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The Nova Scotian ship Ellen A Read, bound from Newcastle to Manila with a cargo of 3000 tons of coal, was towed into port yesterday by the tug Irresistible, her cargo being on fire. The ship…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Out at sea a fire is one of the most appalling experiences of the mariner. Gales, cyclonic storms, and hurricanes have no great terror for him, but to find that his home on the ocean is in the grip of a raging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ship Ellen A. Read was sighted off Broken Bay flying signals yesterday morning notifying that she was on fire. Word was wired by the lookout man at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Considerable excitement was occasioned at the port yesterday when it became known that a large merchant ship was off the Heads on fire. She had been sighted off Broken Bay coming south early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Monday.—A Fire broke out hero yesterday in a pile of wood near the mining company's engine-room. On the alarm being given, the smelting manager, Mr. Fred. Matthews,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All danger is over to- day in the case of the fire on the coal- laden ship Ellen A. Read, and the work of discharging will shortly be proceeded with. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer captain cook was taken alongside the ship Ellen A. Reed yesterday, and worked at pumping the water out of her holds that were on fire. By evening the water had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 3.45 a. m. to- day a fire broke out in the stables at the rear of the promises occupied by Messrs. Pattinson Bros., bakers, 64 Darling- street East, Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →captain. J.M. Banks ana captain jack yesterday made a survey of the barque Rossshire for the shipowners and underwriters respectively. It was found that between 200 and 300 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At about 4 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was raised, the cause being the burning of the Bee Hive Hotel, lately occupied by Mr. J. Williams, who is now at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TUMUT, Tuesday.-About 4 o'clock' this morning an alarm of fire was raised, the cause being the burning of the eenive Hotel, lately occupied by J. Williams, now at Femora. The business had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about a quarter to 4 o'clock this morning fire was discovered to have broken out on the premises of Messrs. Pattinson Brothers, bakers, 64 Darling-street, Balmain East. The premises…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Slight damage was done yesterday evening to a portion of the stock in one of the front windows of Messrs. Lassetter and Co., George- street. The benefit of having a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ship Ellen A. Read, which put into port on Sunday morning with her cargo on fire, still remains at the anchorage at Double Bay. Yesterday morning the captain called at the Marine Board Office and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ship Ellen A. Read was sighted off Broken Bay flying signals yesterday morning notifying that she was on fire. Word was wired by the lookout man at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TUMUT, Tuesday.—The Beehive Hotel, in Fitzroy-street, was burnt before daylight this morning, the wooden portion, containing the bar, billiard and dining rooms, being wholly consumed, while of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 4 o'clock this morning the Beehive Hotel and a large block of buildings covering half au acre in Fitzroy-street, were totally gatted by a fire, which apparently commenced in the billiard-room, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The pilot steamer Captain Cook yesterday resumed pumping operations at the ship Ellon A. Read at Double Bay. The water in tho ship was reduced to withing 3ft. of tho bottom of the hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Transit Commission was held at the board's office, 153 Phillip-street, Sydney, this morning. Present: His Worship the Mayor (Alderman I. E. Ives) in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was reported at the Balmain Fire Station, from 64 Darling-street East, premises occupied by Messrs. Pattinson Brothers, bakers. On the arrival of the…
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