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The various correspondents of the Auckland Evening Star telegraph as follows on January 6:— Stratford.—The fires which reached the township yesterday have done damage not yet to be estimate; but at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London, December 13.—At Plymouth to-day a tenement house in Love-street, in a low, squalid neighbourhood, took fire, and a terrible calamity resulted. The flames burned rapidly and fiercely, and when the fire was at last sundued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Ernest Green wrote as follows on January 13:—Referring to the report of the meeting of the Woollahrn Council in yesterday's issue of your paper, allow me to draw attention to the letter read from Superintedent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 6 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in the Government tram work, Randwick. An alarm was given to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade from General Post-office, which had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening the tramway sheds at Randwick were discovered to be on fire. Information was immediately sent to tin Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and in the meantime…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A fire again broke out to-night in the bonded stores on the Sandridge-road, when No.3, 9 and 13 stores we completely gutted. Before the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A second large fire occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the bonded stores, owned by Mr. W. B. Jones, on the south bank of the Tarra, and three of the stores—two of which contained a large quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A second large fire occurred this afternoon at the bonded stores owned by Mr. W. B. Jones, on the south bank of the Yarra, and three of the stores—two of which contained a large quantity of kerosene—were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On Wednesday last a bush fire, which speedily assumed extensive proportions broke out near Stratford, in the Taranaki province. A telegram said:—The whole country is covered with dense smoke,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A telegram in last week's Mail tated that extensive bush fires had occurred in Victoria. From the Melbourne Argus we extract the following telegraphic particulars:— Buninyong, Tuesday.—At half past 4 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 121 →Aterrible bush fire, travelling ten. miles along the borders of the Taranaki railway line, from the direction of Normanby, enveloped the township of Stratford and descroyed about thirty houses. The fire is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Tocumwal correspondent of the Pastoral Times states that the largest bush fire known to local residents broke out at Tongaboo on Monday. January 4. It is reported that a hut was accidentally burnt, and set fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 121 →The various correspondents of the Auckland Evening Star telegraph as follows on January 6:— Stratford.—The fires which reached the township yesterday have done damage not yet to be estimated; but at the…
Continued on Trove, page 137 →About 6 o'clock Wednesday evening the tramway sheds at Randwick were discovered to be on fire. Information was immediately sent to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade,.and in the meantime…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →London, December 13.—At Plymouth to-day a tenement house in Love-street, in a low, squalid neighbourhood, took fire, and a terrible calamity resulted. The flames burned rapidly and fiercely, and when the fire was at last subdued…
Continued on Trove, page 125 →THE annual meeting of No. 2 Fire; Brigade took place at the Engine Station, Market-street, on Friday evening, 8th instant. Superintendent E. J. Love presided, and there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We acknowledge with thanks from kind friends the following sums towards replacing Pastor Chiniquy's book which was destroyed by papists setting fire to the Printing Office :…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A second large fire occurred this afternoon at the bonded stores owned by Mr. W. B. Jones, on the south bank of the Yarra, and three of the stores—two of which contained a large quantity of kerosene—were…
Continued on Trove, page 143 →At about a quarter to 10 o'clock this morning a fire broke oat in Pitt-street in a large lock of buildings belonging' to Mr. John Robertson, coachb[?]der The fixe is supposed to have originated in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New York, November 23.—The accidental upsetting of a kerosene lamp in the rooms of Otto Matsbeck, on the third floor of the five-storey tenement, 404, East Sixty-fourth-street early this morning, was the signal for…
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