Fire at Hurstville
At twenty-one minutes past 12 this morning the alarm of fire was raised from premises in Forest-road, Hurstville, occupied as a private dwelling by…
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Fire at Paddington
At about, a quarter past 12 yesterday a call was received from the Woollahra Volunteer Fire Company, with the intimation that fire had broken out in a private…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News by Cable. Shocking Railway Collision. the Carriages on Fire. Passengers Roasted to Death
LONDON, May 31.—A terrible railway collision has occurred on the Wisconsin Central line, United States. One of the wrecked trains took fire, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision in America. the Wrecked Cars on Fire. Twenty Passengers Burned to Death. London, May 31
A terrible railway collision has occurred on the Wisconsin Contral line, United States. One of the wrecked trains took fire, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rookwood Fire Brigade
The members played a friendly cricket match on Queen’s Birthday with the Paddington Brewery brigade, at Rookwood. Scores:— Rookwood-Brigade : E. Conroy, retied, 62 ;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Notes. Fire Station for Kogarah
For some time past the Kogarah Council have been in treaty for a suitable s[?] for the purpose of erecting a fire station. At the last meeting Alderman Herrmann, on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Chicago Exhibition Fire. France Seeking Damages
LONDON, May 28. The French Government has instituted proceedings aganist the directors of the Chicago Exhibition for the recovery of £200,000, the value of exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Paddington
At half past 3 yesterday afternoon there was an outbreak of fire at 108 Oxford street, Paddington-- the Unicorn Hotel, occupied by Joint Hession. The fire was fortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Rockdale
On Saturday afternoon a fire occurred in the house of John Graham at Rockdale, which resulted in his serious Injury, and the death of his son. James Lindsay…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Fire at Rockdale. Boy Burnt to Death. Man Seriously Injured
As briefly reported in our latest edition of Saturday a fire happened on that afternoon in the house of John Grahame, at Rockdale, which resulted in the father…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Aspendale. Melbourne
The residence of J. R. Crooke, proprietor of Aspendale Racecourse, was destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coalbaggie Ghost. More Uncanny Doings. The Troubled Family. Interview with One of Their Number --An Endeavor to Solve the Mystery-- The History of the Visitor -- Some [?]nteresting Conversations-- The House Set on Fire
Mr. Jacob Stein, one of the family at Coalbaggie, Dubbo, which has been troubled by the supernatural doings of an invisible visitor, has been interviewed, and has made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The System of Fire Alarms
At a meeting of the Leichhardt Council on Monday a letter was read from the Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Board, in response to an application for the instalment, of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Pyrmont. Estimated Damage, £2000
Shortly before 9 o'clock last evening the western portion of the city was lit up by the glare of an immense fire at Pyrmont, and many thousands hurried to the scene,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive Fire in Johnstone's Bay. Wharf Premises in Flaues. Sensational Reports
Just about the hour when thousands of people are strolling towards the city from the suburbs a fire occurred last night in Johnstone's Bay. The lurid glare in the sky increased to such an intensity…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Fire at Pyrmont. £2000 Damage Done. No Insurance Effected. Grand Sight on the Harbor
A little before 9 o'clock last night the western, sky over Darling Harbor was vividly illumined with the reflection of flames, and the first impression of people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Great Fire. At Johnstone's Bay. a Wharf Destroyed. Brilliant Fiery Spectacle. Over £2000 Worth of Demage--Removal of Stored Gunpowder--Excitement Among the Spectators
The largest and most destructive fire that has occurred in Sydney for a very long time worked wrack and rain near Yeager's Wharf, Johnstone's Bay, last evening. When John…
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Last evening the M.F.B. had a call, at 5.25 for a fire at 163 King-street. It turned out to be only a fool chimney in a blaze, and the men returned, after extinguishing it with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Singleton--a Narrow Escape
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—This morning a cottage near the railway station, occupied by a fettler named Tierney, his wife and three children, was burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Singleton. a Family's Narrow Escape
SINGLETON, Thursday.—The residence of Mr. Edward Tierney, a fettler employed on the railway, was consumed by fire about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, owing, it is supposed, to a log…
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