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The police after investigating the cause of the disastrous fire at the Hotel Windsor at New York on Friday attribute the origin of the outbreak to thieves…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Before the ordinary business was commenced at the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board to-day, the president drew attention to the strictures which had appeared in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported from New York that much of the jewellery which was believed to have been destroyed in the fire at the Hotel Windsor has been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cruickshank v. the Palatine Insurance Company (part heard). Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Rolin, instructed by Mr. C.L. Tange, appeared for the Plaintiff, George C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after 1 o'clock to-day our Hurstville correspondent reported as follows: The largest bush fire seen for years in the vicinity of Hurstville has just broken out, and is raging fiercely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disasters in other cities open up consideration of the question of prevention in our own. The recent big fire at a New York hotel has attracted attention to a possible calamity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades (Mr. Webb) arrived in Newcastle to-day for the purpose of investigating complaints made in connection with the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRENFELL, Thursday Afternoon.—Michael Curry's hotel at Marsdens has been destroyed by fire. The proprietor is reported to be badly injured, and medical assistance has been sent for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WAS THE WATER PRESSURE SUFFICIENT? The question has arisen as to whether there was a sufficiently plentiful water supply at Darling Point on Tuesday, when the destruction of "Green Oaks" cottage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The report of the Chief Inspector to the Water and Sewerage Department upon un alleged deficiency in the supply of water at the Darling Point fire yesterday was read…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, arrived at Newcastle yesterday at midday for the purpose of inquiring into the statements which have been made regarding the alleged want…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Much of the jewellery that was reported to have been lost at the fire by which the Hotel Windsor, New York, was destroyed has been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--It is reported from New York that valuable jewellery has been recovered from the ruins of the Windsor Hotel, destroyed by the great fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Referring to the fire which occurred yesterday at Greenoakes Cottage. When the fire brigade first arrived, had there been even an ordinary supply of water available the damage, now amounting to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The inquest on the bodies of the three men, T. J. Humphreys, M. Costello, and J. O'Brien, who perished in the burning of the Kirkstall Hotel, near Warrnambool, last Friday night, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cruickshank v. the Palatine Insurance Company Mr. Rolin and Mr. Ferguson, instructed by Mr. C. L. Tange, appeared for the plaintiff, George C. Cruickshank, who claimed £258 11s from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About noon yesterday a dangerous bush fire broke out at the rear of Mr. Peter Moore's bush at Belmore. The flames spread so rapidly as to reach in a very short space of time a distance of fully four…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The large bush fire which raged so fiercely yesterday in the vicinity of Hurstville, was ultimately extinguished late last night. The residents in the neighborhood' of Croydon-road, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 5.25 yesterday afternoon, the fire brigade received a call for a fire at 255A Sussex-street, occupied by Hargreaves J. Riggs, hag merchant, as a store. It is supposed that the fire originated through a light being…
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