Fire Near Coolamon
COOLAMON, Monday.--The residence of Mr. William Langdren, four miles from Coolamon, was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The inmates of tho house were aroused by the…
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The Fire on the Ellen A. Read
In connection with the fire on the ship Ellen A. Read, Captains J. Vine Hall, Jack, and Laidman yesterday proceeded on board, and made a survey. The vessel was found to have sustained extensive…
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A disastrous fire occurred last night at the residence of Mr. W. T. Garrert, Grand View-avenue, Pymble, a suburb on the Milson's Point-Hornsby Railway. The…
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MOSS VALE, Wednesday.-A. fire broke out here last evening about 6 o'clock, resulting in an old cottage belonging to Mr. H. W. Taylor being completely gutted. The local Volunteer Fire…
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About 1.30 yesterday morning; a call was received by the Ashfield Volunteer Brigade to a fire at Liverpool road Ashfield. A fruiterer's shop, No. 132, was well alight, and the fire had already extended to…
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About 10 p.m. on Monday night a fire occurred at Pymble, when tho residence or Mr. W. T. Garrard, Grand View-avenue, was burnt to the ground. The glare was noticed by the watchman from the tower…
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A fire that might have had serious results was discovered early yesterday morning in a bedroom occupied by a man named Thomas Deasy, at the Terminus Hotel,…
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DUNGOG, Thursday.-A large fire occurred at Messrs. Skillen and Walker's premises, Dowling-street, at an early honor this looming, when a large wooden building used as a store and joinery…
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The Babloch, 67 days out from Newcastle, was towed Into San Francisco with her large cargo of coal on fire. She was grounded at Sansalito, and pumped full of water. The extent of the damage…
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DUNGOG, Thursday.—At 12.30 this morning a large storeroom at Skillen and Walker's store was totally consumed by fire. The room was full of goods valued at £1500, which were uninsured. The…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Tho offices of the milling company's premises at Port pirie were destroyed by fire early this morning. ADELAIDE,Thursday…
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A large wooden building in Dowling street, used by Messrs. Skiller and Walker as a store and joinery works was burned to the ground yesterday morning. The…
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A very exciting incident occurred at Middle Head shortly after midnight on Thursday, when a -weatherboard cottage within, the military reserve was discovered to be on fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After Many Years. Reported Arrest of Ager. Ex-Secretary of the Fire Brigade Board. In Trouble in Victoria--The Sum involved
The arrest is believed to have been effected in Victoria of William H. B. Ager, whom most people will remember as the secretary of the Fire Brigades Board of…
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A fire, occasioned by the discharge of fireworks, occurred yesterday at the residence of Mr. Tighe, Bourke-street. A quantity of bedding In aback room was damaged…
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The dangers attending a cargo of Australian coal are apparently only just now coming to the fore (writes the San Francisco correspondent of- "Fair Play"). Some years ago New South Wales…
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Captain Mackay, the harbor master at Brisbane, held an inquiry regarding the fire on the Swedish barque Baronga, and has reported as follows: The Swedish barque Barunga, tram London, with general cargo, berthed at Webster's…
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An elderly woman named Isabella Lydia Nealds was fatally burnt by a fire which broke out at Coogee yesterday. Deceased resided, with her husband at the residence of Mr. Basil Cooper…
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LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--A disastrous fire occurred last night at Zeohan. Crane Brothers and Creed's large drapery establishment, the Commercial Bank of Tasmania, the Bank of…
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Early yesterday morning a fire occurred in the residence of Mr. Basil Cooper in Arden-street, Coogee, and resulted in one of the inmates of the hon[?], Mrs. Isabella Lydia Nealds, being so severely burced…
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