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The fifth annual report of the Fire Brigades Board, which has been submitted to Parliament, states that on comparing the gross total of the amounts held at risk by the insurance companies, a slight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At balf-past 6 a.m. on Wednesday a fire was discovered at 230½. Sussex-street, city, in business premises occupied by Mr. R. Haub, engineer. &c. The call was received at the Metropolitan Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a quarter to 6 o'clock this morning a fire was I discovered at No. 9, Macquarie-place, in a tobacconist's shop, occupied by R. Everson. The call was received at the Metropolitan Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fifth annual report of the Fire Brigades Board for the year ending December 81 last states that on comparing the gross total of the amounts held at risk by the insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An outbreak of fire was discovered at 8.30 p.m. last night at 317 Sussex-street, on premises occupied by G. Hudson, tent and tarpaulin maker. The alarm was given by a citizen, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire was discovered last evening, about half-past 8 o'clock, at 347, Sussex-street, in premises occupied by G. Hudson, tent and tarpaulin maker. The outbreak was caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London, June 20.-The town of Astrog, in Southern Russia, has been completely destroyed by fire, and thousands have been rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--In the issue of your valuable paper of June 18 your correspondent very admirably puts forward, a claim the two young men merit for their courageous conduct on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fifth annual report of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board was last week laid on the table of the Assembly. It states that Mr. Church had been unanimously elected to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1312 →The fifth annual report of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, Sydney, showed that the revenue for the year 1888 was £11,033 3s 4d, of which £2500 were paid by the Treasury, £2500…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, June 21.-A disastrous fire has occurred at Lachan, in China. The conflagration lasted four days, the town being entirely destroyed. Twelve hundred inhabitants lost their lit es. ten thousand are rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 58 Lawrence Street, Harlem, is the famous training school for all the fine, intelligent horses of the New York Fire Department. Here, says the New York World…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Friday.--The town of Luchow, in Hanover, bus been devastated by fire, nearly the whole of the dwellings being destroyed. There was a terrible loss of life, over 1200…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire has occurred at Lachan, in China. The conflagration lasted four days, the town being entirely destroyed. Twelve hundred inhabitants lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shortly before 7 o'clock on Sunday evening an iron-roofed weatherboard shed, and used as an oil store, upon the premises of Messrs. Hart and Gallagher, Canterbury-road, was discovered by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, June 24.-Lister's extensive silk mills, in Bradford, have been destroyed by fixe, and two firemen have been killed, while many persons have been more or less injured. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COOMA, Monday.--A fire occurred at Ingalara, the main comp of Walker and Swim, railway contractors, early this morning. The building consisted of an office and dwelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a meeting of the East St. Leonards Council on Monday, a letter enclosing a report from the secretary of the Fire Brigades Board was received from the Colonial Secretary's office in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. About half past 9 o'clock last night, one of Mr. W. Forrester's lads rushed to the homestead with the startling intelligence that flames were seen issuing through the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARRAMATTA, This Day.--Late last night it was discovered that Mr. Forrester's stables at Warwick Farm, and which contained a number of valuable blood horses at the time…
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