A Fatal Fire. Shocking Indifference. MELBOURNE
In connection with the fatal fire at South Melbourne, it seems that two men watched the woman being burnt to death with coldblooded indifference during the 20 minutes…
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The Late Fire. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In the S. M. Herald of 4th instant you make mention of Gladstone-chambers, 90 Pitt-street, being saved from probable destruction with the other buildings through the timely use of buckets of water, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Church. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
At the conclusion of the service at the Primitive Methodist Church, New Lambton, last night, a lighted kerosene lamp, suspended from one of the rafters, upset, and the oil scattering about became ignited. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Church at New Lambton. Upsetting of a Kerosene Lamp-great Excitement
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Shortly alter 8 o'clock last night a fire occurred in the Primitive Methodist Church, New Lambton, but fortunately was not attended by serious results…
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At 11.59 a.m. on Tuesday a fire was discovered in a tenement situate at 35, Campbell-street, Glebe, occupied by Alexander Kennedy. The blaze was caused through, a spark from an adjoining…
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The work of pulling down the more dangerous of the walls at the scene of the late fire was resumed yesterday. Some of the more prominent and risky projections have been…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Shortly before midnight a fire broke out at the bakehouse owned by James Taylor, William-street, Stockton. The flames spread rapidly owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Fire. An Inquest Dispensed With
THE city coroner having carefully permed the reports forwarded to him concerning the recent fire, has decided to dispense with an inquest. Mr. Woore says he would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Fire. Delay of an Inquest
The ruins of the buildings destroyed by the fire are slowly being removed. The many tottering walls, which were pronounced dangerous by the City Improvement Board, are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Fire. Pitt-street Re-opened
At 11 a.m. to-day that portion of Pitt-street in front of the scene of the late fire, which has been blocked to vehicular traffic since last Thursday, was re-opened…
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Taylor's bakehouse at Stockton was burnt down last night about, half-past 11 o'clock, and a ton of flour was destroyed. Had a southerly wind been blowing the whole…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A fatal fire occurred this morning in Union-street, South Melbourne, in a small two-storey wooden tenement occupied by Mrs. Margaret Atkinson, laundress,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Train. Considerable Destruction. MURRUMBURRAH
A truck attached to the mixed train travelling from Blayney to Harden, which arrived here at 8.15 p.m. yesterday, caught fire while between Cowra and Carcour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Fire. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—With reference to the proposal to resume the land left unoccupied through the recent fire in Pittstreet, I would like to point out what a desirable spot this land would be on which to erect the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Late Fire. Inquest Dispensed With. Engineer for Water and Sewerage Speaks
The work in connection with the demolition of the dangerous vails left standing through the late fire was resumed this morning. A deputation from the Fire Underwriters'…
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THE recent big fire which laid low a valuable portion of the city formed the subject of considerable discussion at the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Victoria. the "Fire Low" Instructions. Advance in the Price of Coal. Further Rise in Gas
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly tonight the speech by Colonel Price to the Mounted Rifles, in which he instructed them in case of a riot to "fire low…
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THE inquest into the origin of the recent disastrous fire is to be initiated before the city coroner at 10 o'clock on Monday morning next, at the Coroner's Court,…
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MURRUMBURRAH, Wednesday.--A track attached to the mixed train from Blayney to Harden, which arrived here at 8.15 p.m. yesterday, caught fire while between Cowra and…
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