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BROKEN HILL, Tuesday Morning.—A great fire occurred at the scuth end of Argent-street this morning at 1 o'clock, thirty buildings being wholly or partiy burnt. The buildings destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A novel project at Rouen is the placing of electric fire-extinguishing pumps in different parts of the town, with switches to take current from the wires of the street railway when a [?]re…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CUDAL, Friday.— A fire broke out on Thursday morning in a paddock owned by Mr. Thomas Carman, and it soon began to make headway. Fortunately only a light breeze was blowing at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. M. Haydon, of the Royal Hotel, Granville, who is about to retire and take a trip for his health's sake, had arranged to have his valuable furniture stored in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON Friday -- The fire which Reuter's Agency reported yesterday to be raging in the heart of the city of Capetown, did damage to property estimated at £40,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A practical test of a new system called the Rabbidge-Hollingdalo automatic fire and burglar alarm, which, it is stated, will notify the telephone exchange when a fire breaks out in a building or when a burglar attempts to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yesterday, at the Exchange, a trial of Mr. Parnell Rabbidge's automatic fire and burglar alarm was made, in the presence om a number of well-known business men. The invention, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The fire at Capetown reported yesterday to be raging in the heart of the city has done damage to the amount of £40,000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning a fire, resulting in the destruction of two cottages and the colliery office, occurred at Stockton. The fire broke out in a house…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrible fire occurred at Southsea (England) on the morning of December 8th, resulting in the Complete destruction of the Queen's Hotel and the loss of two lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the invitation of Mr. Frank B. Freehill a large number of business men in the city met in the Royal Exchange, Bridge-street, yesterday, to witness the testing of an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning the Stockton Colliery Company's office at Stockton, Newcastle, and two adjoining weatherboard cottages, occupied by John Harvey and John…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Parramatta was startled on Thursday afternoon, at about 2 o'clock, by hearing the fire bell ring, and the engine rattling down the stoney street. The town was more…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At an early hour this morning three detached weatherboard buildings, situated in Maitland-street, Newcastle, were destroyed by fire. The outbreak originated at the rear of a four-roomed weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →By means of a fire escape which has recently been erected at Mrs. M'Cathie's premises in King-street, in conformity with the provisions of the Factories Act, burglars on Thursday night gained…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A trial of the Boyd Fire Escape will made at the Stock Exchange Building, Pitt-street, on Tuesday, at 11 a.m. The escape, which consists of a canvas shoot,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HENTY, Saturday.--The bush fire that broke out at Yerong Creek on Tuesday is still raging. The outbreak was caused by the Sydney express, which started five other fires close to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 11 a.m. on Saturday the brigades were summoned to the surgery of Mr. William Medd, Delarue's Chambers, near the General Post Office, in George-street, an outbreak of fire having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Elijah Rawlinson, farmer, of Borambil Creek, had a large hay shed (containing about 60 tons of hay) and a quantity of machinery destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss is estimated at about £300…
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