shops on the Parramatta-road, Leichhardt. As soon as possible the alarm was given and the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following appeared in our Special Edition of yesterday. Randwick Race Meeting. Queen's Birthday Review. Sir Henry Loch's Levee. the Celebration in Melbourne. Good Tidings From Kimberley. Harriman and Edwards. the South Polar Expedition. Melbourne Hunt Club. Fire at Camperdown. Eastern Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club. Important Mining Discoveries at Marble Island
The day opened cloudy for the Birthday Meeting of the above club. The sky was overclad, and there was every sign of rain. In spite of this fact, however, a great…
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The City Coroner has decided to hold an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock, concerning the death of the fireman Fisher, and also…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A disastrous fire occurred at Collingwood to-night, resulting in the destruction of the premises of Hugo Greiben, fellmonger and tanner, in Reilly-street. A…
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Shortly before 12 o'clock on Monday night a terrible fire occurred in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, by which one brave fireman, Fisher, lost his life, and four others, named respectively Henry Wood. William Jones. William Glen,…
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The City Coroner began an exhaustive inquiry at the South Sydney Morgue this morning into the circumstances which resulted in the death of Frederick Patrick Fisher, a member of the…
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At a quarter past 12 o'clock this morning guns were heard, showing that another lire had broken out in the city. The fire was found to have originated in the…
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About 1 o'clock this morning a row of houses on the Parramatta-road, Leichardt, opposite the now arcade, were discovered to be on fire. Word was at once…
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The City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest this morning at the South Sydney Morgue concerning the death of the fireman, Frederick Patrick Fisher,…
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The fire which occurred at Leichhardt early yesterday morning (a brief account of which appeared in a portion of our last issue) appears to have been due to carelessness in the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive and Fatal Fire in Auckland. One Man Killed and Several Injured. (From the N. Z. Herald, May 15.)
At 4 o'clock yesterday morning a dicastrous fire broke out on the premises of Mr. H. Borsboom, the proprietor of a temperance hotel or boarding-house in Lower Queen-street. At the time of the outbreak there were, it is…
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This morning, at half-past 9 o'clock, in the presence of some 5000 or 6000 people, the mortal remains of the fireman, Frederick Patrick Fisher, who lost his life…
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After our first edition went to press, the following evidence was taken:—Herbert Howe, who was managing a stationery, booksellers, fancy goods, and news agency…
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