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710 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 36
Yesterday the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquiry, at the South Sydney Morgue, into the circumstances connected with the death of a member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, named Frederick Patrick Fisher,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday morning at the South Sydney Morgue into the circumstances surrounding the death of the young fireman, Frederick Patrick Fisher, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After our first edition went to press on Wednesday the following evidence was given:— Lydia Howe, the owner of the stationery shop, deposed that there was about £50 to her credit in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While standing on Monday with three others, near a totalisator at the Eagle Farm Racecourse, Mr. Edward Slattery, a travelling postmaster was struck at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday the remains of the late Frederick Patrick Fisher, the young fireman who was killed at the conflagration which occurred on the Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, on Monday, were interred in the Waverley…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →What was termed a "Tremendous Blood and Fire Demonstration" was held by the Salvation Army, in Sydney, on Queen's Birthday, and attracted no small amount of attention. The proceedings were commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 1113 →ALBURY, Tuesday, May.25.—About 175 firemen and visitors were,imported on Monday morning from Victoria in special cattle trucks, The Beechworth firemen, to the number of about 50, arrived, on, Sunday. The leading…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →A SERIOUS fire occurred in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, shortly before 12 o'clock on Monday night, when Frederick Patrick Fisher, 23 years of age, a member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, was killed, and four…
Continued on Trove, page 1109 →At 11.30 p.m. on Monday a fire was discovered on the premises of Mrs. Lydia Howe, a stationery and fancy goods depot, situated on the Parramatta-road, Leichhardt. The alarm was given almost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The first branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was formally established at Marrickville on Saturday, when Mr. Superintendent Bear, in the presence of Mr. Bown, chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KIAMA, Monday.--[?] and 5 o'clock on Saturday evening a destructive [?] at the residence of Mr. C. W. [?], farmer at [?]. Mrs. Craig placed a [?] on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.--A serious lire occurred in Flinders-street at the establishment of J. H. Small and Co., retail drapers and grocers, which was burnt to the ground. The store was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation of members of the Fire Brigades Board, consisting of Messrs Brown, Bear, M'Donald, Clarke and M'Coy, waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday morning. Their object was to ask that the Government would…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ALBURY, Thursday.--A fire broke out early this morning in a building, the property of Wm. Frew, in Townsend-street. Owing to the strenuous efforts of the fire brigade and the plentiful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A serious fire occurred to-night on the premises of Robert Harper and Co., tea, coffee and rice merchants, Flinders-lane East. The building where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A most destructive fire occurred in the neighbournood of Nottingham. A night watchman, about 20 minutes to 3 o'clock, noticed a light in Mr. Frank Wilkinson's Anglo-Scotian Mills, Beeston, about four miles from Nottingham…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ORANGE, Wednesday.--Another disastrous fire occurred last night. The fire-bell rung out the alarm at II o'clock, when the brigade immediately turned out and proceeded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By the burning of the Bancroft building in San Francisco the Californian public have lost the most magnificent library ever amassed in modern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A destructive fire occurred last night at the residence of Thomas Lane. The whole of the house and furniture was completely destroyed. The building was…
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