Tasmania. Fire at Hobart
HOBART, Thursday.--Early this morning a fruit shop, occupied by Mr. Trabaco, in Elizaboth-street, took fire. The shop was completely gutted. The building was insured in the…
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A Fire at Enfield
A small weatherboard structure in Croydonavenue, Enfield, occupied by John H. Jackson, his wife, and a lodger and his wife, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our European Letter. The Vienna Mayoralty. The Kaiser as a Hotel-keeper. The Clothing of Eve--A Birthday Celebration in Prison--Fire Brigade Strike in Vienna--Decline of Population in France---Increase in Germany. BERLIN, May 10
Dr. Lueger, the anti-Semitic burgomaster of Vienna, who has now been elected Mayor four times, has had an interview with the Austrian Emperor. The result…
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Yesterday morning, about 5 o'clock, an alarm of fire was communicated to the Metropolitan Fire Station by officials in the railway office at Darling Harbor, and the outbreak proved to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Pyrmont
A fire broke out yesterday morning at premises, 63 Union-street, Pyrmont, occupied as a shop and dwelling by Josiah White. The outbreak was discovered by a man named Irvine, who gave the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Pyrmont. Narrow Escape of a Family
A shop and dwelling occupied by Josiah White, at 63 Union-street,. Pyrmont, was the scene of a conflagration yesterday morning. A man named Irvine discovered…
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The contents of a bedroom at the residence of Mr. Herbert Rice, secretary of the Ornithological Society, Selwyn-street, Paddington, were considerably damaged by fire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chase After Suspected Robbers. a Constable Fires at Them
Two men, who by their demeanor aroused the suspicion of Constable Harper, of No. 2 station, at Ultimo yesterday afternoon, led that officer an extended and somewhat exciting chase when…
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The Government has communicated with three gentlemen, two of them experts and one a member of a leading mercantile firm, to see if they will act as a board of inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Clarence-st. An Early Morning Blaze. a Block of Warehouses on Fire. Destruction of a Clothing Factory. Narrow Escape of "Sunlight Soap." Good Work by the Brigades
One of the most destructive fires of the year broke out just before 6 o'clock this morning at a block of warehouses in Clarence-street, opposite the No. 1 Police Station and known as Trafalgar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Powder Store in the Vicinity of the Fire
Some alarm was caused this morning when the fire at the block of buildings known as "Trafalgar Square" broke out. Premises but a short distance away are stored with powder. At first it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in the City. Conflagration in Clarence-Street. A Block of Buildings Alight. Firemen Fight the Flames--A Clothing Store Alight--A Stubborn Fight--The Men Turn Out In Force--An Early Morning Sensation
There were few people out of doors this morning when the massive gates of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarters Station swung back and let into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Clarence Street. Two Large Warehouses Burnt Out. Considerable Destruction of Property. Good Work by the Fire Brigades
At 5.53 yesterday morning the police of No. 1 station in Clarence street sent a telephonic alarm to the M.F.B. of a fire in a block of buildings Immediately opposite the station, known as Trafalgar…
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A noteworthy fact in connection with the fire was that 20 minutes before it was found to have obtained a good held of the promises there was not the slightest indication of an outbreak from an external…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fall into a Fire
MOAMA, Thursday.—About 3 o'clock this morning a swagman, name unknown, was found under the Murray Bridge extensively burnt, having fallen into a fire whilst in a fit. He was…
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Mr. J. S. Simonds, the chief of the London Fire Brigade, has been required by the London County Council to tender his resignation. It is alleged that he was…
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LONDON, June 17.—The London County Council has called upon Mr. J. Sexton Simonds, the chief of the Fire Brigade, to send in his resignation in consequence of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Large Fire in the City. Two Warehouses Damaged. Loss Estimated at £5000
Shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday two warehouses. Nos.226 and 228 Clarence-street, were discovered to be on fire, and despite the utmost efforts of a large staff of firemen, under the superintendent…
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In view of the proposal to appoint a commission to inquire as to the cause and possible prevention of files on coal-laden ships three gentlemen at the recent…
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PENRITH, Friday.--About 11 o'clock yesterday a house, owned and occupied by Mr. W. Owtram, situated on the Nepean River banks at Castlereagh. was burnt to the ground, with all the…
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