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Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday, when the fire had been completely extinguished on board the Fort Jackson, the hold was sounded amidships, and showed a depth of 14ft of water. Down aft,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All day yesterday the centrifugal pump of the Underwriters' Association was kept going board the Port Jackson with the that at 8 pan. the pump sucked. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire which was discovered in the hold of the four-masted ship Port Jackson, berthed at the Central Wharf, about 11 o'clock on Wednesday night, was got under control--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Fill her up with water—there's no help for it" was the decision arrived at on board the burning ship Port Jackson in the small hours of yesterday morning. This was alter the half dozen or more fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What might have been a very extensive fire was averted yesterday on Gibbs, Bright and Co.'s Wharf, Miller's Point. Some cases of kerosene caught alight, but the stevedores…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All the members were present at the usual fortnightly session of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board on Thursday, 25th instant. The chairman formally reported that since the last meeting the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the fortnightly meeting of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Thursday the chairman formally reported that since last meeting the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From what can now be seen of the cargo of the Port Jackson, it is estimated that the damage to the cargo will amount to about £15,000. The whole of the shipment was valued at £30,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHORTLY after 11 o'clock on Wednesday night a fire broke out on board the four-masted ship Port Jackson, lying fit the Central Wharf. The ship wag almont totally destroyed. The estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →On Friday afternoon the forward and after batches of the Port Jackson were opened for the first time. Great clouds of steam at once poured out, so dense as to prevent men descending. The ship is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The work of discharging cargo from the ship Port Jackson was proceeded with yesterday with as much speed as possible, and as the charred and dripping packages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 11 "o'clock on Wednesday night the Circular Quay station of the Metropolitan. Fire Brigade received an alarm of a fire on a ship at the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As one sling after another comes from the hold of the ship Port Jackson with its contents saturated with water to the dripping state the consignees are asking whether some less ruinous means could not be applied in the came of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In a fire which recently occurred in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, over 4000 houses were destroyed and some loss of life occasioned. MANILA, THE CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, RECENTLY ALMOST DESTROYED BY FIRE…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Shortly after 11 o'clock on Wednesday night the Circular Quay station of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received an alarm for a fire On a ship at the Central Wharf. An engine was at once despatched from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1070 →The opinions expressed by an officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (as published in The Daily Telegraph yesterday) in regard to the usefulness or otherwise of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →What at one time threatened to be a very serious fire broke out on. Gibbs, Bright, and Company's Wharf yesterday. The wharf was covered with cases of kerosene, and while they were being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ORANGE, Saturday.--Last night, about 9.30, a fire broke out in a wooden cottage, the property of Peter Scanlon, situated on the outskirts of the town on the…
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