Fires in City and Suburbs
At half-past 2 on Saturday afternoon a fire occurred in a house in Glen-street, Marrickville. While Mr. G. F. Stewart was in Sydney, and Mrs. Stewart and the remainder of the family were at a…
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Fire at Marrickville
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to an outbreak of fire at Glen-street, Marrickville, at 2.30 this afternoon. The premises were those of…
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ARMIDALE, Sunday.--A fire started in the old Commercial Hotel just before 5 o'clock this morning. The building was a large wooden structure of two storeys, and was untenanted, the licensing…
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ARMIDALE. Monday.— At 5 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the old Commercial Hotel. The alarm was immediately given and the fire brigade promptly turned out…
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An outbreak of fire occurred at about half-past 7 this morning in a room of the Pyrmont Hotel, occupied by Mr. C. Butter-worth, at 42 and 44 Harris-street. Before…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The ketch Swan put into Flinders to-day on fire. During rough weather the ketch sprang a leak and the water reaching tile hatchway the lime cargo was soon in a…
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A fire was discovered on the premises of E. Horton and Co., seed merchants, 191 and 193 Hay-street, shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. The Metropolitan Fire…
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ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--A coroner's inquiry was hold to-day regarding the fire at theold Commercial Hotel. One witness, who wont home from a party at half-past 3 o'clock on…
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AEMIDALE, Tuesday.—Begarding the fire at the Old Commercial Hotel, a coroner's inquiry was held yesterday. One witness swore that he saw a man walking about inside the building…
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About 8 a.m. yesterday a fire was discovered to have broken out in Mr. Charles Butterworth's Pyrmont Hotel, Harris-street, Pyrmont. The fire was confined to a bedroom on the second floor, and…
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A fire which occurred at Henley-street, Leichhardt, on Wednesday evening resulted in the total destruction of a weatherboard cottage occupied by a painter named Frederick Walker. The…
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There is an efficient the brigade at Granville, aim it is a wonder how they have been kept together so long, seeing (but they have no room in which they can meet at nights, or any place to properly keep their apparatus…
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ARMIDALE, Monday.—At 5 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the old Commerdai Hotel. The alarm was immediately given and the fire brigade promptly turned out…
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GOULBURN, Monday.—About 4 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in Mr. David Bevan's grocery store, in Auburn-street. The fire brigade was quickly at work, and succeeded in controlling the…
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A fire broke out at the residence of Mr. E. Daniels, 15 Upton-street, on Sunday morning. A spark falling from a chimney set fire to the shingle roof a considerable part of which was…
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CHARTERS TOWERS, Sunday.--An attempt was made to burn down the offices of the "Herald" newspaper at 10 o'clock on Saturday night. The incendiarist raised the front window and…
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JUNEE, Tuesday.—Cummins' bakery was entirely destroyed by fire between 4 and 5 o'clock this morning. The working plant, harness, &c., were all consumed, including £10 worth of bags…
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On the night of September 18 the dwelling-house of Mr. Richard Rosch, Smith-field-road, Prospect, was destroyed by fire, and Mrs. Rosch and her infant child had a…
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JUNEE, Tuesday.--A fire occurred this morning, destroying Cummins' bakery, and a large quantity of flour. The building was insured but the contents were not covered…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday.--The Post-office Hotel and store, and a cottage adjoining, with all contents were destroyed by fire early this morning. The premises were the property of…
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