Fires
A fire occurred about 1.30 yesterday morning in a stable at the rear of a shop at Botany- street, Waterloo, occupied by a fruiterer named D. Barker. The stable was burnt down, and a…
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Another Paddington Fire
A fire was discovered to have broken out yesterday afternoon at the residence of Dr. Pericles, 146 Glenmbre-road, Paddington. It was extinguished by the inmates with buckets of…
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About 4 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered to have broken out on the premises occupied by Messrs. Sergeant and King, printers, Elizabeth-street. A back room on the first floor,…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A destructive fire broke out about 6 o'clock this evening at Messrs. Scott and Morton's cycle agency. The fire originated in a storeroom at the rear of the…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--Detective Twoomey today proceeded to Dunwich and arrested Marie Christeson, the matron of the Myora Aboriginal Mission, on a charge of causing the death of a CAIRNS, Monday. -- Abdul Hooslan, who is charged with setting fire to the sugar-cane on the Mulgrave Estate, has been remanded for eight days. Bail was refused…
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An alarm of fire was received by the Marrickville station of the M.F.B, at 8.30 this morning for a fire in a shed at 129 Parramatta-road, Ashfield, owned by Mr…
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GUNDAGAI, Wednesday.— A fire, which threatened to do much damage, broke out at midnight in the kitchen of the dwelling occupied by Mr. A. Kiworthy, but beyond destroying this…
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The fire which took place last night at the cycle store of Messrs. Scott and Morton has caused more inconvenience than was at first anticipated. In all…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Sixteen men belonging to the fire brigade have sent in their resignations to the board. It appears that Henry Hannaford, a fireman stationed at Norwood, died, and his…
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GUNDAGAI, Wednesday.--Early this morning a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. Arthur Elworthy, proprietor of the Gundagai "Times." Mr. Ryle, the manager of the A.J.S. Bank, who…
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The State school at Armadale was almost entirely destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire is believed to be the work of an incendiary, and the matter…
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A small fire occurred this afternoon at the well-known drapery establishment of Mr. Mark Foy, Oxford-street. The outbreak was discovered by…
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LONDON, October 1.—A fire broke out last night in the Alhambra Variety Theatre at Aberdeen during a performance. A terrible panic ensued, and in the rush for…
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A fire occurred at the Variety Theatre, Aberdeen, during a performance, and the building was destroyed. A panic occurred amongst the audience, and in the rush to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensation at Yass. Police Fire Upon a Suspect. A Supposed Burglar Wounded. Exciting Struggle With a Policeman -- An Early Morning Adventure. YASS
Constable Sully, while on duty in Dutton-street at half-past 4 this morning, saw a man in Mr. Iceton's office. Constable Sully wont at once to the…
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A fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Ryan, Blne's Point-road, North Sydney, last night through a lighted candle coming is contact with bed curtains. The building, which, was a…
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At 7.30 last night a fire broke out in a weatherboard cottage, situate in Short-street, Balmain, the residence of John Ferguson, a boilermaker. The Balmain Volunteer Fire Company were…
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A fire broke out at the residence of Mr. John Fergnson, boilermaker, Short-street, Balmain, last night. The flames which were confined to a bedroom were extinguished by the local…
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A small fire occurred at Mr. W. Wilce's cordial factory, Erskineville-road, Newtown, at half-past 2 this morning. The alarm was given by a constable, and the…
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A fire broke out in an empty four-roomed cot-tage at Jamiesontown, near Penrith, yesterday, the building being burned to the ground. The cottage was the property of Mr. Thos. Quinn, and…
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