South Australia. Letters from the Fire
ADELAIDE, Thia Day. -- Fifteen bags of letters and five bags of papers, being portion of the mails injured in the mail train which took fire between Sydney and…
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Narrow Escape from a Serious Fire
FORBES, Thia Day. -- At a quarter to 12 last night the fire bell rang out an alarm, when it was found that the bed curtains in a bedroom of Wallett's Hotel had caught fire…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A largely attended meeting of delegates of the Volunteer Fire Brigades was held in the Town-hall to-day to protest against the boycott of the insurance…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-A serious fire occurred in High-street, Sandhurst, this morning. A grocer's shop, belonging to Mrs. Hall, was completely destroyed. The intensity of…
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COOMA, Thursday.--Fullwood, the residence of W. W. Beattie, Rocky Plain, was entirely destroyed by lire last night. Mr. Beattie was away from home, but part of the family, while in…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.-A largely attended meeting of the National Fire Brigades' Association was held on Wednesday afternoon, and resolutions were carried pledging the association…
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Sir,—I am sorry your correspondents on the above subject did not do the inventer of the alarm recently described in your columns the justice of inspecting it before questioning its novelty, because it is neither a…
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At a few minutes past 3 a.m. on Friday a weatherboard shed at the rear of a house occupied by Joseph Edwards, general dealer, Alexander-street, Alexandria, was discovered to be on fire…
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At about 11.30 p.m. on the 8th a fire broke out at the engineering works of Eobison Bros., Campbell, and Sons, Limited, on the south bank of the Yarra, eastward of the lower swing basin, where timber…
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CONDOBOLIN, This Day. -- A groat lire occurred here last night. Six buildings were entirely demolished, as well as a portion of the A.J.S. Bank. The places burnt were…
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ARMIDALE, Monday.—A great fire broke out at 4 o'clock thia morning, when the well-known Courthouse Hotel, corner of Beardy and Dangar streets, occupied by Mrs. Leverett, was burned to…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday. -During the performance of the Christy Minstrels at the[?] House Friday night one of the flies caught [?] The audience were very much alarmed [?]…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Armidale early on Monday morning, destroying four shops, a boarding-house, and the Court House Hotel. The fire is supposed to have broken out at the cast end of…
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MURRUMBURRAH, Saturday.-News has reached town that the public school at Cunningar, about five miles from here, was burnt down on Friday night. No particulars are yet to…
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Our Albury correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday :—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…
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The evictions on the Olphert estate were com-menced on Wednesday (says a Dublin paper, Jan. 5) with 150 police, and a company of 80 of the 60th Rifles proceeded to Falcarragh. They…
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COOMA, Friday.-The residence of Mr. W. W. Beattie, Rocky Plain, was entirely destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Mr. Beattie was away from home, but part of the family, while in the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--During the performance of the Christy Minstrels at the Opera House to-night one of the flies caught fire. The audience were very much alarmed, but a…
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