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Two very destructive fires occurred at Wickham, near Newcastle, on Saturday and Sunday. The first calamity happened on Saturday afternoon, when ten brick houses in Albert-etreet, Wickham, were gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 986 →The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of a block of buildings on the 2nd instant in Pitt-street was concluded before the City Coroner and a jury of 14 on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 986 →AFTER an inquiry, extending over ten days, the jury returned the following verdict on Tuesday last:— “ We find that the fire originated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE inquest on the recent fire at Gibbs, Shallard and Co.'s, in Pitt-street, was concluded on Tuesday. A verdict was returned that the evidence did not throw any light on the origin of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire which took place in a house in Knox-street, off Newtown-road, at about 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening last was not reported either to the police or the Metropolitan Fire Brigade until yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The inquest into the great fire which broke out in Messrs. Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.'s warehouse in Pitt-street, on-October 2, concluded on October 28 before the Coroner's Court. The witnesses…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →A large fire occurred here last night about 8 p.m. The [?] broke out in the store of Meck and Co., and within an hour their store and Lees's (saddlers) previous were completely demolished. M[?]s saved nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MR. Robert Louis Stevenson (who wrote the fine article in defence of Father Damien, the apostle of the lepers) has written homo an interesting letter describing among other things how an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 6.15 a.m. on Sunday, a fire was discovered at 180, Campbell-street, in a private dwelling occupied by Mr. Murcott. The fire was caused through a kerosene lamp bursting, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An outbreak of fire occurred at the dwelling of T. M'Keon, dairyman, Darling and Cooper streets, at 4.53 a.m., on Monday. The Balmain Volunteer Brigade, with the assistance of the inmates, got…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--An important development occurred to-day in connection with the mysterious fires at the Palace Potel, when a plumber employed by the company found in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday. --The Executive Council to-day adopted the report of the inquiry board appointed to inquire regarding the conduct of Lieutenant Colonel Price. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All through the present industrial crisis a certain class of labor parasites, political and otherwise, have vied with each other in their efforts to keep the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- The man Twist, late boots at the Palace Hotel, was brought before the City Court to-day, charged with arson, embezzlement and perjury in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.--A fire broke out in San Francisco yesterday, which rapidly spread and resulted in enormous damage and loss. The damage is estimated at about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A despatch from America states that a disastrous fire has occurred at San Francisco, doing damage to the extent of 1,500,000 dol. The Burlington Hotel and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Friday Morning.--At 20 minutes to 1 this morning a fire broke out on the premises of M'Lellan, Hellyer and Co., ironmongers, Hunter-street west. The Honeysuckle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible fire occurred at half-past 12 o'clock this morning in the wholesale ironmongery establishment of Messrs. M'Lellan and Hellyer, next to. the Elite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the approach of summer, when, in all probability, bush fires will become very prevalent and of more than ordinary violence, owing to the excess of grass, we have pleasure in drawing our readers' notice…
Continued on Trove, page 1020 →SUTHERLAND, Friday.--This afternoon, during a heavy wind, a fire occurred at Sutherland completely destroying N. Whight's butcher and baker's shop, burning it to the ground…
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