Council-chambers on Fire
YASS, Thursday.--The local council-chambers were nearly destroyed by fire last night. The auditors, who bad been auditing the accounts with the council clerk, left the chambers at 11…
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City Mutual Fire Insurance Co
The City Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Limited, held its thirteenth annual meeting yesterday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce, Pitt-street. There was a good…
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Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at the Open Exchange, Collins-street, near the corner of Queen-street, It originated in a hairdresser's shop, The brigades were…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A destructive fire broke out at about 20 minutes past 1 o'clock this morning in tho Australian open exchange building, and before it could bo got under…
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FURTHER details of the fire which broke out this morning in York and Erskine-street shows that the cause of the occurrence is as yet unknown. The extent of damage is thus…
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The report of Mr. Superintendent Bear on the York street fire shows that the premises are owned by the Real Estate Bank, Pitt-street. S.Harris and Co., fancy goodsmen, had their…
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AUCKLAND, Friday. -- A fire occurred to-day on board the American ship Leading Wind lying alongside the Auckland wharf and loaded with flax and kauri gam. All efforts to…
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The American ship Leading Wind, which was nearly loaded with [?]ax for New York, caught fire this morning in the lower forehold. The difficulty of getting at the fire necessitated the…
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About a quarter to 3 o'clock on Saturday morning a stable at the rear of premises situated in Little Nicholson-street. Balmain, was deitroyed by fire. A horse was burned to death, and a cart and a small quantity of…
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At about 10 minutes past 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out at 451 Oxford-street Paddington, in premises occupied by R. M'Kinley grocer. Mrs. M'Kinley was awakened…
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YASS, Monday.--At the inquest on the fire at the council-chambers, which was held on Saturday, the verdict was : "That a fire occurred at the council-chambers, in the…
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MR. SUPERINTENDENT BEAR, at the solicitation of the members of the North Annandale Progress Association, paid a visit to North Annandale on Thursday…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.--The residence of Mr. Moore, at Glenmark, near Canterbury, his beet destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £30,000, the furniture alone having [?]…
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BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—At half-past 8 o'clock on Monday night, a large fire occurred in Argent-street, opposite the Coffee Palace. The fire originated in a painter's…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—A fire, which resulted in the death of one child, and serious injury to another, occurred at Islington at half-past 10 o'clock last night. It broke out in a shop and…
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At half-past 10 o'clock last night a fatal fire occurred in Islington at the residence of Mr. Charles Page, builder, on the Maitland-road. It…
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A large fire here last night consumed a block of buildings adjoining the Barrier MINER Office. Finding it hopeless to attempt to save the corner,…
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