Fire on Board the Admiral
At about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning the ferry steamer Admiral, chartered by the New Manly Co-operative Steamship Company, and owned by Messrs. Waterhouse, was discovered on…
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'Setting the Thames on Fire.'
This is a saying which we often hear, but probably few people know its origin. In the time of our forefathers the corn was ground in a rough instrument called a' temse…
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A London cablegram, received in sydney yesterday, states that the steamer Gulf of Siam, 2126 tons, of Greenock, which left London on August 23 for Sydney, had…
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A cable was received in Sydney yesterday from London stating that the steamer Gulf of Slum, 2126 tons, of Greenock, which left London on August 23 for Sydney, had…
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In to-day's issue we print the last of a series of articles from the pen of an expert on the subject of the liability of Sydney to destruction by fire. These are not…
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A destructive fire took place at Canley Vale at about 1 o'clock this morning, the premises known as Canley Grange being burned down. When the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Incendiary Fires. a Sensation at Rockhampton. A Strange Series of Outbreaks. Steven Pipes in One Night-No Clue to the Supposed Criminal. BRISBANE
A telegram from Rockhampton states that an extraordinary series of fires occurred in the town on Wednesday night. There were seven distinct outbreaks in the…
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A fire occurred at 9 o'clock last evening, in a weatherboard shop and cottage, No. 29 Irafalgar-street, Annandale. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. The building…
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At 8.55 p.m. on Saturday a fire broke out in a weatherboard building of one floor, occupied by E. T. Simons, at 27 Trafalgar-street, Amanlale. The M.F.B. No. 4…
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A fire occurred on Saturday night at a produce store belonging to Ernest Thomas Simons, in Trafalgar-street, Annandale. The building consisted of two rooms of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Items. Fire at a Circus
NEWCASTLE, September 24.—At about 7 o'clock on Saturday night an alarm of fire was raised, and it was found that Abell and Kalner's circus, at Honeysuckle…
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Un Saturday night, just prior to the advertised time for the opening of Abell and Klaer's circus, the tent was destroyed by tire. It appears that a heavy…
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LIVERPOOL, Monday.--A fire occurred early on Saturday morning at Canley Vale, when a weatherboard building occupied by Mr. Page, was totally destroyed, with most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Port Macquarie
PORT MACQUARIE, September 25.—A fire broke out in Messrs. Hayward and Jennings's sawmills here early this morning. The flames had a good hold near the boiler…
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LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--A fire at Portland, Oregon, in the United States, destroyed 500,000 bushels of wheat, 200 freight cars, and a large steamer…
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NARRANDERA, September 25.—At one o'clock this morning, Messrs. M'Intyre, Lincoln and Company's Brewery was destroyed by fire. The flames had a strong…
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LONDON, September 24.—A destructive fire has occurred in a wheat elevator at Portland, Oregon. Half a million bushels of wheat, 2000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Castle Hill. Verdict of Arson
The Parramatta Coroner, Mr. J. E. Bowden, hold an inquest at Castle-hill on Saturday afternoon into the origin of a fire that was discovered in an unoccupied brick…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in a Wheat Elevator. Half a Million Bushels Destroyed. London, Sept. 24
A fire has occurred in a wheat elevator at Portland, Oregon. Half a million bushels of wheat were destroyed. LATER…
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