Fire at Bondi
A five-roomed cottage at Wellington-street, Bondi, was almost totally destroyed by fire shortly after 12 o'clock' last night. The premises…
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Seaham Colliery Fire
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday—The fire is reported to have broken out afresh in the Seaham Colliery. Volumes of thick smoke are issuing from the hole cut in the plugging of the shaft, and it is feared…
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The iron barque Ganges, of 1395 tons, lying at Dalgety'a Wharf, Miller's Point, was reported to be on fire at about 8 p.m. on Monday. She was being loaded with wool, tallow,&c…
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LAUNCESTON (Tas.), Monday—A disastrous fire occurred during the night at Burnie, on the north-west coast of Tasmania. Wiseman's Bay View Hotel, containing over forty rooms, Jones's…
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About 8.15 p.m. on Monday some of the members of the crew of the iron barque Gauges, lying at Dalgety's Wharf, Milson's Point, noticed volumes of smoke coming from the after part of the…
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The annual meeting of the City Mutual Fire In surance Company, Limited, was held on Jan. 23 at the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. John See, M.L.A., presiding. The annual report laid before the…
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The official report is: -- "Contents of No. 2 lower forehold slightly damaged by fire and water. Owners of barque: Andrew Weir and Co., Scotland. Agents: Mason…
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The cargo for Australia by the steamer Gulf of Venice, on board which a fire occurred at Liverpool Docks, has been reshipped on the Gulf of Siam…
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HAY, Friday.—Owing to a disute with the local board, with respect to the rates of payments for attendances at fires and at official practices, the local Fire Brigade has resigned in a body. The…
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A serious fire has broken out on board the steamer Gulf of Venice, which is lying in the Liverpool Docks. The holds of the steamer have been…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.--A large fire early this morning completely destroyed the workshop and timber yard of Mr. C. Hammond, builder and contractor,…
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LONDON, January 31.—The undamaged portion of the cargo of the steamer Gulf of Venice, which caught fire in the Liverpool docks while loading for Australia, will be…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.--Maundors's 10- roomed boarding-house at Rotorua, was destroyed by fire last night. It was built three months ago, and was a building of…
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THE eighteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held in the Chamber of Commerce, Exchange, Sydney, at noon on Thursday week…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was again called out last evening to cope with another mysterious outbreak on board the ship Thistlebank, lying at Hoffnung's Wharf, Miller's…
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Another mysterious outbreak of fire occurred yesterday evening on the ship Thistlebank, which is lying at Hoffnung's .Wharf, Miller's Point. It will be…
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Another fire occurred on board the barque Thistlebank last night, and by a singular coincidence the outbreak occurred at the same time and almost in the game part of the vessel as…
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Captain Baird and the officers of the new four-masted ship Thistlebank yesterday congratulated themselves on the slightness of the damage occasioned by the…
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Up to the year 1849, the only provision for the extinction of fires in Sydney con sisted of three email hand-power engines mounted on iron wheels. Two of these…
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LONDON, Friday.--The undamaged portion of the cargo of the steamer Gulf of Venice, which took fire at the Liverpool docks whilst loading for…
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