Fire Brigades Board
All the members were present at the usual fortnightly session of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board on Thursday last. The chairman formally reported that since the…
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Fire in the Harbour
On Wednesday night a fire occurred on board the ship Port Jackson, an iron vessel. Hoses were run out, and strong streams of water were soon being poured into the vessol by five steam fire-engines…
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LONDON, Sunday.--The St. Petersburg Novosti, referring to a proposal to amend the law by mitigating the penalty for disobedience to the Czar's orders and…
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UARDRY, Saturday.--An inquest was hold at Uardry on the 24th inst. as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the Uardry woolshed on the evening of the 18th inst. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Alexandria. Sydney Soap and Candle Works Gutted. Estimated Damage, £12,000. the Fire Still Burning
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in the promises of the Sydney Soap and Candle Company, off Bourke-road, Alexandria, and after having destroyed about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Alexandria. Sydney Soap and Candle Works Destroyed. Failure of Water Supply. Fire Brigades Helpless. Estimated Damage, £12,000
A disastrous fire, resulting in the total destruction of the Sydney Soap and Candle Company's works, off Bourke-street, Alexandria, broke out about 4 a.m. yesterday. Mr. Godfrey,…
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The Wild West Show at Chicago has been burned, and several camels and Arabian horses perished in the flames…
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At about 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred at the works of the Sydney Soap and Candle Company, Alexandria, and resulted in their total destruction. The premises comprised what was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire. at a Soap and Candle Works. The Building Burnt to the Ground. Total Loss £12,000--The Firemen Helpless--A Brilliant Spectacle
A very disastrous fire, and one involving damage to the extent of about £12,000, occurred yesterday morning at the works of the Sydney Soap and Candle Co., off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tale of the Sea. Loss of the Dolphin. Collision With an Iceberg. The Vessel Takes Fire--Fifteen Persons Drowned--Eight Survivors in an Open Boat—Terrible Hardship and Suffering--Mad from Hunger and Exposure. LONDON, May 27
Particulars have been received of the loss of the ship Dolphin at sea and the terrible sufferings of those who escaped from the sinking vessel. The Dolphin, came into…
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The M.F.B.'s latest report regarding the fire at the soap and candle works, Alexandria, states that the large pile of bonedust is still burning. It now is pretty well honeycombed all over, flames…
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Sir,—We so frequently read that in marine disasters by fire "the smoke was so dense that the firemen were driven back, thus allowing the flames to obtain a great hold," &c. Would it not be…
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Captain Hall is making good headway with the waterseaked salvage cargo from the ship Port Jackson at the Central Wharf, and the representative of the ship. Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., are also doing their utmost to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hulks on Fire. Blaze in Kerosene Bay. Burning of the Vernon. Damage to the Golden South--Loss or Two Old China Merchantmen--Last of the Old non--The Scene this Morning
"Another fire in the harbor," was the news which spread over the city last evening, and it was feared that such another disastrous conflagration as that to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Kerosene Bay. the Ship Vernon Destroyed. the Golden South Damaged. a Grand Spectacle
Shortly before 6 o'clock last night a bright glare in the northern sky announced that a fire was in progress, and as the flames shot up above the hills at North Shore, the location was at once pronounced to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Harbor Fire. the Last of the Old Training Ship Vernon. the End of the Golden South
The old training ship Vernon, which has for so many years been the training ship whereon New South Wales waifs and strays received their first lessons in discipline, has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in the Harbor. Destruction of the Vernon. Damage to the Hulk Golden South. the Last of Two Well-known Ships
A fire occurred a little before 6 o'clock last evening in Kerosene Bay, by which the late well-known nautical schoolship Vernon was completely destroyed, and the hulk Golden South…
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Captain James M. Banks, marine surveyor, writes to say that in his opinion it seems to be little short of vandalism that to extinguish a five on board a ship the whole cargo must be destroyed by water. The captain continues:—"In…
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A remand was granted for a further week, at the Water Police Court this morning in the case of Frederick M'Kay, who stands accused of having set fire to his wife by throwing kerosene over…
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