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Luckily the list of fires of a kind similar to this one is not long. The last that occurred was on August 18, 1900, when the timber yard of Messrs. Langdon, Hopkins, and Langdon, at Petersham, was burned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The arrival of the first dotachment of firemen at the scene of the fire was prompt, being about five minutes after the first call was given. Unfortunately at that time the flames must have had nearly half an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The officials at the Burwood Colliery reported this morning that the fire which occurred in the pit yesterday had been successfully got under, and that the mine was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE. Monday.—The Burwood Colliery, where a fire occurred on Friday, resumed work this morning. Inspector Dixon, of the Coal Fields Department, passed the mine as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dense volumes of smoke that suddenly made their appearance in the western sky between 5 and half-past on Saturday indicated that a big fire was raging somewhere in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NYNGAN, Saturday Afternoon.—A big fire broke out at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the lower town, which is principally occupied by Chinese. Four dwellings have been burnt down, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early on Friday morning traces of an outbreak of fire were discovered at the Burwood colliery. Inspector Humble made an examination of the pit, and the outbreak was located. A gang of men was at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The police at the fire were assisted in their work of preserving order by a number of men-o'-warsmen. By the steamer Oroya relief crows of H.M. ships Pylades and Kerrakatta arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Monday Morning.—Brisbane, like Sydney, has been the scene of a big fire, which broke out in Hoffnung and Company's bulk store, in Charlotte-street, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about half-past 3 p.m. on Saturday the fire brigade was called to the premises of Messrs. Parsons Brothers and Company, coffee and spice merchants, 321 to 327 Kent-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The scene of the fire was near an hotel well known to travellers as the Halfway House, at the corner of Miller-street and Abattoir-road. The block was about 100 yards from Harris-street, and was bounded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The names of the firms affected by the outbreak are: Messrs, Gordon Marr and Company, iron-foundry, etc; W. W. Campbell, furniture manufacturer, etc: J. Carlaw, timber merchant;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As near as could be ascertained it was a little before 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon when the outbrenk occured. Mr. Charles Auderson, the watchman employed on the premises, went on duty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Charles Anderson, the watchman who was in charge of Messrs. Wallis and Campbell's premises, was interviewed on Saturday night. In reply to questions put by our reporter, Mr. Anderson said that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Regarding to-day's fire Superintendent Hinton to-night stated "The fire was a revelation. If ever we have a similar blaze in a more lnflammable quarter, where men have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortly after midnight Saturday a fire was discovered in Hoffnung's bulk store in Charlotte-street. The building consists of five stories, and the outbreak took place in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A "Herald" reporter saw Superintendent Webb after his return from the fire, and mentioned having been informed that there had been general complaints regarding a shortage of water…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE, Sunday.--About 12.20 this morning the Central Fire Station was informed that a fire had broken out in the four-storied brick building used by Hoffnung and Co. as a bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flames laid hold of a thickly-built section of Pyrmont on Saturday afternoon, and in the brief space of an hour from the discovery of the fire did damage to the extent of nearly £10,000. Ten firms,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The big fire at Pyrmont on Saturday night was the topic of conversation yesterday, and the many thousands who visited the scene did not fail to recognise the great task the…
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