Rockwood. Fire Alarm
An alarm of fire startled the residents on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Stone, of Keating-treet, having observed some burning grass near her residence, rushed to report the…
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New Fire Escape
There has recently been built at Headquarters Fire Station of this city a 65ft, telescopic fire-escape. Several new ideas are introduced into its design, which make it a valuable acquisition to the fire…
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A fire occurred shortly after 4 o'clock this morning at the rear of the Vienna Cafe, Collins-street, which did consider able damage. Mr. Edlinger, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Coolgardie. COOLGARDIE
Last evening a disastrous fire occurred in Bayley-street. The result was that five frontages were destroyed. The fire is supposed to have originated in the office of Messrs. Mann and…
Continued on Trove, page 198 →Jam Factory Destroyed by Fire
About half-past 10 o'clock p.m. on Monday some persons passing the establishment of the Sydney Jam Company in Golden Grove noticed smoke and flames issuing from the eastern portion of the building. The…
Continued on Trove, page 177 →Big Fire at Coolgardie. £15,000 DAMAGE
PERTH (W.A.), Monday.—A large fire took place in Bayley-street, Coolgardie, on Saturday night. The fire, which originated in the offices of Mann and Sinclair, solicitors, spread rapidly to the adjoiuing…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire Brigade Meeting. Parramatta. No 1 Fire Brigade Discusses the New Station Question. "The Noes" Have It!
On Monday night, Captain D. Mills presided over a meeting of the No. 1 Volunteer Fire Brigade, Parramatta85/. There were also present Lieut. Cranney, and Firemen Batcher, De…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Sydney. a Tobacco Factory Destroyed
A few minutes before 8 a.m. on Tuesday one of the most destructive fires that have occurred in the city for some time broke out on the premises of the Eagle Tobacco Company, Limited, 237 and 239…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →City Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Annual General Meeting
Tho 19th annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. John See, M.P., chairman of directors, presided…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at the Eagle Tobacco Factory. Valuable Premises Destroyed
About 8 a.m. on Tuesday the large buildings near the corner of Clarence and Kent streets used as a tobacco factory by the Eagle Company was found to be on fire. The report of the outbreak was slow in…
Continued on Trove, page 198 →City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Ltd. Annual General Meeting
The nineteenth annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held in the Chamber of Commerce at noon yesterday, the Hon. John Sec, M.L.A., presiding. The report submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Annual General Meeting. The City Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Ltd
The nineteenth annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was hold in the Chamber of Commerce. Exchange, Sydney, at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Round the Camp Fire. [All Rights Reserved.] Entombed.,—Continued. No 5
'What's the matter? a chorus of voices anxiously asked. 'Matter, he almost shrieked at last. 'Why the woman's not dead. Don't…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Disastrous Fire at Mount Morgan. [With views kindly supplied by J. H. Robertson.]
The greatest disaster that Mount Morgan has yet known occurred on the morning of Sunday, the 3rd instant. At about half-past I two young men observed a glare in our principal street, and found that…
Continued on Trove, page 181 →Bush Fires Near Rylstone
RYLSTONE, Monday.—The heat during the past week has been very oppressive, the thermometer varying from 96deg to 102deg in the shade. Rain is badly wanted, and, unless it comes soon, the corn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Temora
J. MEAGHER & CO.'S PREMISES DESTROYED. TEMORA, Monday.—Yesterday morning about 11 o'clock a very destructive fire broke out on the premises of John Meagher and Company…
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A fire, by which a girl named Jessie Lowrie was burnt to death, occurred at about 1 o'clock this morning in a pawnbroker's shop, at the coiner of Buckland-street and Botany-road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Eagle Tobacco Company. Another Fire
Portion of the stock of tobacco on the top floor of the Eagle Tobacco premises in Clarence-street, saved at the fire there last week, was discovered to be alight on Saturday night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Edition. Fire at Alexandria. a Girl Burnt to Death
Early this morning a fire was discovered in a pawnbroker's establishment at the corner of Buckland and Botany streets, Alexandra. No. 2 division of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were summoned, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Edition. a Fatal Fire. a Pawnbroker's Shop at Waterloo Burnt. a Girl Suffocated
A fire, unfortunately attended with fatal consequences, occurred early this morning at 129 Botany-and, Waterloo, a two-storeyed structure used as a dwelling and pawnbroker's shop by Isabella…
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