Fire at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A fire broke out on the premises of N. Harle, Blane-street, last night, tut the firemen got it under before much damage was done…
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Fires
A BRICK cottage, occupied by Mr. W. Pier, situated on the Edgeware-road. Marrickville, and belonging to Mr. G. Nelson, King-street, Newtown, caught fire a few…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The miners at Rio Tiato, in the province of Andalusia, Spain, We struck work for an advance of wages. There are iron, lead and copper mines in the…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The inquest on the recent fire at Islington was concluded yesterday, and Michael Torpey, owner of the premises, was committed for trial on a…
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Sir,—I desire to direct your attention to the most absurd rates charged by the insurance companies on flour-mills, viz., 35s. per cent. on first-class risks, and 40s. on secondclass risks. A number of millers in this colony have…
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WAGGA WAGGA, This Day.--Further bush fires of a destructive character have occurred in this district. One broke out on Thursday at Boree Creek, and the…
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Reports from Urana state that two tremendous bush fires broke out on Friday near Boreo Creek and the Galore, sweeping all before them from the back of Green's gunyah to the Bullenbong. The fires subsequently came together…
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Several bush fires have occurred in the Gundagai district during last week. On Tuesday, about a mile and a half of fencing was destroyed on Baugh's run, the property of Messrs. W. Bootes and W. Egan. The neighbours…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.—Destructive bush fires are raging thronghout the country, and in the Wairarapa district alone eight homesteads have been destroyed by the devouring element…
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A destructive fire occurred in the warehouse of Mr. Collius, in High-street, Fremantle. The origin of the fire is unknown. The flames were first seen issuing from the windows. By the time assistance was…
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GUNDAGAI, This Day.--In a conversation which I had to-day with a gentleman who is in a position to speak with authority, I was informed that the losses…
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The prevalence of deatructive and fatal fires in large cities during the past few years has called forth a strong effort on the part of inventors to devise efficient means for the rescue of those…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday.—The bush fires which have been raging in different parts of the colony have been rendered much more destructive by high gales which have blown at intervals during…
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A FIRE occurred on Saturday at 37. Elizabeth-street, Woollabrs, occupied as a bootmaker's shop by Mr. W. Robins. The bed curtains and bedding in a [?]…
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MELBOUNRE, Sunday.-- A fire broke out to-night in a grocery store at Port Melbourne, occupied by a family named M'Laughlin. The occupants of the house…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A grocery store, occupied by a family named M'Laughlin, at Gladstone-place, Port Melbourne, was burnt tonight whilst the family was asleep. A child, 5…
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Sir,—A "Country Miller" in a letter to you appearing in yesterday's issue directs attention to what he considers "the most absurd rates charged by the insurance companies on flourmills, viz., 35s. per cent, on first-class, risks…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--From Learmonth comes sews that bush fires on Friday, Saturday and Sunday occurred in that neighbourhood. The area damaged…
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Serious bush tires are raging in the Wairarapa and Auckland districts, and some hundreds of square miles of forest are said to be under fire in the latter…
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Carterton this morning, resulting in the destruction of a block of buildings, comprising five shops, and the local…
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