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The most disastrous conflagration which London has seen since the great fire in Tooley-street in 1861, in which many warehouses and wharves were destroyed during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, November 20, 4.30 p.m.-A disastrous conflagration took place in London this morning, resulting in immense destruction of property…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Frank Stuart, of Lincoln, Stuart, and Co., states:—"I arrived at the fire about dawn. Messrs. Sargood, Butler, and Nichol's premises were then burning; but I thought our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many thousands of persons visited the scrne of thr conflagration during to-day, but the civic authorities blocked all traffic through the streets adjoiniug the devastated area. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At an early hour this morning—about 2 o'clock —a fire was discovered in the huge business premises of Messrs. Craig, Williamson, and Thomas, in Elizabeth-street, between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chairman of the Fire Underwriters' Association, Mr. G. A. Russell, was seen to-night, but was unable to give any precise figures as to the losses which the companies were likely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Never in the history of Melbourne has such a disaster happened in the city as that which overtook it this morning, when the block of buildings known as "The Lane"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday. A disastrous fire, which broke out last night, was the greatest known in Loudon since the memorable conflagration in Tooley-street, in 1861, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous conflagration look place in London at an early hour this morning, resulting in immense destruction of property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROCKY HALL, Monday.--Friday was another fearfully hot day, the glass registering 106deg. in the shade. Bush fires started near the locality known as The Basin, and, despite the exertions of the settlers in that locality,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Several fires occurred in the suburbs and city last night. About 11 o'clock a three-roomed weather board cottage at Woniora-road, Hurstville, occupied by William Brown, was totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There seems a unanimous opinion that in view of the lessons of London and Melbourne, the Sydney Fire Brigade should be increased. Probably this view will continue to be energetically…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The M.F.B received several culls to fires last night. Between 9 and 10 o'clock nil alarm was seat that a lire had broken out at a house at Wells-slreet, Annandale, occupied by Mr. Thomas Henry Wamsley. The back room…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BERRIGAN, Monday.--Mr. W. Elliott, the district coroner, held an inquest to-day as to the cause of the fire which on the 15th Hint, destroyed the School of Arts and three other buildings. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOREE, Tuesday.—A slabbed kitchen occupied by John Rose, watchmaker, was burned down at 1 o'clock this morning. A crowd rushed the premises and pulled out the furniture and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE ILLUSTRATION ABOVE DEPICTS THE SITUATION OF THE GREAT FIRE IN MELBOURNE. WITHIN THE AREA OF THE SHADED LINE, AN AREA COMPRISING NEARLY THE WHOLE OF THE GREAT BLOCK AND INCLUDING SOME OF THE . FINEST MERCANTILE BUILDINGS IN MELBOURNE, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A STATE OF RUIN…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notwithstanding the magnitude of Sunday's conflagration, and the terrible loss of property it entailed, Mr. Stein says the fire, with all its appalling devastation, has taught him as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious fire occurred here shortly before mid[?] on Saturday, when a building, the property of [?] Na[?]carrow, and occupied by Mrs. Cahill [?] family, was totally destroyed. Very few of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The great fire which took place in Melbourne on Sunday furnishes the most striking illustration that has yet been afforded In Australia of the ruin which may he wrought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WELLINGTON, Monday.--A four-roomed cottage, occupied by Mrs. E. Cahill. of Gobolion Terrace, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night, about 11 o'clock. Shortly after Mrs. Cahill and…
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