Fire Near Dapto. Wollongong
The Marshall Mount Public School, near Dapto, caught fire yesterday morning, but was extinguished before any more damage was sustained than that done to the roof…
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The Fire on the Maccallum Mohr. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
Mr. Thomas Brooks, Lloyd's surveyor, has made a minute survey to-day of the MacCallum Mohr, lately damaged by fire. He reports that the 'tween dock is completely destroyed from the stern to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pillage and Fire Rampant. Failure of Zihni Pacha's Mission. London, Aug. 18
The latest reports from Crete state that pillage and the burning of houses and crops are rampant at Candia. The mission of Zihni Pasha, Turkish…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fire on the Maccallum Mohr. Newcastle
In connection with the fire on the ship Maccallum Mohr, a public meeting convened by Alderman Rees. Mayor of Stockton, was held this evening at the Temperance Hall, to consider the steps to be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Balmain
The Balmain branch of the M.F.B. had a call last night shortly after 10 o'clock' for a fire at the bakery of Pattinson Bros., Darling-street, Balmain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Peakhurst
A weatherboard house, owned by Mr. Ernest Gess, of Peakhurst, and occupied by Mrs. Grove, was completely gutted about 9 o'clock this morning. The house and contents were uninsured,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hurstville
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning a fire Broke out in a three-roomed cottage at Bridge-street, Hurstville, occupied by Mr. Groves. Mrs. Groves left the premises only a quarter of an hour…
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A fire, occasioned by a candle coming in contact with some curtains, occurred on Thursday night at 64 Darling-street, Balmain, occupied as a bakery end dwelling by Messrs. Pattinson Bros. The…
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At 9 o'clock last night a wooden shed, about 60ft. by 40ft., used as a workshop by Frederick Stack; cabinetmaker, at 100 Alfred-street, North Sydney, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rig Fire at Brewarrina
BREWARRINA, August 12.—Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning flames were observed issuing from the front window of the billiard and hairdressing saloon occupied by W. H. Gurton. The…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Fire at Roberta's Hotel
A little before 5 o'clock on Saturday morning a Are broko out ajt Roiberts's Hotel, at the corner of George and Market streets, Sydney. The fire originated in a lift on tho third flooi which is…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire at Daandine Station
Nows roached Brisbane on August 12 of a dastardly outrage at Daandine Station early on August 8. Daandine is situated about twenty miles west of Dalby, and is the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire at Roberts's Hotel
Between 4 and 5 a.m. last Saturday a fire broke out at Roberts's hotel, corner of Market and George streets. The building is five stories high, and the fire broke out in the third floor. In a corner of a pantry…
Continued on Trove, page 410 →Fire at Morpeth. Morpeth
At 1 o'clock this morning Foster's jam factory was burnt down. The cause of the fire is unknown. The damage is estimated at £400…
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A fire broke out yesterday morning at the establishment of Messrs. Foley and Company, grocers, Erekine-street. The firemen were smartly on the scene and presented it from spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Morpeth. Morpeth
At 1 o'clock this morning poster a jam factory was burnt down. The cause of the fire is unknown. The damage is estimated at £400…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in a Jam Factory
WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--Early this morning Mr. Samuel Forster's Jam factory, at Bowthorne, Hinton, was totally destroyed by fire. The damage done is estimated at about £400…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Series of Fires. Gas Explosion. Outbreak in Erskine-sfreet
An explosion of gas occurred at the Dry Dock Hotel, at the corner of College and Cameron streets, Balmain, about 9.15 a.m. yesterday. The windows and doors were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Near Hinton. West Maitland
Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning an outbreak of fire occurred in a jam factory owned by Mr. Samuel Foster, and situated at Bowthor[?], near Hinton. The fiames were shooting through the…
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