Rockwood. The “Out of Order” Fire Brigade Report
The following is the report of the Committee appointed to deal with the Fire Brigades petition, and which Mayor Slee declined to allow to be read :—…
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The Kerosene Fire. a Series of Explosions. Buildings Shaken. the Storage of Explosives
The site of the fire that occurred at Messrs. Lassetter aud Co.'s store yesterday morning was a block of land in Bourke-street, Waterloo (near the southern boundary of Redfern), situated almost opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Waterloo Fire. Additional Particulars. the Extent of the Damage. Kerosene and Explosives. Superintendent Bear's Opinion. "A Menace to Life and Property."
There is very little to add to yesterday's account of the fire which occurred at Messrs. Lassetter's kerosene bond at Waterloo. The flames continued to blaze away until…
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Messrs. Lassetter and Company write us as follows : In your issue of Thursday evening you assert that a large quantity of dynamite, gun cotton, and blasting powder was stored in a small…
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About a quarter past 12 a.m. on Thursday a fire was discovered in Lassetter's kerosene bond, Bourke-etreet, Waterloo, opposite the Surrey Brewery. The alarm was given by the watchman of…
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EARLY yesterday (Thursday) morning a fire brole out at Lassetter's kerosene find explosives bond, Bourke-street, Waterloo, and in a very few minutes the whole of the building-a wood…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Late Fire. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It has been stated that a large quantity of dynamite, gun-cotton, and blasting powder was stored in an iron shed within 50 yards of our kerosene store. This was [?]ot the case, and we ask…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Country. the Dora Dora Blacks. They Fire Into a Camp. -- Still Being Tracked
MACLEAN, Friday. -- Further inquiries in regard to the movements of the supposed Dora Dora blacks show that they stayed in the vicinity of Tyndale for fully three weeks,…
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What might probably be termed the actual disbandment of the old Newtown Volunteer Fire Brigade took place on Monday evening in the new fire station, Australia street Newtown. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Parramatta. Parramatta
A daughter of Mrs. Whatmore was moving about with a lighted candle in her mother's bedroom, Smith-street last night and set fire to the bed curtains. Both…
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A SMALL fire occurred this morning in Mr. F. Smith's offices, 9 Queen's-place. The outbreak was discovered at about half-past 11, and an alarm was raised. The…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- An influential deputation from the municipalities within the area of the Country Fire Brigades Board waited upon the Chief Secretary to-day and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work and Wages. the Pittsburg Strike. Serious Conflict with the Police. Eleven Person Killed--Twenty Others Injured--Setting Fire to the River. LONDON, July 6
A despatch from New York states that serious trouble has been occasioned at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the large number of miners and others on strike. A conflict…
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AT the meeting of this board on Wednesday last there were present:-- Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P. (chairman), Walter Church, J.P, (vice-chairman), Alderman J. C. Beare,…
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A fire was discovered in the sacristy of St. Patrick's Church, Parramatta, early on Wednesday evening. The priests' and acolytes' gowns are stowed away here, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Large Fire in France. London, July 7
A fire that has occurred at the Chateau in Latour, has destroyed a great quantity of the 1890 vintage. The damage is estimated at £24,000…
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THE Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a cull this morning to Iyy-street, Redfern, where Mr. A. S. Searl's, an oil and color store, wits discovered on fire. The brigade's…
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London has had its share of great theatre fires ; but happily in recent years there has been nothing to compare with the mischief done by the recent great fire…
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Early on the morning of June 30 a fire broke out in Messrs. Lassetter and Co.'s kerosene stores, Bourke-street, Waterloo. The stores contained about 2000 cases of Lighthouse brand of kerosene, a…
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A disastrous fire occurred early on the morning of June 30 in a kerosene bond, the p[?]operty of Messrs. Lassetter and Company, which is situated in Bourke-street, Redfern. An alarm was given…
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