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MUSWELLBROOK, Thursday.—The Junction Hotel was burned out completely thin morning. The fire was noticed at a few minutes past 4 o'clock, and the flames spread rapidly, and but for the exertions of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Thursday.—Perth House, at Southern Cross, occupied by Patrick Murphy and family, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. One of the children was burned to death. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 4 o'clock this morning the Junction Hotel, Muswellbrook, occupied by Mr. Hill, was burned to the ground. It was a wooden building of one story, the property of Mr. Rasmussen, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Coroner initiated an inquest at the Burwood Hotel, Burrrood-road, yesterday, respecting the origin of a fire which occurred on Wednesday night at a house in Angel-road, Burwood. Mr. Monta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday afternoon a disastrous fire took place in Joseph-street, Rockwood, when a three-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr. P. O'Neil, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Good Jubilee story is told by a Birmingham contemporary. The head of a house in Birmingham and his wife were suddenly disturbed in the dead of the night by finding their bed moving rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The God that answcreth by Are, let him be God.— I. Kings, xviii., 24. It was Elijah himself who proposed this test, and the people readily accepted it. On the summit of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the night of the 22nd August the premises occupied by Mr. Samuel Gee, at Guildford, were-as reported in last week's ARGUS-totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Council met on Wednesday. Present:—The Mayor (Alderman Vallance) Aldermen Hollier, Bell, Paine, Braine, Hall and Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS weak the old fire story goes back to 1840, when as appears below, Sydney was in a very raw state—not out of its convict clothes, as it were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE midnight sun is here, and it is exceedingly generous of him, for Circle City is now commonly considered to be about thirty miles south of the Arctic circle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six lives were lost in an explosion which took place on August 5 at Chicago during a fire in the North-western Grain elevator at Cook and West Water streets. Three of the dead are firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Premises situate at Bray-street, Erakineville, in the occupancy of Messrs. Ross-Brother. glass bottle manufacturers, were destroyed By fire yesterday morning. The outbreak, which occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday the office of the Orient S. N. Company was kept going by consignees of goods per Oroya that vessel having during the afternoon berthed at the quay to discharge. The rush was incidental to a general average…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The establishment of a central fire station in Burwood has long been a subject of agitation, but for various reasons no final decision has been arrived at. A short time ago the local council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gulf of Martaban, yesterday from Brisbane, has berthed at the Admiralty Wharf again, and was putting out the balance of her cargo last evening. From Sydney she took up to Brisbane a number of workmen employed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Indian Government has officially thanked the Indian chiefs for their offers of troops to assist in putting down the rebellion in the Punjaub, and expresses regret that they will only be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →That estimable Victorian lady, Miss Sutherland—well known in Australia for good work done in connection with the Neglected Children's Aid Society—has been giving a "Daily News"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newcastle Fire Brigades Association has agreed to a proposal from the Centenary Committee to hold a torchlight procession on the 16th September, provided they are supplied with…
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