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A cable received yesterday from Auckland advices the total wreek of the New Zealand-owned vessel Gratitude on Macquarie Island, formerly a fine sealing ground, as many as 80,000 seals, it is said,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy rain has set in, and the bunn fires which raged allnight are completely extinguished. The reduc[?]ion works and the main part of the town did not suffer any damage, the fire being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YOUNG, Monday. -- Early yesterday morning, George Boorer, a farmer, living about five miles from Young, suffered loss owing to his house and effects being totally destroyed by fire. About 3…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Burwood Volunteer Fire Brigade received a call at about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon to a fire at the residence of Mr. J. E. Hogg, barrister, Chalmers-road, Strathfield. On arrival it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Cohon, whose jewellery shop was one of the cleven buildings burnt at Narromine on Sunday, was rescued from his bedroom in a d[?]zed condition. The bedclothes were scorched when he was taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A trial of new engines of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was made at the Town Hall this morning. Thousands of spectators assembled in the vicinity to watch the operations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRAMINE, Monday.—A terrible fire occurred here early yesterday morning, 11 business places situated in the main street being totally destroyed. In the majority of cases the stock and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NARRAMINE, Monday Afternoon.—As already briefly wired, a fire broke out early on Sunday morning in the block of buildings known as The Arcade, in the busiest part of the town. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRAFTON, Tuesday. -- An inquiry was held today Into the cause of the fire at the city stores, South Grafton, the jury returning an open verdict. Mr. M'Kittrick, in his evidence, valued the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- The arrests have been made at Manila of 1200 persons suspected of faulting the recent Incendiary fires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the United Australian Mutual Fire Insuranoe Company was held to-day. Mr. R. J. Harvey said that as the meeting was only a formal one,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday morning a contingent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade of 20 men, under the command of Superintendent Webb, gave a demonstration at the Town-hall for the purpose of testing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GUNDAGAI, Wednesday. -- fire occurred at South Gundagai early this morning, resulting in the destruction of the residence of Mrs. Davis. No one was in the house at the time, the owner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A peculiar fire occurred at about half-past 5 o'clock yesterday evening at the Polytechnic, in King-street, where views by the cinematographs were being exhibited. There was only a small…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday night a fire, surrounded by very peculiar circumstances, occurred at the residence of Mr Hugh Falle, Richmond street, Burwood. The family retired at about 9 o'clock, and about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the last quarterly meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades Association, the secretary (Mr. W. Hillier) read a paper in reply to the strictures which have been passed upon the firemen of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DENILIQUIN, Thursday. -- Three weatherboard shops in Napier-street and their contents were totally destroyed by fire about half-past 4 o'clock this morning. The shops were occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire attended with somewhat disastrous results, broke out last night at 86 George-street west, occupied by Alfred Roberts grocer, as a shop and dwelling Fireman from No. 2 branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BALLINA, Friday.—The Government steam launch Unara caught fire about 9 o'clock last night. The outbreak was first discovered by Mr. H. Smith, a clerk in the A.J.S. Bank, who was…
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