The Fire at David Jones's
The insurance companies interested have already settled the claim for damage occasioned by the fire at Messrs. David Jones and Company's…
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Fire at Messrs. David Jones and Company's
Messrs. David Jones and Company's fine building in George-street narrowly escaped destruction by fire yesterday. At about 5 a.m. Simon Elliott, the watchman for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at David Jones and Co's Shop. Serious Damage Averted
At 5 o'clock yesterday morning the watchman on duty at the Commercial Banking Company's buildings, George-street, noticed a fire burning in the basement of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire at D. Jones and Co.'s Resumption of Business
After snbsequent inspection of the scene of the fire at Messrs. David Jones and Company's establishment yesterday, it was ascertained that what appeared to have been several…
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Writing in the Century of the death of the Prince Imperial of France in Zululand (in 1879), Archibald Forbes gives the following interesting particulars of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Fire in Chicago. Eight Persons Killed
LONDON, August 15.— News has been received from Chicago of the burning of the Senate Hotel in that city. The conflagration was attended by thrilling scenes, and eight persons lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Cable Messages. Disasters. an Excursion Train Wrecked. Crowded Carriages Smashed. Fifteen Lives Lost. Fifty Passengers Injured. Another Collision. a Mail Steamer Rammed. Fires and Floods
LONDON, August 13 —A terrible railway disaster occurred yesterday at Llandrissant, near Cardiff, Glamorganshire, South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Redfern
The George street West station of the M .F .B. received a call to a fire in a grocer's shop occupied by John J. O'Donnell, corner of Washington road and Raglan street Redfern, shortly after 7 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Hospital. Twenty Patients Roasted Alive. London, August 20
Telegrams from St. Petersburg report that a hospital at Kaluga has been destroyed by fire. The flames spread so rapidly that all the patients could not be removed, and 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Port Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- A disastrous fire at Crooks and Brookes' bulk stores, Port Adelaide, this afternoon, destroyed nearly all the stock and a two-storied building. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Welsh Miners. Military in Readiness. Instructions to Fire Low. The Strike Collapsing:-- Many Returning to Work. LONDON, August 22
The miners who are on strike in Wales intended to make an attack upon the Ebbw Vale-collieries with the object of forcing the men at work there to come out. They have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Leichhardt
Last night a small fire broke out in the dwelling of Mr. H. Evans, Marlborough-street, Leichhardt. It was first noticed in the kitchen, and the Leichhardt V.F.B. and Nos. 4 and 5 divisions…
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About 3 o'clock this morning the Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at Went-worth-road, Burwood, in a house occupied by Mr. Edmund Hecksher. The fire, which…
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This morning, shortly before 3 o'clock, a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. Edmund Hicksher, Wentworth-road, Burwood. On its discovery by the inmates the alarm was gives to the…
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Now shift the blanket pad before your saddle back yon fling, And draw your girth up tighter till the sweat drops from the ring;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire at Chicago. Two Hundred and Fifty Houses Destroyed
LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m. -- Telegrams from New York give particulars of a great fire which has occurred at Chicago. Two hundred and fifty houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Chicago. Damage Estimated at £200,000. LONDON, August 23
A disastrous fire has occurred in Chicago resulting in great damage to house property. Before the flames were subdued 250 houses were completely destroyed, and the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. Fire in Chicago. Five Blocks Burned. Terrible Loss of Property
London, August 25. A great fire has taken place in Chicago. Five blocks of buildings, besides large coal and timber yards, were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in Chicago. Five Blocks of Buildings Destroyed. Five Thousand Persons Homeless. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 25
A great fire has taken place in Chicago. Five blocks of buildings, besides large coal and timber yards, were destroyed. Five thousand persons have been…
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