Fire at Croydon. Brisbane
A fire, which proved about the most destructive ever experienced at Croydon, occurred there yesterday. The outbreak started at the store of William Gallagher in…
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The Terrible Forest Fires. Damage in Manitoba. Many Lives Lost
LONDON, September 6.—The forest fires which broke out in the United States devastated the Rainy River district of Manitoba, on the Minnesota…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at Baumann's Cafe. Extensive Damage
The fire which occurred at No. 107 Pittstreet, Baumann's Cafe, early yesterday morning, and an account of which appeared in a second edition of yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The George-street Fire. Foreman Brown's Family. Relief Fund Meeting
Last night's meeting at the Town Hall was representative of every class and every shade of political opinion. The Mayor of Sydney (Six W. P…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The George-street Fire. the Death of Fireman Brown. Public Meeting in the Town-hall
Last evening a public meeting was held in the Town-hall for the purpose of initiating a fund for the relief of the widow and orphans of the late Senior-fireman Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Big Fire Fight. the Outbreak at Baumann's. the Brigades Work Splendidly. Damage Estimated at £6000
Yesterday morning's fire at Baumann's Cafe, 107 Pitt-street, was one which, but for the excellent work rendered by the M.F.B., would have probably resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Liable to Destruction by Fire. the Moral of Tamworth, Pyrmont, and Lawler's Fires. Fire Premiums, Fire Prevention and Extinction. Part I.
The late disastrous fire at Tamworth, the subsequent large conflagrations in America, and London, the "narrow squeak" at Pyrmont, and Saturday's big blaze at John…
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LONDON, September 7.—According to latest advices from America in reference to the appalling forest fires, the entire area of the Rainy River…
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A fire broke out at an early hour this morning on the premises, 137 King-street, Newtown, occupied by Mr. W. H. Johnston, and the flames were extinguished by…
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The Bishop of Liverpool, in a recent address to the the clergy, said: "A clever, learned man, I see, may spend his life in reading tame and tasteless Christian essays,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Big Engine "Fire King."
An interesting incident in connection with the fire at Lawler's last Saturday evening was the use, for the first time, of the new engine "Fire King." This engine, which we illustrate, works at a steam pressure…
Continued on Trove, page 488 →The Fire as Viewed from the Thoroughfare
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 488 →The Fire at Lawler"s Bedding Factory
VIEW OF THE RUINS LOOKING SOUTH. SCENE LOOKING NORTH…
Continued on Trove, page 489 →Great Fire. a Fireman Killed. Enormous Damage
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…
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LONDON, August 31.—A terrible conflagration bas taken place among the Chinese boats on the Pearl River at Canton, on which many thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Extensive Fire at Muswellbrook. Four Shops Destroyed
A serious fire occurred last 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 514 →Is Sydney Liable to Be Destroyed by Fire?
In another page of to-day's impression we give the first of a series of articles by Mr. F. Oliver Jones, C.E., on the liability of Sydney to destruction by fire. Taking the…
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ON Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock, a fire broke out in the warehouse of John Lawler and Sons, 606 to 612 George-street, and after burning for two hours, completely gutted the immense warehouse and…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Forest Fires in America. Six Towns Destroyed. Six Hundred Lives Lost. London, Sept. 3
Great fires have occurred in the forests of the State of Minnesota, U.S.A. Six hundred people who were unable to escape from the rapidly-advancing flames…
Continued on Trove, page 482 →Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the Forest Fires in America. London, Sept. 7
According to latest advices from New York in reference to the appalling forest fires, the entire area of the Rainy River country, near Winnipeg, in Manitoba, has…
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