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A tremendous fire has taken place at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (U.S.A.). Six hundred houses, the gasworks, and many business blocks of the town were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London, October 31.— The large area devastated by the disastrous conflagration at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A., is largely due to the delay of the fire brigades in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ABOUT five minutes past 7 o'clock last evening the alarm of fire was conveyed to the headquarters of the M.F.B. from the Grosvenor Hotel. As soon as possible a steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire caused by an escape of gas broke out at 7 p.m. yesterday in the wineshop of F. Cortese 176 Prince's-street. The woodwork of the lower portion of the shop had caught, and also part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FIRE broke out on the steamer Kon[?]warra immediately after her departure on Friday last from Melbourne. The vessel, which arrived in Sydney to-day, reports…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The large area devastated by the disastrous conflagration at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A., is largely due to the delay of the fire brigades in getting their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A HONGKONG paper of last month says Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning a fire, which probably commenced about mid[?]night, was discovert d in a large Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.--A telegram from New York gives later information with respect to the disastrous fire which destroyed a portion of the city of Milwaukee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Later telegrams from America give further particulars of the disastrous fire which has occurred at Milwaukee. In all about 700 buildings were destroyed, and it is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TWO small fires were reported last evening to the M.F.B. One at a three-roomed cottage in Westbourne-street, Petersham, was quickly extinguished, the damage being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon a five-roomed weather-board cottage on the Petersham-road, Marrickville, was found to be on fire, a passer-by noticing that smoke was issuing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A. fire-roomed weatherboard cottage on the Petersham-road. Marrickville, occupied by an asphalter named Joseph Hansell, was found to on fire yesterday afternoon, smoke being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 20 minutes to 12 o'clock last night an alarm was received at the Metropolitan Fire Station, Castlereagh-street, from the North City Volunteer Brigade of a fire in Queen's-place…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night at about 11.40 a fire by which considerable damage was done broke put in the fourstorey brick premises in rear of 12A Bridge-street occupied by George Loxton and Company, general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.--From China it is reported that a disastrous fire has occurred at Ichang, a town on the left hank of the Yang-tze-kiatig, a place where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despatches from China give particulars of a disastrous fire which has occurred at Ichang, a town on the bank of the Yang-Tze-Kiang. The fire spread from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible railway disaster occurred in the north of England this morning. The Edinburg express dashed into a goods train, which was standing at the platform at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FIRE broke out last night shortly after 11 o'clock at the foundry of Messrs. Cooke and Webb, boilermakers, Cleveland-street. A steamer and a number of men of the M.F.B…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The members of the Rookwood Fire Brigade-about 16 in number—under the command of Captain France, assisted by Lieutenant Trainor, paid a visit with their…
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