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Sir,—The Fire Brigades Board having considered it necessary to place before the ratepayers of St. Leonards Councils a document containing reflections on the conduct of the local Fire Brigade in the matter of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A narrow escape from [?]ing burnt to death occurred to a man named [?]n Bradley at Lambton yesterday afternoon, lamp in the bedroom in which Bradley and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--Last night three fires occurred through the rain wetting three bags of quicklime. In one case the damage was £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, April 8. — News has been received from Bombay that a destructive fire occurred at Surat yesterday, by which property to the value of 25 lacs of rupees (£187,000) was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A despatch from India reports a terribly destructive fire at the city of Surat, in the Bombay Presidency. The conflagration destroyed a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, April 8.—A terrible fire broke out to-day in Savannah, a seaport city in the State of Georgia. The flames made rapid progress, and it was not until over 50 buildings, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—This morning the timber sheds of Messrs. Leithead and Cormick, on the Sydney-road, Moreland, were completely destroyed by fire. The fire was brought about by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, April 9.—News of an exciting railway adventure has been received from America, A Dakata railway train, whilst crossing a Western prairie, was overtaken by a fire which spread with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday. -- The town of Surat in the Bombay Presidency has been the scene of a great fire. A large portion of the town was destroyed and 15,000 persons have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday Night. -- A terrible fire has occurred at Savannah, a town and port in the State of Georgia, in the United States of America…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despatches from America report a destructive fire at Savannah, a port and city in the state of Georgia. Fifty buildings were burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible prairie fires are raging in the territory of Dakotah, United States Numerous casualties are reported, and many families have been rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday Night. -- A terrible prairie fire has been raging in the territory of Dakota, in the United States. A train from Nebraska entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Later accounts of the extensive fire in the city of Surat, in the Bombay Presidency, show that one-fourth of the buildings in the city have been destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, this Day.--The Lambton people are taking steps to secure recognition from the Royal Humane Society of the bravery of the little girl Bradley, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out at Blair's Hotel, Kent and Margaret streets, shortly after 12.30 p.m. on Thursday. The outbreak was occasioned by a falling spark on the shingle roof. No damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--At an early hour this morning the business promisee of T. G. Dobinson, at Bulli, together with its contents, were totally destroyed by fire, nothing of any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WOLLONGONG, Thursday.-This morning the business premises of Mr. T. G. Dobinson, at Bulli, with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire. No one resides on the premises, and how…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A fire broke out in a bedroom of the house occupied by a man named John Bradley, at Lambton, on Saturday afternoon. A lamp in the bedroom in which Bradley…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →MOLONG, April 4.—The inquest on the fire at Moss's Telegraph Hotel, Molong, which was burned on Tuesday morning, was held on Wednesday, before Mr. Kenna (coroner) and a jury of…
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