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It was from George and Bathurst streets that the best views of the conflagration were obtained. The high, massive, and frequent sheets of flame which leapt into the air sent forth showers of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, September 2.—Destructive forest fires have occurred in the State of Minnesota (U.S.), and 50 persons have been burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pieces of charred wood and other fragments were carried to remarkable distances. Mr. E. J. Robson, of the Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, writes under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--Permit me through the columns of your widely-circulated paper to draw the attention of the authorities, to the manner in which the drivers of the fire engines…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. John Lawler, sen., proprietor of the buildings which were burned down, said, in reply to questions by a Herald reporter, that he had not the slightest idea of how the fire originated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Friday, 1 p.m.--A terrible disaster has occurred at Canton, China, where a large number of flower boats moored in the river, and used as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious fire occurred to-night while people were returning from church. Four wooden structures were burned, the buildings destroyed being the Chronicle office, Lang and Nutt's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is a long time since the Sydney public were startled by such a fire as that by which Messrs. J. Lawler and Sons, of George-street, suffered on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arrangements have been made in accordance with the custom observed when a fireman dies in the exercise of his duty to accord a public funeral to Edward Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire, resulting in the death of a fireman and the total destruction of premises and stock of the value of about £40,000, occurred at Messrs. John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The great clock in the tower of the General Post-office had chimed 7 on Saturday night before the people in the city began to realise that a big fire was in progress…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock, a fire broke out in the warehouse of John Lawler and Sons, 600 to 612 George-street, City, and after burning for two hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In response to a request from the Fire Brigades Board, the City Coroner yesterday opened an inquest on the cause of the fire. The initiation of the inquest was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The same jury was then empannelled to hold an inquest relative to the origin of the fire. With the Coroner and officers of the brigade they visited the scene, and then the inquest was adjourned till the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MUSWELLBROOK, Monday.--By the fire on Sunday night the four buildings were gutted in about an hour. The heaviest losers are William Davison and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was not till almost noon yesterday that the firemen ceased playing water on to the ruins of Lawler's building, George-street, which on Saturday night had been destroyed. By that time all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--Information has been received of disastrous forest fires which have occurred in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday Deputy Superintendent Webb consulted the city architect, Mr. M'Crae, concerning the demolition of the walls of Lawler's warehouse still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, September 2.—A terrible fire occurred at Austin, the capital of the State of Texas (U.S.), yesterday. The outbreak occurred in one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Now that the first great excitement attendant upon Saturday night's conflagration has subsided the attention of all parries is directed to the removal of the ruins. As…
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