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LONDON, May 30.—A terrible panic occurred at Pisa, Italy, to-day. An enormous crowd had assembled in the cathedral to witness the uncovering of an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The report of a terrible catastrophe comes from Pisa, in Italy. It appears that there was an enormous crowd gathered at the Cathedral…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The secretary of the Northern Districts Amalgamated Fire Brigades' Association wrote to the Water and Sewerage Board to-day, stating that it had now been definitely decided to hold the competition on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The application of the Leichhardt Council for the erection of telephone fire alarms at Leichhardt-hill and other parts of the borough has met with the rejoinder from the Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday Night.--A terrible panic occurred at Pisa, Italy, to-day. An enormous crowd had assembled in the Cathedral to witness the uncovering of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible cyclonic storm passed over some of the western suburbs at about 10 o'clock this morning. It came from the north, by way of Greenwich and Woolwich, and the sound of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CAMDEN, Tuesday. -- The Commercial Hotel was last night the scene of a fire, which resulted in the destruction of the flooring of two bedrooms aud the passage way. The tank, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out last night in the kitchen of the residence of Mrs. Harriett Read, 167 Forbes -street, during the absence of the tenant. The M. F. B., with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mayor (Alderman R. B. Cropley) presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Leichhardt council on Monday night, when the principal business was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire broke out last night in the residence of Mrs. Harriet Rend, 167 Forbes-street. The M.F.B. was at once communicated with and in a short space of time detachments of firemen from headquarters, No. 4 station,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALBANY, Friday Morning.--The R.M.S. Oruba arrived from Colombo at 11.50 last night, and the English papers to hand contain a full account of the great fire in the Paris Bazaar De…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The literature of drought is never complete without some reference to the efforts made from time to time to induce rainfalls by explosions and heat. In the olden times soon after gunpowder came…
Continued on Trove, page 1175 →WAGGA, Friday.--A public meeting was held last night at the town-hall to devise means of coping with outbreaks of fire owing to the resignation of the members of the Volunteer Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There is now being constructed for use by the Boston Fire Department a horseless steam engine, of great size and power, having a contract capacity of 1350gal of water per minue, but the builders,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The members of the Fire Brigades Board, accompanied by uperintendent Bear, paid a visit to Hurstville, and were met at the railway station by, the Mayor (Alderman Jno. Sproule, J.P.) on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DUNEDIN, Sunday.--The four-storied premises of Messrs. P. Hayman and Co., general merchants, was totally destroyed by fire last night, only four brick walls remaining standing. Nothing was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The warehouse of Hayman and Company, dealers in fancy goods, at Wellington, has been completely gutted by fire. Stock valued at £30,000 was destroyed. The insurances amount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DUNEDIN, Monday.--In connetion with the destruction of the premises of Messrs. P. Hayman and Co., general merchants, on Saturday night, it is stated that the United Insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out about 4 o'clock this morning at a furniture shop in Devonshire-street city, occupied by H. D. Elliott. The alarm was seat to the head station and No. 2 M.F.B. The…
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