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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Chief Secretary has received a report from the Central Board of Health with reference to the rider added by the jury at the inquest concerning the Bijou…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BY the recent fire in Surat 3000 houses have been destroyed, and 25,000 people are homeless. According to the TIMES correspondent, the water supply was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Sunday night, 26th May, a fire occurred in a tailor's shop and dwelling, No. 127, Regent-street, Redfern. The front shop and contents were burnt out, and the remainder of the building severely damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 1144 →FORBES, May 24.—At a meeting of the Fire Brigades Board, held on Tuesday, a letter from the Colonial Secretary's Office was read, stating that the Government subsidy to coimtry fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →WILCANNIA, Tuesday. — The Black Horse Brewery, a large galvanised iron building which has been unoccupied for a considerable time, was on Sunday morning discovered to be on fire. At…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →WOLLONGONG, Thursday. -- A fire broke out at the store of Messrs. Pickering and Davidson, at Mount Kembla, at about 9 o'clock last night, the amount of damage done being estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tha earliest mention of fire eaters in England is to be found in Sir Henry Walton[?] corrospondence under date of June 3, 1633. He says;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held at the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, on Friday, relative to the death of the turncock, James M'Gaw. Deceased was 54 years of age, and a native of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest at the Coroner's Court yesterday morning relative to the death of James M'Gaw, who died at the hospital on the previous day from the effects of a fall through a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, May 26.— A demonstration of London metropolitan fire brigades was held yesterday at Whitehall. There was an immense attendance of the public, but the police arrangements were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The reserved judgment of the Court was now delivered. The action, tried before Mr. Justice Innes [?] last August, was founded on two policies of insurance, one covering…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Jane 3.-Later reports state that it is probable 25,000 persons were drowned by the bursting of the reservoir, and 800 burned at the subsequent fire at Johnstown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. Wise (instructed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, June 4.-Telegrams from New York state that twenty robbers, who were caugnt depoiling the dead from the terrible floods on the Conemangh River, have been lynched. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--The Redfern Fire Brigade having been the victims of mis-statements in the public press, we ask you to kindly insert the following:--The reason we were not in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NARRABRI, This Day.--An inquest was held yesterday afternoon on the recent fire at Kirkettle's place, Eulah Creek, when a quantity of hay and stabling eras burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Though somewhat late for an explanation of the absence of the Redfern brigade at the fire above-mentioned, we ask yon to kindly publish the following. I may say in passing that we did not intend to resort to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—The sad disclosures made at the inquest on the body of the poor unfortunate woman whose life was sacrificed at the late fire in Regent-street causes me to ask the question, "When, oh, when shall our volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. C. B. Stephen, instructed by Messrs. Sly and Hamilton, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sal[?]mons, Q.C., Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. O'Connor, instructed by Messrs. Creagh and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nymagee, Saturday.-Messrs. Barton Brothers' general store was burned to the ground this morning at 4.30. The place was completely gutted. Great sympathy is expressed for the firm, which is a heavy loser…
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