Wind, Snow and Fire
Rough weather again prevailed yesterday throughout the colony, particularly in the southern districts, snow also falling in several places. At Trunkey the fall has been…
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The Bush Fires at Jasper's Brush. Great Destruction of Farm Property. (By Telegraph.)
KIAMA, Saturday.--Further particulars to hand regarding the damage done by the fire at Jasper's Brush state that the farms of Messrs. Hannigan, Elliott, Hamilton, Kinglety,…
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A small fire broke out at about 6 a.m. on Friday at the Royal George Hotel, King and Sussex-streets. The premises, which are tenanted by Mr. George Burrowes, are owned…
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A terrible explosion occurred at Merzot's cartridge-firework manufactory in Paris. The effects of the accident were moat disastrous. Seven buildings were destroyed or seriously…
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BATHURST, Monday.--A fire occurred at Kelso about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, when an old cottage, the property of Jas. Ingersole, was burned to the ground. Only two or three…
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LONDON, Monday.--The steamer Essex, of Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons' line, from Australia bound to London, which put into Aden with her cargo on fire, landed the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The steamer Essex, of Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons' line from Australia en route to London, which put into Suez owing to a further…
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THROUGH the carelessness of a Kanaka servant, employed at the Old Government House, Parramatta, at present used as a boarding house, one of the old historic…
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Messrs. Wigram's steamship Essex, bound from Australia to Loudon, is in Sues Roads, with the cargo in both of her holds on fire…
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The fire which broke out in both holds of the steamship Essex whilst in S[?] Roads has now been extinguished…
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YESTERDAY (Tuesday) afternoon, at about a quarter to 4 o’clock, the fire-bell gave the alarm, and as the peal was continuous it was expected that a serious outbreak had…
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The steamer Essex, of Messrs. Money Wigram and Son's line, bound from Sydney and Melbourne for London, has arrived at Suez, with her cargo on fire in both holds…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At a meeting of delegates from the Newcastle fire Brigades last night, it was divided to hold a demonstration on a grand scale in…
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LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The town of Sandsvale, a Swedish seaport on the Gulf of Bothnia, has been almost destroyed by fire…
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IN the Banco Court this afternoon, argument was commenced on an application for a new trial in the care of [?] v. the Nor[?] which Union Fire insurance Co. The…
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THE newly-formed fire brigade at Ashfield met on Thursday night, at the Council chambers, to elect office-bearers for the present year, with the following result:--…
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A Denver despatch of May 14 says :--" The freight train arrived at Fountain at 2.41 a.m. It had been standing but a few minutes when the caboose and cars, the brakes of which had…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--A fire took placed at South Melbourne early this morning, by which the large premises of Henry Allan were destroyed, besides great…
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BATHURST, This Day.--Mr. Lee, P.M., held an inquiry yesterday at Kelso into the origin of the fire which destroyed a cottage and outhouse used for storage…
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Sir, At the fires which occurred on the 21st inst., in Balmain, and which were reported in your last issue. I learn that the local fire brigade were conspicuous by its absence. In one…
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