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MELBOURNE, January 23.-A. fire, attended with, somewhat sensational surroundings, broke oat on board the ship Savoia at half-past 3 this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early this morning a fire was discovered on board the ship Savoia, 1308 tons, from New York, which was berthed at the South Wharf on the 8th instant with a cargo of korosene and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The ship Savoia, which arrived from New York on the 8th inst. and berthed at the South Wharf, had a miraculous escape from total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle, January 26.-A. fire was discovered on board the iron ship Ben Cranachan at &30 on Thursday morning. The vessel was coal laden for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigades' Board have informed the Annandale Council that their application for fire alarms to be erected at the foot of John-stone-st., and at the corner of Rose and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- At about 8.30 a.m., as the ship Ben Cruachan was casting off from her moorings, on her way to Antofogasta, smoke was seen issuing from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual general meeting of share-holders of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at the Chambar of Commerce Exchange yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The seventeenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at noon in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. There was a fairly large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The seventeenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at noon in the Chamber of Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About half-past 8 the iron ship Bea Cruschan, Captain Miles, coal-laden for Antofagasta, lying in North Harbour ready for sea, with a pilot on board, was discovered to be on fire. She was just…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly before noon to-day a fire occurred aboard the ship Ben Cruachan, lying at the buoy in the berth, North Harbor. It appears that the vessel was loaded and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Some little excitement was caused in Church street on Thursday night last, by a blazing window. Someone accidentally dropped a match into Mr. Grace’s tobacconist window,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday afternoon the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board held a meeting, there being present— Messrs. Charles Bown, T. P. (chairman), Walter Church. J.P. (vice chairman). Alderman J. C…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Wednesday afternoon the Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Board held Its usual meeting, there being present: Messrs. Charles Down. J.P. (chairman). Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Between 5 and 6 o'clock last night the M.F.B. were called out for a fire at the premises of Messrs. J. H. Walker and Co., Druitt-street, and on arrival it was found…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A small fire broke out shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday evening in the premises occupied by Messrs. J. H. Walker and Co., No. 64½ Druitt-street. A small quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a few minutes to 1 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in a two-storied building in Margaret-street, occupied by E. A. Vlies, as a general agent. A detachment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday. A fire broke out at 3 this morning at the Cambridge Ham and Beef Shop, Elizabeth-street, occupied by Mr. Henry Barnett. The Post-office…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out early this morning in a ham and beef shop in Elizabeth-street, kept by Henry Burnett, who yesterday left on a visit to Sydney. The building and its contents were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A great fire broke out at Port Arthur during a gale to-day. The public buildings, model prison, Government House, the hospital, and several private houses were destroyed. Trendil's private…
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