Fires This Afternoon
Several alarms of fire were raised this afternoon, but in no case was any extensive damage done. About 1 o'clock the Newtown brigade extinguished a grass fire near…
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Disastrous Fires. [By Telegraph] (From Our Correspondents.) the Fire at Wollongong. the Insurances. Wollongong
It appears that the damage caused by the fire yesterday, which entirely demolished a whole block of buildings, is quite as heavy as was anticipated. The fire smouldered all…
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Mr. C. G. Hatte's Collingwood House,Kingstreet, Newtown, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Sunday owning. At about half-past 4 o'clock the watchman discovered…
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The residents of the Chatswood division of Wilioughby will have reason to remember Sunday, August 25, as one of the most unseasonable days on record. Saturday was…
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LONDON, August 26.—During the great fire in the seed and grain warehouses at Hambro' Wharf, London, a black mass comprising many…
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About the same time that the largest silvermine in Australia was being gutted by a subterranean fire the largest gold producing mine in the United States was…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--An extensive fire occurred at West Wailsend on Saturday, by which a large building and a cottage, both of weatherboard, the property of Mr. A…
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At the Criminal Court to-day Mr. Justice Hood gave his decision on the application of Mr. Guarner, Crown Prosecutor, made last Friday for the postponement of the trial of Edward Benson and Mark…
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Further particulars of Sundays firs show that the total damage amounted to fully £3600, The furniture and stook at Mr. Vaughan's was heavily insured…
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WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Last night's Are has proved to be by far the most destructive that has ever taken place here. It originated, by some means not yet…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The trial of Benson and Lindsay, charged with setting fire to the ship Hilaria, has been postponed until the next sitting of the Court. Mr…
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WALGETT, Monday.--Further particulars as to yesterday's destructive the show that Mr. Vaughan's furniture and stock were seriously damaged by water. The…
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A fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Percy Baldwin yesterday morning, and it was not extinguished until the kitchen and about £50 worth of furniture were destroyed…
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Sunday, August 25, will be long remembered all over the colony for its peculiar westerly gale, its record of numerous and extensive fires, and, above all, for the bush…
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LONDON, August 26.—During the progress of the great fire at Hambro' Wharf, Blackfriars, the wall of Ferguson's seed and grain warehouse fell…
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A disastrous fire occurred here last night, which totally destroyed a shed used for weekly produce sales, a wooden building occupied by Mr. J. F. Gunnion as a store, and a saddler's shop occupied…
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During the progress of the great fire in Forguson's seed and grain warehouse at Hanbury Wharf, Blackfriars, the wall of the warehouse fell and destroyed the shed…
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LONDON, August 26.—The P. and O. Rome, which has arrived from Australia, reports that when 300 miles from the Australian coast the casing…
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The principal topic of conversation in town to-day was the fire at the Seaham Colliery and the compulsory closing of the mine. It is the opinion of Dr. Robertson that the exhaustion of oxygen…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Dr. Robertson, managing director, and Mr. R. M. M'Cheyne Anderson, secretary of the Caledonian Coal Company, which owns the Waratah, West…
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