The Danger of Fire in the City. Alleged Inadequate Water Supply. What the Water and Sewerage Board Is Doing
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5
A report was read at the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday from the Fire Underwriters' Association, which waited on the president on the 14th inst. and drew attention to the…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 5
BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Tenders are to be called immediately for the erection of a fire station at Brisbane, to cost L5000…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 6
The Dublin NATION, Jan. 11, has the following concerning the hero who recently threatened to visit Australia and then altered his mind, probably after the publication of the TIMES…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Glebe Fire. an Inquest to Be Held
Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 6
The City Coroner, having been furnished with a report of the fire that occurred at the fancy goods shop of Mr. A. Purves, at the corner of Mitchell-street and Glebe-road, last week, has decided to…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 420
A fatal fire occured at Broken Hill late on Sunday night in which three children were burned to death. Just after 10 o'clock the mine-whistle and fire-bell gave an alarm that a fire had broken out in a house to the…
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Evening News · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 6
At about 12.30 on Sunday morning a fire broke out at the draper's shop situated at 450, Oxford-street, Paddington, and occupied by Messrs. M'Enery and Molony. The Paddington…
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Evening News · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5
ALBURY, Monday.—Alderman M. T. Kelly's house was on Sunday night completely burnt to the ground, the whole of the furniture, with the exception of a piano and a few sundries, being…
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The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 6
ABOUT half-Dast 12 this morning a fire broke out at 450 Oxford-street, Paddington, on the premises occupied by Messrs. M'Enery aud Malouy, drapers, and…
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The Australian Star · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 4
A fire broke out early on Saturday at the Provincial Hotel, Ballarat, and the premises were nearly gutted, nothing being saved but the horses in the stable. It is reported that…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Early on Saturday morning a fire broke out at Irwin's Provincial Hotel, Lydiard-street, Ballarat. In a short time the whole of the southern portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Ballarat. One Body Recovered. Four Persons Reported Missing. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1890 · page 5
At half-past 12 o'clook this morning a fire broke out at Irwin's Provincial Hotel, adjacent to the Western railway station, at Ballarat, and although the firemen were speedily on the spot with a ho[?]e…
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Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 4
LONDON, February 24.—A destructive fire lias occurred at the Greenwich Chemical Works, A thousand casks of petroleum, were destroyed. The amount of damage is…
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Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 6
ALBURY, Monday.—Alderman M. T. Kelly's house was on Sunday night completely burnt to the ground, the whole of the furniture, with the exception of a piano and a few sundries, being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Albury. Explosion of a Lamp. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 5
ALBURY, Monday.--A fire occurred last night at the residence of Mr. T. Kelly which caused the entire destruction of the premises, together with the greater portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Broken Hill Fatal Fire. An Inquiry Held. Broken Hill
The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 6
Yesterday afternoon, at the inquiry into the fatal fire here, which occurred on Sunday week, the magistrate found that four victims died from the effects of barns, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondents.) Great Fire at Greenwich. London, Feb. 24
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1890 · page 7
A destructive fire occurred at the Greenwich Chemical Works last night. A thousand casks of petroleum were destroyed. The amount of damage is very…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph
An inquest was held at the Glebe Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. J. C. Woore, City Coroner, and a jury of 12, touching a fire which took place at a shop occupied by Amelia Purves, at the corner of…
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Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 6
An inquiry was commenced on Tuesday in the new courthouse, Glebe, before the City Coroner and a jury of 12, into the circumstances touching the origin of the fire that occurred at the…
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Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 5
At 2.15 on Tuesday the court re-assembled Wickham Douglas Bear, superintendent of fire brigades, deposed that he knew the premises in question. Between 11 and 12 o'clock on the…
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