Fire at the Audit Office
Considerable excitement was engendered this morning shortly before 11 o'clock, when the steamer, manual, hose-reel, and fire-escape of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were seen dashing…
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Brevities. Fire in the Audit Office
Ex-King of Oude is dead. The talking shop closed early last night. Boisterous weather at Albury yesterday. News from the mines at Emmaville is…
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Yesterday afternoon a small fire occurred in premises occupied by Mr. C. Rhodes, 165, Duke-street, Woolloomooloo. Several fire brigades attended, but the neighbours had extinguished…
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A fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mrs. Catherine Rhodes, No. 165 Duke-street, Woolloomooloo, shortly after noon yesterday. The Metropolitan, Standard Brewery and…
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On Sunday night a fire broke out in Mr. Axtain's store, Grenfell. It obtained good hold of the building before it was discovered. The fire spread in less than half an hour down an entire block of buildings,…
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A telegram from Melbourne on Sunday stated:— About noon on Saturday the cargo in the hold of the iron clipper barque Mary Blundell, which recently arrived from Hamburg, and is now moored at the…
Continued on Trove, page 660 →Destructive Fire in a Chinese Camp. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Chinese camp at Ironbark, midway between Sandhurst and White Hills, was destroyed by fire this morning. The fire broke out in a hut occupied by Sin Kee and his Asiatic wife, and spread with marvellous…
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MELBOURNE.—A disastrous conflagration took place at Sandhurst yesterday, resulting in nearly the whole of the Chinese camp at Ironbark being destroyed. Before the names could be got under…
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BRISBANE, Sunday,--At an early hour on Saturday morning the night watchman discovered a fire on the iron barque Marmion, lying at Parbury, Lamb's Wharf, Eagle-street…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday,--The Chinese camp at Ironbark, Sandhurst, was almost destroyed by fire on Friday night. Fifty houses were destroyed, and over 100 Chinese rendered homeless…
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A fire broke out at about half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in a stable situate in Ferry[?]d, Glebe Point. A large quantity of straw and chaff stored therein was completely…
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The Chinese camp at Ironbark, midway between Sandhurst and White Hills, was destroyed by fire on the 23rd ult. The fire broke out in a hut occupied by Sin Kee and his Asiatic wife, and spread with marvellous…
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WOLLONGONG.—This morning a barn belonging to Captain Weston, of the illawarra Light Horse, was burned to the ground. Mr. Weston has been the victim of a diabolical system of…
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ALBURY .—The coroner, Mr. Lewis Solomon, has just received the following telegram from Walbundrie:—"A hut at Walla Walla, occupied by George Woods, his wife and wife's brother,…
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George Parker, selector on Kiamba Run, was charged with setting fire to a fence on the ran of which Alexander Smith was the lessee. The police evidence was that on Sunday, September…
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ALBURY, Tuesday.--A fatal burning case is reported from Walla Walla. A but belonging to George Woods was destroyed by fire, Woods and his wife being badly burned, A boy seven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further Particulars of the Great Fire. St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A. To Butcher, Fehon, and Co., Sydney Oct 3rd
Fire at the famous St. Louis Lager Beer Brewery got under. Damage confined to shavings in cooperage only. All hands reinstated. Large shipments of Beer forwarded to Australia…
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ALBURY.-With respect to the fatal fire at Walla Walla, Dr. Andrews, the Government medical officer, the Coroner, and Senior-sergeant M'Guffy returned from the scene of the fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire in London. [By Caple.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 6
A destructive fire has occurred at the premises of Messrs. James Shoolbred and Co., drapers and furnishers, Tottenham Court-road. The show-rooms were gutted. The damage…
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