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Before Captain Fisher, S.M., at the Redfern P. Court, yesterday, Henry Kettley, 47, machinist, on remand, was charged with maliciously setting fire to a dwelling-house, 294 Abercrombie-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henry Kettley, whom the police arrested about a week ago on suspicion of having been concerned in setting fire to a house situated in Abercrombie-street, Redfern,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Rudduck's general store at Tweek Heads, together with the whole of the stock, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Two adjoining cottages were also burnt. The fire was first noticed at 4…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A deputation from the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board waited on the Premier to-day, and requested the Government to bring in a short bill to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another remand, making the 21st, was granted at the Water Police Court this morning in the case of Frederick M'Kay, who remains in custody on a charge of having inflicted bodily injuries on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the afternoon of Saturday, June 10, the cargo of sulphur which the Scotch ship Elmbank brought from Japan caught fire at the Union-street wharf at San Francisco…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This board met on Wednesday. Present—Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P. (chairman), Walter Church, J.P. (vice-chairman), Charles Hellmrich, J.[?] Edward J. Love, W. C. Goddard, J.P., and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The board met on the 26th instant. Present: Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P., chairman, Walter Church, J.P., vice-chairman, Charles Hellmrich, J.P., Edward J. Love. W. C. Goddard, J.P., and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The headquarters of the M.F.B. was called for a fire at 12 Toogood-street, Erskineville, about 8 o'clock last night. The scene of the fire was a brick house occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquest on the fire which occurred at Mulgoa on 18th instant, was held at the Irrigation Hotel on Monday last, before the Coroner Mr. J. K. Lethbridge and a jury of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"TO MAKE INSURANCE DOUBLY SURE."--(Shakespeare, Slightly Modified.)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A despatch from Moorchead, Minnesota, June 8, says:-- Half of Fargo is in ashes. The fire started during yesterday afternoon in a restaurant on Second-street…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At 4 o'clock this morning afire, caused by rate nibbling matches, took place in the bar of the Norfolk Hotel, corner of Walker and Cleveland streets, Redfern, occupied by Adam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.--From San Francisco it is reported that the ship Cedarbank, from Newcastle (N.S.W.), has arrived at that port with her cargo on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ship Cedarbank, from Newcastle, New South Wales, to San Francisco, has arrived at the latter port with her cargo on fire. The fire had been burning for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The four-masted barque Cedarbank, which left Newcastle, N.S.W., for San Francisco on March 5, with a cargo of 4283 tons of coal, has arrived at her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Woollahra V.F.B. reported a small fire at 5.15 last evening in the grocery shop of Mr. T. A. Shafto, Waverley-road, Woollahra. A boy employed in the shop spilled some kerosene on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The report of the fire on the barque Cedarbank has excited much comment in local mining and shipping circles. The opinion is held that the ignition…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A sad fatality occurred at the residence of Mr. J. J. Devereaux, Rock Flat, Cooma, early this morning. It seems that the house caught fire, resulting in the destruction of the premises. A…
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