The Cabramatta Fire. Inquest on the Victims. Particulars of the Disaster
The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 3
The inquest relative to the deaths of the five little victims of the Cabramatta fire was held yesterday, before Mr. W. H. H'Kenzie, District Coroner. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cabramatta Fire. the Burned Children. the FUNERAl. Sympathy for the Parents
Evening News · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 4
The all-absorbing topic of conversation In and around Liverpool (writes our correspondent) is the terrible calamity which betel the five young children at the fatal fire, Cabramatta, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Revolt in Cuba. Destructive Fire. a Large Town Burned by the Rebels. American Filibusterers Assist. Hospital at Lille Burned. Fatal Mistake of Firemen
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.--The Cuban insurgents have burned Pinar del Rio, a large town of 30,000 inhabitants, about 97 miles from Havannah. LONDON, Monday.--The hospital at Lille, a large manufacturing town in France, has been destroyed by fire. Six of the firemen, who were engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Paddington Brewery Fire Brigade
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 7
The annual reunion of the officers and members of the Paddington Brewery Fire Brigade was held in the station-house, Dowling-street, Paddington, on Friday night. The chair was occupied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Proposed Electric Tramway. Effects Upon the Fire System
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 6
Further consideration was given by the Public Works Committee yesterday to the proposal to construct an electric tramway from Circular Quay to the Redfern railway station, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Terrible Death. Fatal Fire at Paddington
Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1896 · page 4
A shocking discovery was made at 48 Underwood-street, Paddington, yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Mary Gross, a widow, who occupied apartments at that address, was found in her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades Board
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 3
On Wednesday the Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Board held its first meeting after the recent elections. All the members were present--viz., Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Hurstville
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 7
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of August Joseph Jordan, of Belmore-road, Hurstville, by which a dwelling-house of six rooms and kitchen was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigades' Board
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 6
On Wednesday the Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Board held its first meeting after the recent elections. There were present:—Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P., Alderman J. C. Beare, J.P., Alderman Wm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Zealand Colliery Disaster. History of the Brunner Mine. the Presence of Fire-damp
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 3
The Brunner is the oldest working mine in the colony. It was discovered in 1853 by the late Sir Julius Von Haast when exploring the then unknown solitudes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Prominent Local Fire-Fighters
The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 2
CAPT. D. MILLS (Parramatta). CAPT. MITCHELL (S.M.P. Co.'s Brigade.) CAPT EPPS (Granville)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kenthurst Fire Inquest Again Adjourned
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 4
THE adjourned request on the recent destruction by fire of bugler,s proparty ,"ken hurst was reopened on saturday last but no evidence was taken Constable hatch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Flour Mill Destroyed by Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 5
ALBURY, Friday.--At an early hour this morning a flourmill, owned by Mr. Samuel Pike, and situated on the Wodonga-road, was discovered to be on fire. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Cabramatta. Five Children Burned to Death
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 17
A fire occurred on Saturday night near Cabramatta, when the dwelling of Mr. Bonarius was totally destroyed by fire, five young children, whose ages ranged from 6 to 10 years, were in the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Australians in Johannesburg. An Extraordinary Statement. Uitlandees Under Fire
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 April 1896 · page 5
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Johannesburg under date March 3, to the SUNDAY TIMES, gives the following account of the recent trouble in the Transvaal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Series of Fires
The Australian Star · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 5
A fire occurred yesterday at a house in Burnell-street, city, but the damage was confined to a quantity of bedding. The building was owned by Mr. James Miller,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire, at Burwood
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 6
A weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. Larcombe, Nicholson-street, Burwood, was on fire on Sunday night, but the names were extinguished by the Marrickville Fire Brigade. The fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades Board
The Australian Star · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 3
The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board held its first meeting on Wednesday after the recent elections. All the members were present, viz: -- Messrs. Charles Bown,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Marrickville
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 6
Early this morning a fire occurred at a private house in illawarra-road, Marrickville, occupied liy Mr. Percy Puckerman. The dining-room, kitchen, and storeroom at the back of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in the City
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 6
At about half-past 12 o'clock od Sunday morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call apprising them of a fire in a house in Burrell-lane, city. The fire was soon got under. The…
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