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Paris was suddenly turned into a city of mourning by a dire calamity consummated in the space of less than 30 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, 4th May, by the total destruction by fire of a charity bazaar in…
Continued on Trove, page 129 →The ceremony of officially opening the new fire station at New Lambton was performed by Mr. Edd[?]n, M.L.A., last night. There was a large Attendance of interested spectators, including…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The new fire brigade station at New Lambton was opened on Saturday afternoon with considerable ceremony at 3 o'clock. A procession of representatives of the fire brigades of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A report was received at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Station shortly after 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon that an outbreak of fire had occurred in a bond at Miller's Point. Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YOUNG, Tuesday.—Two very narrow escapes from fires occurred on Sunday; About half past 11 in the morning one of the bedrooms of Dwyer's Great Eastern Hotel was discovered to be in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There still remains to be mentioned the final touch, the lighting of the Empire's torch, the ancient form of giving warning or sending joyful tidings. As 10 o'clock struck at the Greenwich Observatory a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday a fire was discovered in a small weatherboard cottage at Hubert-street, Leichhardt, occupied by Mr. James Kohen. The flames spread rapidly, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire occurred this morning in Hubert-street, Leichhardt, resulting in the total destruction of a cottage of four rooms, and severe damage to an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A woman named Wynack, whose husband is engaged on a contract at Mundawaddera Station, was standing near the camp fire yesterday when the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CROOKWELL, Tuesday. -- At an inquest held to inquire into the cause of the fires which recently destroyed a stack of hay and a shed, and damaged a butter factory and plant on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A special meeting of the Newcastle and Northern Districts Fire Brigades' Association was held last evening. The balance-sheet in connection with the recent Fire Brigades' Demonstration showed receipts £693,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The thirteenth annual report of the Sydney Fire Brigades' Board was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last night by the Acting-Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The thirteenth annual report of the Fire Brigades Board, Sydney, was land on the table of the Legislative Assembly last night by the Acting Prem[?] The report stated that during the year the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the committee of the Newcastle and Northern Districts Fire Brigades' Association took place on Tuesday evening at the station of the Newcastle West brigade. Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The thirteenth annual report of the Fire Brigades Board has been submitted to Parliament. During the year, the report states, the Lancashire Insurance Company and the London Assurance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peter Ryan, a stranger, aged 42, who had just left the hospital, engaged a room at Mrs. Madex's boarding-house recently. The room is detached, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MILPARINKA, Thursday.--At 4 a.m. on Tuesday a fire occurred at Warri Warri, on the Queensland border, in a detached store occupied by Hugh Bell. The fire consumed part of the building and a quantity of goods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following was posted up at the Merchants' Exchange to-day: "The steamer Gulf of Martaban, from Liverpool to Sydney, arrived at Albany at 2 a.m. to-day, with a fire raging in her No. 2 hold."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, July 23.—The Eiffel Tower erected in the pleasure gardens at Black-pool, Lancashire, a popular seaside resort, ?was yesterday destroyed by fire. Masses of…
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