Fire in Clarence-street
Between 5 and 6 o'clock this morning the premises occupied by Armitage Wilson and William. Wallace, trading as Wallace and Co., woollen warehousemen, 201, Clarence-street, were…
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The Local Government Bill and Municipal Fire Insurance. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As the Government are expected to introduce a Local Government Bill very early in the ensuing session, I beg to suggest the inclusion in it of a Municipal Fire Insurance Fund; that is, to give the municipal bodies power…
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A fire broke out this morning on the premises occupied by Mr. Robert J. Wilson, grocer, at 147, Church-street, Camperdown. An alarm was given, and the Metropolitan Fire…
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The East Sydney Volunteer Fire Brigade, No. 5, is being reformed, and renamed Her Majesty's Theatre Fire Brigade. It will consist of thirty active members who hare seen firemen's service…
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Shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday morning an outbreak of fire was discovered on the premises occupied by Messrs. Wallace and Company, woollen manufacturers, No. 201 Clarence-Street. An alarm was given by the nightwatchman…
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The premises occupied by Messrs. Wallace woollen manufacturers, 201 Glarence-street, narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire was discovered by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire at Auckland [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Auckland
A destrictive fire occurred this morning at Edenterrace, in the suburbs of Auckland. Twenty small houses and a number of shops were destroyed. There was no water supply, and but for the assistance of 50…
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Auckland, Thursday.--A very large fire by which much valuable property was destroyed occurred at Eden terrace, a suburb of Auckland. At the time of the outbreak there was a strong…
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A short description of the now engine of the Balmain Volunteer Fire Brigade, christoned as above by Lady Carrington. last Saturday, will be interesting to our…
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A disastrous fire was discovered on Thursday morning, at a few minutes before 6 o'clock, on the premises of Messrs. Wallace and Co., woollen manufacturers, 201, Clarence-street. The firemen quickly assembled, worked…
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LONDON, August 20.—The [?] city of Montreal, an iron steamship of [?] sons register, has been burned at sea while on the voyage from New York to Queenstown. The outbreak of fire…
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GOULBURN, Saturday.--About 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in Furner Brothers' produce depot, where 30 or 40 tons of hay and a quantity of chaff, wheat and machinery were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire in New Zealand. Destruction of an Hotel. the Inmates Use Bedclothes to Escape. One Man Burned to Death. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Saturday.-- A disastrous and fatal fire occurred early this morning at the South Star Hotel, Blenheim. The conflagration must have been raging some time before it…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Holt s Reserve Hotel had a narrow escape from being burnt to the ground to-day. Sparks from the chimney ignited the roof, and in a few minutes the…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.--Mr. Richard Winter, editor of the Marlborough Times, who was injured through jumping from a window in the burning South Star Hotel at Blenheim on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Silverton. a Woman Burnt to Death. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Broken Hill
Yesterday, at about 20 minutes past midnight, a fire broke out in Sturt-street, Silverton, in a four-roomed cottage owned by Mr. Joseph Taylor, of Round Hill, and occupied by Mrs. Cottrell, wife of the New South Wales…
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About 1 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered to have broken oat on the premises occupied by Mr. P. B. Deeming. 91, Phillipstreet, as a plumbers' shop. An alarm was given…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial News. Destructive Fire at Auckland
A destructive fire occurred on the 25th ult, at Edenterrace, in the suburbs of Auckland. Twenty small houses and a number of shops were destroyed. There was no water supply, and but for the assistance of 50…
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At half-past 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a fire was discovered in a detached shed at the rear of Messrs. Gardiner and Maker's hay and corn store, 286 Sussex-street. The fire, which…
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About 1 o'clock on Saturday a fire was discovered to have broken out on the premises occupied by Mr. P. B. Deeming, 91, Phillip-street, as a plumbers' shop. An alarm was given…
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