Fire in George-street
Shortly before midnight on Saturday a fire broke ant at 599 George-street, a shop occupied by Richard Fidler as a tailoring establishment. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade were soon on…
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Disastrous Fire in New York
NEW YORK, January 8.--Shortly after the close of the performance of " Cleopatra " by the Fanny Davenport company at the Fifth-avenue Theatre, New York, on January 8, a fire was…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Between 9 and 10 o'clock to-night a fire broke out at Spencer-street railway station in the cloak and passengers' luggage-room, a detached wooden building…
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PERTH, Saturday.--The fine barque Thornlie-bank, 1200 tons, from Scotland, lying at Gage's Roads, Fremantle, was completely gutted last night. The fire alarm was given throughout…
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A fire broke out this morning about half- past 11 at the residence of Mr. Y. M Nair, the property of Mr. Judas Cohen of Sydney. Mrs. M'Nari was having a bath at the time…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--It will be remembered that on Friday last, when a named named Daniel Robertson, a slate merchant, was travelling from Brighton into…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The cloak-room at the Spencer-street station, which was destroyed last night by fire, was insured for £600, which fairly covers all damage done to the building…
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Files to hand yesterday by the steamer Milke Mara (latest dates January 9) contain tho following items of news:-- On January 1 Prince Chan, father of the…
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BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A large fire broke out in Argent-street at a quarter-past 11 o'clock on Saturday night. The following is a list of the shops destroyed: Mr. P…
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BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A fire broke out in Argent-street at a quarter past 11 on Saturday night in Thorne's boarding-house, north of the Duke of Cornwall Hotel. Six shops built of…
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Spencer-street station cloak room was destroyed by fire yesterday. It was insured for £510 About 1000 passengers are losers by the fire and more than 250 visited the " claims office "to-day. The…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A telegram from Sandhurst states that great bush fires are raging in the district. There is a fire in the Whipstick scrub, which commenced yesterday and…
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ALBURY, Tuesday. -- It is reported that during the past few days bush fires have been burning in the Mitta Mitta district and towards the Upper Murray on the Victorian side of the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The number of claims sent in for property lost in the fire at Spencer-street on Sunday evening is about 600, and the total close on £4000. The…
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A fire broke out last night in Mr. J. A. Ross's stationer's shop and music warehouse in Dean-street, the alarm was given quickly. The firemen turned out with commenduble promptitude, and on reaching the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Several large bosh fires are raging in the Avoca and Rashworth districts, doing great damage. It is reported that the fire is devastating the…
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ALBURT, Wednesday.--An inquest was held to-day into the circumstances attending the fire in Ross' stationer's shop in Dean-street on Monday night. It transpired that the stock…
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On the morning of the 9th instant the hotel at 26mile tank, on the Bcoligal-road, was totally destroyed by fire. The hotel had been unocupied for some time past. It was discovered to be on fire about 6 o'clock in…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- It is reported that large bush fires are raging in various parts of the Gippsland district and doing enormous damage to timber, fencing and grass…
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