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1,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 75
The M.F.B. received a call to a fire at Messrs. Briscoe, Drysdale, and Company's, York-street, last evening. A small quantity of paper became ignited in the sellar, and set fire to a box. The employees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The proposed erection of a fire brigade station on the ground within the railway property and opposite the Granville Hotel is said to be "off"; and we have it on good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, March 6.—A terrible fire has broken out in a colliery at Kattowitz, Silesia. Seventy-one of the miners are reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sensational struggle with a burglat took place between a lady named Mrs. Macken at her residence at Mary-street, Longueville, and an unknown man, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, before Messrs. P. W. Edwards, P.M., and R. Harper, J.P.,' Frederick Stephenson and Thomas Wilson were charged with lotting off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE was discovered in the underground workings of the Hetton Pit this morning, but was soon extinguished. A shift man happened to be passing the rubbish-heap…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEGA, Monday.âThe residence of Mr. J. Howard, at Tathra, was totally destroyed by fire during the absence of the family. Nothing was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A fire, which nearly proved to be of a disastrous character, broke out in the workings of the Hetton colliery this morning. About 6 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday Night.--A terrible fire has broken out in a colliery at Kattowitz, Silesia. Seventy-one of the miners are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire has broken out in a colliery at Kattowitz, in Silesia. The minors at work beneath the surface were unable to escape, and up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWS from Tonga states that the trading stores of Messrs. Forsyth, Schlitz, and Co. were destroyed by fire on the 8th instant, together with their contents. The damage is estimated at £7000,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--There was a disastrous fire at Traralgon last night, the flames originating in the premises of J. Price, butcher, where a child accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire in the basement of Messrs. Roberts' grocer's shop, Oxford-street, on Sunday evening was discovered at 10.30, and soon extinguished with buckets of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A serious fire occurred last night at Traralgon. The fire broke out in a butcher's shop, and the flames were not extinguished until seven shops and a dwelling had been burnt down. The loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Tuesday.--A brick cottage of seven rooms, situated on the Urana-road, was destroyed by fire between Saturday night and Sunday. It was occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following items of New Zealand news are taken from Auckland files just to hand:-- An omnibus ran into a tramcar in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A wood and iron structure, about 30ft by 25ft, used as a carpenter's workshop by a A. Giles, 346 Upper , Broughton-street, Darlinghurst, was damaged by fire last evening. On the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Mr. Morton's store, at Onehunga, and an adjoining house, were burned to-day. The estimated loss is £2600. The insurances are:--North German,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?][?][?] well, butcher, [?] of his employees, at 4.30. [?] that a heep of employ boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday last a cottage situated Northstreet, Marsfield, occupied by Mr. Rose and owned by Mr. Duchateau, caught fire. Some sparks from the chimney ignited the roof…
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