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Referring to the recurrence of fires on vessels at wharves, etc., the Fire Brigades Board says in its annual report, that the desirability of affording better protection for them is forced continually…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PENRITH, Thursday.--About 2 o'clock this morning a five-roomed weatherboard cottage on Bringelly-road, at Kingswood, was burnt to the ground, together with all the furniture. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Ager was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday before Mr. Smithers, S.M., with embezzling £2[?] 18s 5d, £58 10s 2d, and £74 [?]s 2d, during the months respectively of January, May,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the above was held in a room at Tattersall's Hotel on Thursday night last. Only seven members attended. Mr. W. J. Rowe was elected to the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's mail brought news in connection with the fire on the Port Phillip, outward bound for Australia that the vessel put into St. Helena on the morning of April 9, fire having broken out in No. 3 held. The fire was not got…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday.—A fire of a disastrous character occurred yesterday at Lyell, a town near Westport, in the South Island. The flames were first discovered under the old…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In connection with the outbreak of fire on the steamer Port Phillip, of the Anglo-Australasian line, outward bound for Australia, a report by the mail yesterday states that the vessel put into…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In this category may be placed large shops, which it is to be feared are in many instances very imperfectly ventilated in Australia. It must be borne in mind that, although we…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A somewhat exciting experience occurred on the voyage of the steamer Waikato, of the New Zealand Shipping Company's line, on the passage from London to Auckland. The vessel had just passed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars to hand regarding the fire on the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waikato show that the experience of those on board was of a very sensational nature, and for a time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUTTON-FOREST, Tuesday.—An inquest regard to the recent fire here was held yesterday by the coroner, Mr. A. D. Badgery, J.P. The building burnt down was a six-room wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cabinet had under consideration yesterday the question of appointing a commission to inquire into the cause of fires in coal-laden ships from Newcastle to foreign ports, and the possibility of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the Cabinet was held today, and Ministers were occupied about two hours in discussing order of business in the Legislative Assembly and general matters…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Premiums on coal risks from Newcastle have advanced considerably in consequence of recent burnings at sea. A report by the mall yesterday from London states that hulls of iron and steel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A weatherboard building consisting of one floor, occupied by John H. Jackson, provision dealer, Croydon Avenue, Enfield, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The structure, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Premises of one storey, occupied as shop and dwelling by Mr. John H. Jackson, provision dealer, and coach-house and stables attached, at Croydon-avenue,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Henry Partley, who has recently arrived in Sydney from Western Australia, was induced on Monday to part with £120 under very simple circumstances. He was joined by three men in an hotel in Surry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Henry Agar, who pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court yesterday to a charge of having in 1890 embezzled three sums of money, the property of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COROWA, Thursday.--King's Australian Hotel one of the largest buildings in Corowa, was in great danger of being destroyed to-night, a fire being discovered at 8 o'clock in the linen…
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