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The inquiry into the origin of the fire which occurred at the Governor Denison Hotel, Kent and Erskine streets, on the morning of the 21st ult., was resumed and concluded before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last April the Minister for Mines received a communication with reference to the prevention of bush fires from Mr. P. R. Brett, inspector of stock at Urana. Mr. Brett reported that the following plans…
Continued on Trove, page 1159 →TAMWORTH, May 25.—A large and destructive fire occurred in West Tamworth between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning. It originated in Jeffries's Hotel, which was burned to the ground in a short…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Volunteer Fire Brigades International Centennial Carnival and Exhibition, was opened on the night of the 23rd, by a grand torohlight procession through Sydney. The length of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Not the least amongst the many holiday attractions of the past week has been the New South Wales Volunteer Fire Brigades' Intercolonial Centennial Carnival and Exhibition, which was held on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1194 →YOU remember, I hope, that besides the water and the air that helped to fashion our beautiful earth out of the globe of rock covered by a heated ocean which existed in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday last Mr. J. E. Bowden, coroner, Parramatta, held an inquest at Tregeare, the residence of Mr. J. K. Lethbridge, J. P., touching a fire which took place there on the night of May 20th or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamship Selembria, of the Colonial Union line, has arrived from New Zealand. During the voyage the Selembria put into Monte Video, owing to a fire having broken…
Continued on Trove, page 1166 →ABOUT 10.15 p.m. yesterdays fire occurred on the premises of the Blue Bell Hotel 67, Phillip-street, caused, it is supposed, by the careless use of a candle. A space…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, This Day.--The stables and outbuildings on Mr. Wilbernott's farm, on the Nudgee-road, were destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A well-known criminal named Butcher Ryan, in company with another man, was robbing a man early this morning when Constable Nicholson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning Constable Nicholson's attention was drawn to a scuffle taking place in Little bourke-street. Two men ad a third upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PENRITH, Tuesday.--A valuable property at Denshevid, occupied by Mr. H. Goldfinch, had a narrow escape from being totally destroyed by fire last night. About midnight a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PENRITH, This Day.--The premises occupied by Mr. Goldfinch were partially destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The smell of smoke awoke the servant girl,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Governor, with his daughter and niece, Miss Deverell, inspected the stations of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Governor, with his daughter and nice. Miss. Deverell, inspected the stations of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PENRITH, This Day.--The premises occupied by Mr. Goldfinch were partially destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The small of smoke awoke the servant girl…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Tuesday Night.--News has been received of a terrible fire at Rookwood, Texas, North America. The fire broke out in an hotel during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARKES, Thursday.--On Tuesday night a shed and about 80 tons of hay and chaff were destroyed, the property of a man named Fisher. The damage is estimated at £300. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Volunteer Fire Brigades of this and the adjoining colonies of Victoria and Queensland held a Centennial Carnival in Sydney extending over six days, from Thursday, May 23, to Monday, May 28, inclusive. Preparations had…
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