Fires. Brave Rescue at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A fire broke out at 12.45 this morning in the kitchen of a five-roomed weatherboard cottage at Adamstown, occupied by Mr. James…
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Fire at Byrock
BOURKE, Tuesday.—The Commercial Hotel, occupied by Samuel Riley, at Byrock, has been consumed by fire, and so rapid was the destruction that nothing was Bared, everything being…
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The representative of the Marine Underwriters' Association at Melbourne and Captain Downs, marina superintendent of the A.U.S.N. Company, have made a survey of the steamer Cintra, which returned to…
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Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon it was reported at the fire stations that an untenanted shop at the corner of Church and Macquarie streets was on fire. On…
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Matthew Flack, of Smithtown, baker, has been arrested on a charge of setting fire to his promises…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An extraordinary case of Illegally discharging firearms was hoard at Collinwood to-day, a youth, Joseph Chambers, being charged with the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The representative of the Marino Underwriters' Association and Captain Downs, marine superintendent of the A.U.S.N. Co., to-day made…
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MUDGEE, Wednesday,--The weather continues oppressively hot, and to-day the thermometer registered 101 In tho shade. A disastrous bush fire is raging outside the town,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. a Drizzling Rain. The Heat in the Country. More Deaths Reported. Raging Bush Fires
A light, drizzling rain fell at intervals in Sydney yesterday, and continued up to this morning. The atmosphere was still close and muggy, and there were no indications of the humidity…
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The promises at the corner of Church- street and Western-road, Parramatta, were damaged by fire yesterday. A small quantity of clothing was…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Serious bush fires swept over the Hexham district last week, destroying a quantity of fencing and much grass, besides burning to death three…
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KEMPSEY, Thursday.—The further hearing of the charge against Matthew Flack on suspicion of setting fire to his premises at Smithtown was continued this morning. The police…
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An inquest is to be held at Paramatta to-day into the origin of the fire which broke out in an empty shop and dwelling at the corner of Church-street and the Western-road late on Tuesday afternoon…
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At the annual meeting of this brigade held on Tuesday night Captain E. J. Love occupied the chair, and there was a full attendance of members. The annual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires at Sea. the Loss of the Garfield and Parthia
The following, which is extracted from a letter Just received from Mr. Selwyn Wallace,dated Valparaiso, October 25, effectually supports (says the Newcastle "Herald " of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire on the Cintra. Allegations Contradicted
With reference to the outbreak of fire on board the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Cintra, later particulars received show that the danger was at no time very great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Botany Fire. a Word for the Firemen
With reference to the recent fire at North Botany "An Eyewitness" writes us regarding the work of the firemen on that occasion. He says that instead of the fire burning itself out, as was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Broken Hill. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill
Last night at 12 o'clock the minc whistle mounded an alarm of fire, and the continuous small alanu whistle of the Proprietary indicated that the fire was along the line of the lode. Soon a…
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BATEMAN'S BAY, Thursday.--News has just reached here that the fires on Monday completely destroyed all the grass and fencing on the Murramarang station, and…
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