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The question of the payment of the levy made upon the Waverley Council by the Fire. Brigades Board was made an order of the day for the last meeting of the council. The amount which the council is asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out to-night at Mandeville, the residence of the Hon. J. N. Brunker. The laundry was burned to the ground. It is not known how the fire occurred, but the family believe it to be a case of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire, attended with, disastrous remits, was discovered in a shop situated at 76 Devonshire-street, city, at about half-past 3 o'clock this morning. An alarm was immediately given…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Randwick has been agitating for a volunteer fire brigade for some time, and now, other troubles being surmounted, the local council is exercised on the question of a site…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hugh Roberts, senior, was charged at Landborough today with shooting at his son, Hugh Roberts, with intent. It was alleged that the parties had quarrelled over the son's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About noon yesterday the Hurstville and Rockdale volunteer firemen turned out to a blaze in a cottage of four rooms, situated In Kimberley-street, Hurstville, and occupied by Mr. Alfred Dye, who is well known in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CARRATHOOL, Thursday.--Last night at 10 o'clock a fire occurred at Mr. F. Davis' private residence, burning everything to the ground. Nothing was saved of any consequence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At 3.30 a.m. yesterday a fire broke out at No. 76 Devonshire-street, occupied by J. Sheehan, grocer. When the firemen arrived on the scene the building, which was of brick, with iron roof,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters received a nail, at about half past 3 this morning, to an outbreak of fire in a grocer's shop in Devonshire-street, city, kept by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A very painful accident hotel Mrs. S. Kainmis of Prospect, on Thursday, about midday, As she and her husband were having dinner the noise of a turkey in n state of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, February 23, 3.30 p.m.—Great incendiary fires have occurred at Manila, and the natives cut off toe hose when the firemen were endeavoring to quench the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It not unfrequently happens that fires afford a good opportunity to thieves to appropriate to themselves articles of value that do not belong to them. Such was the case yesterday, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Great incendiary fires have occurred in the city of Manila. The Filipinos cut the firemen's hose, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →GOULBURN, Friday. -- At last night's meeting of the council a motion was adopted requesting the committee of the Municipal Association to ask the Premier to insert a clause in the new…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ALBURY, Saturday.—At 2 o'clock this morning at Hospital Hill, on the outskirts of Albury, the residence of Mr. Owen Hickey was completely destroyed by fire. It is not known how the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Wednesday last, shortly before noon, the Hurstville Volunteer Fire Brigade received a call to Kimberley-road, Hurstville. The brigade at once…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out yesterday at a private house occupied by Mr. Joseph Field, carcase butcher, in Balmain-road, Leichhardt. Firemen from Newtown and Marrickville branches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire, which resulted in considerable damage, occurred this afternoon at the residence of Mr. Field, at Golden Grove. It appears that some rubbish was being burned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A disastrous fire broke out on the 16th inst. in the bonded stores of James Henty and Co., Flinderslane, near Spencer-street. The fire blazed throughout the afternoon, and though it had succeeded…
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