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Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a cottage in Harold-street, Parramatta Notth, occupied by Mr. B. Lucas. The Parramatta and Granzille Fire Brigades were promptly on the spot, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.--By an explosion which took place yesterday on board the torpedo-boat destroyer Daring, at Portsmouth, four stokers were fearfully injured and another killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 10 minutes to 5 this morning the deep note of the alarm bell at the Headquarters Fire Station rang out its rousing call. A moment later the firemen, with their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reuter's correspondent at Peking states that the day after the receipt at Peking of an Edict telegraphed from Si-an, ordering all the archives to be destroyed, the imperial Library…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, June 12.—Reuter's correspondent at Pekin states that the clay after the receipt at Pekin of an Edict telegraphed from Si-ngan-fu, ordering all the archives to be destroyed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For many months past Sydney has enjoyed a fortunate immunity from large fires, but the spell was broken this morning. At an early hoar— shortly after half-past 4 o'clock-David Cook,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The official report of the fire at Mason Bros.' warehouse, Pitt-street, yesterday, states that the origin is unknown, that the fire was discovered at 4.48 a.m., the call being received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The list of insurances in connection with the fire which occurred in Pitt-steet, as compiled by the fire brigades authorities, is as follows: On Messrs. Mason Brothers' stock: Aachen and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire broke out early yesterday morning in the stores and offices of Messrs. Mason Brothers Limited, general merchants, 12 Pitt-street, just below Bridge-street. The building is part of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About daybreak yesterday morning a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Messrs. Mason Bros., Limited, merchants, importers, and shipping agents, 42 Pitt-street, and rapidly assumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, May 10.--The inquest on the body of Miss Florence Gertrude Rudd, the fair young Queenslander who perished in the Bloomsbury boardinghouse fire, was held last Saturday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The room was on lire, and at the window stood a fair and lovely creature. Frantic with horror, he pushed through the people and called upon the firemen to save her…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The body of Mr. Frederick Ayres, sub-inspector of the Bank of Australasia, who was burned to death in the fatal fire at the Grand Hotel, Auckland (N.Z.), on May 31, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, June 14, 2 p.m.—Mr. Cooper, an unpopular landlord in County Sligo. Ireland, has been awarded. £1400 as compensation for the malicious burning of timber on bis property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 11.30 yesterday morning an incident occurred in Cleveland-street, Redfern, which altered the old-time maxim of "bringing water to the fire." In this case the fire was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The "Daily Telegraph" reports that the Workmen in the Baltic shipbuilding yard at St. Petersburg struck work, their demand being that the Government should build its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Telegraph" states that the workmen in the Baltic ship-building yard at St. Petersburg have gone out on strike. They require the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A detachment of Victorians was surprised at Steenkool Spruit. They sustained 60 casualties and lost two guns Later…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A dwelling situated at Minmi, owned by the Arm of Messrs. J. and A. Brown, and occupied by Louie Tognet, was totally destroyed by fire at midnigh[?] last night. The building was a slab one with an iron [?]oof, and the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The spectacle of a travelling fire was witnessed in Cleveland-street, Redfern, on Monday, when the contents of a corporation cart, en route to the tip, became alight. Senior-constable Wilson…
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