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Fire and not water was, it is evident, uppermost in the mind of the gentleman who for the first time said "It never rains but it pours," an assertion which in the lurid light…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, July 10.—A destructive fire has occurred at the arsenal at Toulon, in the south of France. The fire caused great loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after half-past 7 o'clock last night a fire was discovered in a block of Paling's Buildings, in Ash-street, opposite the Post Office, and between Pitt and George streets. A citizen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J.C. Woore, city coroner, held an inquest yesterday in the Colonial Secretary's Office, regarding the fire that occurred on Monday in the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A destructive fire has occurred at the Arsenal at Toulon, in the South of France. Great loss was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An examination of the scene of Monday night's conf[?]gration at the Public Works Department, corner of Phillip and Bridge streets, shows that the damage by fire and water as first…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inquest into the cause of last night's destructive fire at the Public Works Office was this afternoon initialed before the City Coroner and a jury of 12…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last evening, at about 7.30, a fire was noticed in the block known as Paling's Buildings, in Ash-street, opposite the G.P.O., and between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram from Yass states that the Yass Dining Rooms attached to the Salutation. Ian were destroyed by fire this morning. The owner of the property was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SINGLETON, Thursday.--At the inquest on the recent fire in Bathurst-street to-day the jury returned a verdict that the premises had been set on fire by some person…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A preliminary report has been sent in by Mr. Vernon, Government Architect, with reference to the damage to the Works Department building by the recent fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A six-roomed house, occupied by Peter Doyle and his family in Burnley, was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The eldest son,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four children were rescued from a burning six-roomed building at Burnley, which was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Frank Doyle was awakened by a sense of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday evening a fire was discovered in Paling's buildings, Ash-street, near the General Post Office. These building are situated at the rear of Paling's music warehouse and other George-street…
Continued on Trove, page 67 →On Monday evening a fire broke out in the top floor of the Works Department, Bridge-street, and at one time it looked as if the consequences would le serious. The services of the fire brigades were…
Continued on Trove, page 76 →LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.--The anarchists set fire to the hold of the French ironclad Carnot when it was being launched at Toulon. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A girl aged 9 years, daughter of a man named Musicks, a slaughterman at Williamstown, was burned to death last night, her legs, arms,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another destructive fire has occurred at the Chicago Exhibition. Six sections of the Exhibition were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 66 →On Monday, at about 6.30 p.m. one of the most serious fires that has occurred in a Government building for years past occurred in the fine block of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The railway men on strike in America now number 300,000. The railway companies have sustained a loss of £1,125,000. Despite the…
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