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The s.s. Ruahine arrived at Hobart to-day, from London. Regarding the outbreak of fire on board, Captain Bone reports that it broke out at 4 p.m. on 19th February, in No. 4 [?]atch,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shortly before 4 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in a large two-story weatherboard building, containing 15 rooms, and known as the Black Diamond Hotel, s[?]tuated in Old Bulli. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—A fire broke out this morning in a row of iron buildings in the sooth end of Argent-street. Before the flames were subdued six shops and dwellings were totally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--At daybreak this morning a fire broke out in a block of wooden and iron shops in Argent-street, and rapidly assumed large proportions. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out at 5 o'clock this morning in a confectioner's shop in South Argent-street. The fire brigade got early notice of the occurrence, but, despite the most strenuous exertions, the fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Wednesday the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board held its fortnightly session, the chairman, Mr. Charles Bown, J.P., presiding, there being also present Messrs. Walter Church, J.P., vice-chairman,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What threatened to be a destructive conflagration broke out at half-past 9 to-night in a block of five-story buildings in Elizabeth-street, between Flinders-street and Flinders-lane. There are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne, Friday.--A fire broke out at 9.25 o'clock last night in the top storey of the Excelsior-chambers, Elizabeth-street South. The brigade was soon in attendance, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March. 31.—Messrs. Judd and Company's great printing establishment, St. Andrew's Hill and Carter-lane, London, has been destroyed by fife. The buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ORANGE, Tuesday.—Miss Lillian Adair, a parachutist, made a balloon ascent from the Association Ground with the intention of descending by a parachute. The lower part of the balloon,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The damage caused by the fire in Elizabeth-street last night was fully covered by insurance. The building is owned by Miss Fallon, and is insured in the Colonial Mutual for £6500, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BRISBANE, Friday.--A row of cottages at the penal establishment at St. Helena were destroyed by fire early this morning. There is no clue as to the origin of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Entering the gate of the holy sepulchre church, the first object which attracted my attention was the stone of unction, venerated as the spot where the body of our Lord was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Judd's printing establishment has been destroyed by fire. The buildings were completely gutted. Eighty fire-eugines were present at the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire broke out at 5 o'clock this morning in a confectioner's chop in South. Argent-street. The fire brigade got early notice of the occurrence, but, despite the most strenuous exertions, the fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 653 →The architecture of Chicago's business district has undergone a remarkable trans, formation within a few years. A stranger who visits the garden city to-day-would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At 1.25 p.m. an unfinished weatherboard cottage, on the Harrow-road, Auburn, was found on, Saturday to be on fire by a man living next door. The fire was burning in the kitchen, the neighbor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, April 2,—A great fire has taken place at Manilla, the capital of the Spanish colony of the Philippine Islands. Four thousand houses were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A great fire has taken place at Manilla, the capital of the Spanish colony of the Philippine Islands. Four thousand houses were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday Night.--The printing warehouse of Judd and Co., Limited, printers, stationers, and lithographers, of 5. 6. and 40 St. Andrew's-hill, Doctors'…
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