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At an early hour this morning a fire broke out at the tramway sheds at Randwick, the conflagration starting in what is known as the paint shed, a building about 300ft. by 33ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire which was discovered in the paint shop attached to the Randwick tram sheds a few minutes before 1 o'clock this morning, spread very rapidly through that building, which was entirely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A case of considerable importance has just been decided at home in connection with risks on coal cargoes. The Knight of St. Michael took on board at Newcastle, N.S.W., a coal cargo for Valparaiso, and the owners insured the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Pierre Chamboissier gave evidence before the Fire Board to-day that shortly before 10 o'clock on the night of the big fire, he heard a door shut in a lane behind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 12.45 a.m. yesterday an alarm was, as announced in yesterday "Herald," received by the M.F.B. stations for a fire in the paint shop at the Randwick tramshed yards, in which are situated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A destructive fire occurred at Ararat last night, destroying a large block of buildings, belonging to Mr. J. M'Allister, Mrs. Kilgour, and Mr. J. M'Arthy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As a result of the fire on the ship Canterbury lying at the Victoria Wharf, Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 400 bales of wool out of a total of 927 bales on board were damaged, as well as a number of bales of flax. An investigation to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly before midnight the watchman employed at Towns' Bond, Miller's Point, noticed smoke issuing from the premises, and he at once gave the alarm to the headquarters of the M.F.B…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →YOUR house takes fire. What burns first? The lightest and most inflammable stuff, of course— furniture, doors, shelves, floors, panelling, and other woodwork. If it is a stone or brick house…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When word reached Superintendent Bear shortly before 12 last night that Town's Bond, Millet's Point, was on fire, he, in anticipation of a big job, turned out all the metropolitan and a couple of the suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The annual election in connection with the Fire Brigades Board was held yesterday, the result being aa follows:--Captain E. J. Love (of the Parramatta No. 2 Station) was re-elected to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The election took place to-day at the M.F.B. Station of members of the Fire Brigades Board. Captain E. J. Love, of Parramatta No. 2 Brigade, was re-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Serious rims nave occured in Bombay in connection with the carrying out of the operations for the suppression of the plague. A party of plague officials was attacked by the natives while…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The following tragic and rather too literal an application of the above words of Holy Writ was reported to the writer as having actually occurred on the South Coast of New South Wales in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 588 →SIR,—After a conflagration of any note occurs in Sydney, there is always a great hue and cry as to the efficiency of our Fire Brigade, and Superintendent Bear is always…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A FATAL fire occurred in Collingwood, a suburb of Melbourne, on Saturday night. Shortly before 8 o'clock two constables saw flames issuing from a double-fronted wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Your house takes fire. What burns first? The lightest and most inflammable stuff, of course—furniture, doors, shelves, floors, panelling and other woodwork. If it is a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the main budding of the Colonial Sugar Company's refinery at Pyrmont, the immediate locality being the shed in the vicinity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about 2.30 yesterday morning the headqaurters of the M.F.B. received a call from the Colonial Sugar Works, Harris-st., Pyrmont, and a big fire being anticipated, the alarm was…
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