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THE great fire in New York is the cablegram horror of the week. The fire at the Hoboken Dock originated through the explosion of a carboy of acid, firing a number of bales of cotton. The fire, which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Storey, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Colonial Secretary yesterday with the object of obtaining the grant of a suitable site for a fire brigade station at Randwick. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A deputation, Introduced by Mr. Storey, and accompanied by Mr. Webb, superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade; waited upon Mr. John See yesterday, to advance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, July 2, 4.30 a.m.—The British Consul at Chefoo telegraphs that Chinese troops in Pekin, on the 18th instant, murdered the German Minister (Baron Ketteler) while he was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Further accounts of the great fire at the Hoboken Docks, New York, show that it was much more disastrous than first reports indicated. The explosion of a carboy of acid fired some cotton bales when 1500…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →FRIDAY, June 20, St. Peter and St. Paul's Day, a great festival in the Roman Catholic Church, was the 35th anniversary of the destruction by fire of Old St. Mary's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'A great fire occurred in Hoboken Dock, New York. The explosion of a carboy of add fired some cotton bales when 1500 visitors and workmen were in the docks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Monday.-Early on Sunday mornning a fire destroyed the premises of Harvey, Shaw, and Company, hardware merchants ard ironworkers, Little Collins-street, midway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The current year promises to be a disastrous one for the fire underwriters of the colony. In the first quarter the fire losses were unprecedentedly largo, and there has been no cessation in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A destrnetive fire broke out at an early hour this morning on the premises of Messrs. Harvey, Shaw, and Co., hardware merchants, Little Collins-street, near Elizabeth-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage estimated at about £15,000 has been caused to the premises of Messrs. Barvey, Shaw and Co. hardware merchants, Little Collins-street, by a lire which broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A stroke of lightning has fired the Standard oil stores of New Jersey. The damage done amounts to £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, July 6, 1.16 p.m.-Lightning set fire to the stores of the Standard Oil Company, in New Jersey (U.S.). The damage is estimated at £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A flash of lightning set fire to the stores of the Standard Oil Company, in New Jersey, United States, and they were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A fire, which at one time threatened disastrous consequence, it not the complete sweeping away of a city block, broke out about 1 o'clock tills morning. It was,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another tremendous fire is reported from America. In the course of a storm which raged over New Jersey, the lightning fired the enormous stores of the Standard Oil Trust…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News has just been received of a fatal fire on Friday night at Glen Creek Hotel, near Yackandandah. The building, which contained 16 rooms, was totally destroyed, with Us contents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Included in the business transacted by the City Council yesterday was the adoption of a specification to be signed by the contractor for "cleaning of streets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--No trace has yet been discovered of the cause of the big fire in the city early on Sunday morning. The damage is still roughtly estimated at about £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, July 10.-The cargo of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Matatua, from Wellington, July 9, caught fire at Monte Video owing to a defect in the insulation of the…
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