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For some time past Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, has had under consideration the distribution of the Governmental grant of £15,000 for the purchase of land and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the brick premises of Messrs. Swords and Co., grocers, situated in Church-street, Ryde, opposite the postoffice. Detachments from Gladesville, Drummoyne,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The action, Vaughan v. Webb, in which the plaintiff claimed £500 from Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, as nominal defendant, for damage alleged to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire broke out at Ryde shortly after 11 o'clock last night, with the result that a considerable amount of damage was done. Owing to the district being outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire occurred here last night, E. Swords and Co.'s general store and the School of Arts being destroyed. Shortly after 11 o'clock Constable Wilson was on duty,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In No. 1 Jury Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury, a settlement was arrived at in the case of Vaughan v. Webb, in which Thomas Joseph Vaughan sued Alfred Webb,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The offices of the "Balmain Observer," at 277 Darling-street, Balmain, were considerably damaged by a fine which occurred there at about 9 o'clock on Thursday evening. The outbreak is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A trial took place at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade yesterday of an Improved double-cylinder, vertical steam fire engine, which arrived by the Salamis a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 8.55 p.m. yesterday the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were informed that a fire had broken out at 277 Darling street, Balmain. The building is constructed of brick, wood, and iron, and was occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to 277 Darling- strefet, Balmain, about 9 o'clock last night. The Balmain branch of the brigade, and detachments of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday night, at about 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises in Church-street, Ryde, known as the Rydo Emporium. opposite St. Anne's Church. The premises in question had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out at Ryde shortly after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, with the result that the School of Arts and Messrs. E. Sword and Co.'s general store in Church-street were destroyed, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At yesterday's special meeting of the "Water and Sewerage Board, the president (Mr. J. Garrard) referred to curtain comments which have been made in connection with the recent fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquiries with regard to the late Murrumbateman fire show that damage was done to the extent of £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire took place at the premises of this paper, the "Observer," 277 Darling-street, Balmain, on Thursday night about 8.45. A reporter on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the process of ascertaining the value of a piece of mineral-bearing rock, the ore is first pulverised, in a crusher of mortar. It is then quartered or split, until a sample is obtained small…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The bicnnial election of members to compose the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board takes place during the present month. This board is composed of a chairman and five members. The chairman is Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An inquest was held yesterday before the. Coroner, Mr. Sowter and Jury, into the circumstances surrounding the fire which destroyed Mitchell's chemist shop in Alb[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The situation of Bridson's homestead was beautiful in the extreme. Right up on a high ridge of the Krumu range it stood, sunk in a small eyrie-like hollow, the…
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