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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--In connection with the fire at the Albion Ironworks the loss is definitely act down at £40,000; only £6000 of which is covered by insurance, The buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ARMIDALE, Monday.-A great fire broke out at 4 o'clock this morning, when the well-know Courthouse Hotel, corner of Beardy and Dangar streets, occupied by Mrs. Leverett, was burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 8.30 a.m. yesterday a fire was diet covered to have broken out on premises situated at 25 Junction-street, Forest Lodge. The back room on the ground floor and the rooms on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Considerable consternation was caused among a large number of passengers by the southern express train, which leaves Redfern at 5.15 p.m., at Picton Lakes last evening. When the train…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Upon the arrival of the southern express train at Picton Lakes last night, the guard discovered that several of the bags containing the Melbourne portion of the 'Frisco mail were on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →APIA, January 19. -- About hair-past 12 a.m. on Wednesday, the 9th inst., the town of Apia was thrown into a great state of excitement. An alarm of fire was raised, and, on visiting the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A disastrous fire broke out in the vioinity of the Courthouse Hotel last night. It spread with alarming rapidity, and in a comparatively short while the hotel and five cottages adjoining were completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ARMIDALE, Monday. -- A disastrous fire occurred here early this morning, destroying four shops, a boarding-house and the Court, House Hotel. The fire is supposed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire was discovered at 107, Botany-street, at 10 minutes past 6 o'clock this morning in a house occupied as a private dwelling by one Mrs. Hay. Some bed and bedding was damaged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.-A fire occurred this morning, destroying a baker's shop and residence the property of Mr. F. Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, This Day.--Monday night's fire among the mail matter in the Sydney to Melbourne express was more serious. than at first imagined. It seems that 100…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--A dwelling occupied by a family named Busch was burnt to the ground this morning. The origin of the fire is not known. Fifty pound notes were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE railway commissioners have lost no time in directing an investigation to be made into the origin of the fire which occurred on the overland express…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire which broke out last night in the mail-van of the express train from Sydney to Melbourne appears to have been more destructive than was generally believed. An account was obtained on the arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALBURY, Tuesday.--Full particulars in connection with the destruction by fire of a portion of the San Francisco mails by the s.s. Zealandia, while en route by express train from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, This Day. -- The Volunteer Fire Brigades have held a meeting to protest against the decision of the Fire Insurance Companies to have nothing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Board of Inquiry, consisting of the Secretary ] for Railways (Mr.Vernon), the locomotive engineer, and the assistant traffic inspector has been appointed by the Railway Commissioners to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, This Day. -- Referring to the burning of the mail bags on the Sydney express, the HERALD says that New South Wales was responsible for the…
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