Bush Fires at Albury
ALBURY, Saturday.—A bush fire broke out last night on Mr. James Mitchell's property on the Sydney-road, near Bowna. The fire raged all night, and at noon to-day was still burning. A…
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Fires
At about half-past 8 o'clock last night the Waverley Fire Brigade received a call to a fire which had broken out in the bush at Vaucluse. The brigade immediately turned out, and the alarm…
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Shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday a fire broke out in a paddock on the Sydney-road, Granville, situated between the Clyde Metallurgical and Ammonia Works, and leased by the Acetylene…
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UNGARIE, Saturday.—Another mysterious fire has occurred on Wollongough Station. Last week a hay, was burnt, and yesterday a stack of…
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A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on some vacant land between the Ammonia Works, and the State Metallurgical Works, Clyde. Some grass and bushes caught alight, and for a time…
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On Saturday night last, as reported in Monday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph," the fire brigade received a call for a fire at the residence of Mrs. E. Greenhorn, in Lieweliyn-street, Marrickville,…
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A fire which occurred yesterday morning was responsible for considerable damage to a produce store at 190 George-street North, where business is carried on by Mr. W. Harris. The…
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Archibald Freeman, 23, carpenter, confessed at the Newtown Police Court on Wednesday, that on January 7, he set fire to the stable and coach-house at Holy Cross…
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As reported in last Monday's "Evening News," the fire brigades received a call on Saturday night to a fire at the residence of Mrs. Emily Greenham, at Henry Villa, Llewellyn-street, Marrickville. missing, it was supposed that the outbreak had been caused by burglars. Sergeant M'Lean and Constable Malone were entrusted with the work of investigating the matter. As…
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Dear Sir,--In your issue of last night appeared a paragraph of a most alarming character, re the above, and one which is calculated to do our business considerable…
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The village of Nagy-Babroes, in Hungary, has been destroyed by fire, with great loss of life. The charred remains of ninety of the…
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This evening at 8.30 the city was thrown into a great state of excitement by a report that a fire had broken out in the large stores of R. Hall and Sons, well-known…
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SHORTLY after 8 o'clock this evening smoke was seen issuing from the large produce store of R Ball and Sons, Scott-street, Newcastle. Some time elapsed before the…
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At half-past nine the flames broke through, the roof, and several explosions followed. Kerosene tins burst and increased the fury of the fire…
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For the second time in a couple of months women have appeared before the coroner's courts in custody, having been arrested upon suspicion of wilfully setting fire to property. The first occasion…
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A disastrous fire broke out at Lexton, near Avoca, last evening, which completely demolished Lexton Hotel and the adjacent buildings. The flames broke out in a theatre…
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UNGARIE, Saturday,--Another mysterious fire has occurred on Wollongough Station. Last week a hayshed containing a considerable quantity of hay was burnt, and yesterday a stack of…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—One of the most disastrous fires that has ever occurred in Newcastle broke out at 8.30 on Saturday night in the offices and warehouse of Messrs. R. Hall and Sons,…
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An inquest will be opened by the City Coroner at the Sir George Grey Hotel, at 10.30, this morning, touching a fire which occurred in a stable at the rear of 116 Bay-street, on Saturday evening. The stable was…
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