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1,458 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 73
Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday morning the large building fronting York and Clarence streets belonging to Messrs. W. Gardiner and Co., wholesale warehousemen, was found to be on fire, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. P. People's Hotel, Clunes, was burnt to the ground yesterday. The cause of the fire is unknown The building was insured in the National Co, of New Zealand for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE fortnightly meeting of the board was held on Wednesday, October 26, there being present:--Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P, chairman ; Walter Church, J.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Marsden's hotel, Bexhill, was burnt to the ground yesterday morning. The cause of the fire is not yet known. The building was a wooden structure, and was only about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An official inspection of the Rookwood Fire Brigade was held on Friday evening last at the Fire Brigade Station by Superintendent [?]eare, assisted by Captain Love, President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The competition for trophies among the members of the Granville Fire Brigade came off on Saturday last, on the vacant block of land adjoining the Australian Joint Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Demondrille Junction railway station was burnt down last night at about 9 o'clock. The cause of the fire is at present unknown. Some of the office…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fortnightly meeting of the board was held on Wednesday, 26th instant, there being present— Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P., chairman; Walter Church, J.P., vice-chairman; Edward Jas. Love,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A WRITER in SCRIBNER'S thus describes the great fire of Chicago:--There was not much clamor of men, women or children. It is probable that the awfulness of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ON Saturday last the officers and members of No. 1 Fire Company, Parramatta, celebrated, the Brigade Anniversary, by taking a pleasure trip, with a few friends, to Windsor ; and there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--I notice in the report of the fire at the warehouse of Messrs. Gardiner and Co. published in Wednesday's issue, it is stated that the roof is a "leaden" one. The roof…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A fire, which resulted in extensive damage, broke out in George-street, near the corner of Wilmot-street, on Saturday night between 9 and 10 o'clock. At that time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHICAGO sometimes brags that it has had bad the biggest fire in history; but it seems that Moscow in 1814 had a bigger one, in which 30,800 buildings were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London, Friday Night.--During a fire which broke out in a gold at Gollerdoy, in Austria, a great many prisoners escaped and 10 perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly before 10 o'clock on Saturday night fire was seen bursting out of the windows of Mr. A. Brewman's drapery establishment, 594 George-street. The discovery was made by several people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IT was very fortunate there was but little wind on Saturday night, otherwise a fire which occurred between half-past 9 and 10 o'clock at 694 George-street might have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A HONG KONG paper of last month says:--Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning a fire, which probably commenced about midnight, was discovered in a large Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There wAs a, Scene Of great excitement in George-street, Brickfield Hill, at about 9.45 on Saturday night, when the drapery store of Mr. A. Brovman, No, 594, was noticed to be in flames on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Despatches from New York give particulars of a disastrous fire which occurred yesterday in Milwaukee. The eastern portion of the city was reduced to ashes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.--A telegram from New York reports that a disastrous fire has occurred in the city of Milwaukee, the eastern portion of which has been…
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