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Fuller particulars have been received regarding the disastrous floods and fires which have occurred in Titusville, Pennsylvania. After the oil became ignited the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FURTHER inspection of the ship Wavertree shows that the damage done by fire and water is greater than at first anticipated. Apart from the injury done to the cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire on board the ship Wavertree was the principal topic of conversation in shipping circles yesterday. A further survey of the ship was made during the forenoon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Now that we have had another instance of extensive damage by fire to a vessel and her cargo, whilst moored here at her discharging berth, I wish to point out through the medium of your columns…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Up till an early hour yesterday pumping operations were continued on board the Wavertree, to free the ship of the immense quantity of water poured into her by the firemen. When the pumps…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before the fire brigades had washed out the fire on board the fine iron ship Wavertree, on Tuesday night, the ship's pumps were set going to free the vessel. It was a large order for hand pumps, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This board held its usual fortnightly meeting on Wednesday afternoon, all the members being present. The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed, and routine business disposed of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS board held its usual fortnightly meeting on Wednesday afternoon, June 8, all the members being present. The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four now steam five engines are to be provided by the Metropolitan Board for use in the suburbs. The new fire tower will be the highest building in Melbourne (150ft.) and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE election campaign (so a cable, June 9, says) is now in full swing. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in a sanguine speech in Birmingham, stated that Ulster was organizing the biggest convention over…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →About 6 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a fire, which [?]wards was found to have assumed large propor[?]s. was discovered on the ship Wavertree, lying at [?]nung's Whart. Dawes Point. The fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 1340 →On the afternoon of June 7 a fire was discovered on board the three-masted ship Wavertree, berthed at Miller's Point, Sydney. The vessel only arrived in port on June 4 with a general…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →IN the London papers, April 30, we find the following:— A terrible panic occurred in a Catholic church in New York which was crowded. The interior of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →About 2000 houses have been burned in the city of Serinuggur, the capital of Cashmere, whereby about 80,000 people have been rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 1330 →The work of unloading the ship Wavertree, on which the fire occurred on Tuesday, is being vigorously carried on at Parbury's Wharf. The goods stowed on the upper and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DURIGN the fire which broke out on Tuesday afternoon on the ship Wavertree, while lying at Hoffnung's Wharf, Miller's Point, a considerable-number of firemen, who were endeavouring to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →LONDON, June 1.—A fire broke out in the Berkenberg Silver Mine at Prague, in Bohemia, and 14 miners have been burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →AT 3 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was raised from the premises of Frederick Suey, cabinet-maker, of Hatfield-street, off King-street, North Botany. The place was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigades Board held its fortnightly meeting on Wednesday afternoon, all the Members being present. It was reported that the Attorney General had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That the remarks in our correspondents letter published in last Friday's issue were not uncalled for, is evidenced by a communication from Mr L. R. Mitchell in the "S. M. Herald" of 9th inst, and…
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