Fire In Barrack-street
Shortly before 2 p.m. on Saturday dense volumes of smoke rising from the vicinity of Wyhyard-square denoted that a large fire was raging in the heart of the city…
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The Great Fire in Quebec. Safety of the Citadel
Quebec, Thursday evening.--The fire in the citadel bus at length been brought under control by the firemen, the magazine being untouched…
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The fire in the citadel has at length been brought under the control of the firemen. The magazine has been untouched…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Chief Secretary promised a deputation from the Fire Brigades' Association, which wailed on him to-day, asking for monetary aid from the…
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A sessional meeting of the Insurance Institute was held yesterday evening at the Royal Society's Rooms. Mr. J. C. Remington, president, occupied the chair, and there was a fairly…
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A telegram from Chicago, dated May 28, to the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, reported:— The Marquette, Mich., correspondent of the TIMES, in a dispatch announcing the cessation of forest fires,…
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The Act, just passed, which enables assignees of fire insurance policies to recover the amount assured is a short but valuable measure. According to the law as it stood, if…
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QUEBEC, July 7.—A great fire broke out here this morning, and is at the present time raging with great violence. The citadel has been destroyed. A great number of houses and immense…
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A great fire broke out here this morning, and is at the present time raging with great violence. The citadel has been destroyed. A great number of houses and immense…
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Blenheim, New Zealand, was recently visited by a fire which destroyed some twenty-six of the principal business places. It is a town of about 3500 inhabitants, and has long enjoyed the…
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BEGA, Monday.—A very destructive fire took place here about midnight on Saturday. It originated in the stables immediately at the rear of Michael M'Namara's Club Hotel in…
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About half-past 8 p.m. on Saturday, an unoccupied four-roomed weatherboard cottage, in Turren-street, Macdonaldtown, was discovered by a man named Curtin to be on fire. Before…
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A serious fire broke out at a quarter-past 12 on Sunday morning in the stables at the rear of Macnamura's Club Hotel, Carp-street. Both buildings were of wood. The stables and other outbuildings, together with a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coroner's Inquests. Fire in Sussex-street
The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, held an investigation yesterday morning at the Royal Standard Hotel, Sussex-street, into the circumstances connected with a fire which occurred at No. 22, Sussex-street, on Moren 13th last…
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At the Royal Standard Hotel, Sussex-street north, yesterday morning, the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, instituted an inquiry into the origin of the fire which occurred on the…
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The City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest on Tuesday at the Royal Standard Hotel, Sussex-street, touching the origin of a fire which occurred at No. 22, Sussex-street…
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A fire broke out this morning about a quarter past 2 o'clock, on the premises occupied by Cornelius Kean,' grocer, 13, Abercrombie-street, Redfern. Alarm was as once given, and…
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The inquest into the circumstances connected with the fire at 22, Sussex-street on the 13th March last, was resumed before the City Coroner this morning. Mr. F. B. Freehill appeared on…
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The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire that occurred at 22, Sussex-street, on the night of March 13, was continued before the City Coroner, yesterday morning, at the Royal Standard Hotel, Sussox-street. As before, Mr…
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GOULBURN, Thursday.--Mr. Charles Rogers to-night entertained the members of the tire brigade and presented them with a fire trumpet in recognition of their services rendered on the…
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