Cottage Destroyed by Fire
BLAYNEY, Wednesday. -- A fire broke out last night in a five-roomed weatherboard cottage, in Church-street, occupied by Misses Cooper. The building and contents were totally destroyed. One…
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The Recent Fire on the Wilcannia
The steamer Wilcannia is expected to resume her voyage to London on the 13th instant. The damage done by the fire in the coal bunker has been made good, and the work of taking…
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PARRAMATTA, Wednesday Afternoon.—Amy May Craddock, 7 months old, was burnt to death at her parents' residence at Prospect early this morning. The candle was left burning in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Child Burnt to Death. Fatal Fire at Prospect
Particulars wore received in Parramatta yesterday of a fatality which occurred at Prospect early that morning, when the house occupied hv William Craddock and his family was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Leichhardt Fire. The Water Supply. Enough for the Residents
We give to-day a sketch of the factory destroyed by fire at Leichhardt yesterday morning The gr[?]etary of the Water and Sewerage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Leichhardt. a Clothing Factory Destroyed. the Loss Estimated at £20,000
A disastrous fire occurred at Leichhardt yesterday morning, by which the premises occupied by Messrs. Wallace and Co., clothing and boot manufacturers, in Marion-street, were destroyed. The flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Leichhardt Fire. a Chat with Superintendent Webb. Fighting Flames in the Grey Dawn
"When I got to the scene of the fire, with a detachment from the headquarters station," said Superintendent Webb, when seen by an "Evening News" reporter yesterday, "the building was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Control of the Islands of the Harbour. New Works at Goat Island. a Floating Fire Engine Station
For the past 10 years the Balmain Council, assisted by Mr. W. H. Wilks, M.P., together with other munipal bodies, have been endeavouring to have Goat Island dedicated to the peaple as a public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Leichhardt. Clothing and Boot Factory Gutted. Estimated Damage; £20,000. Four or Five Hundred Hands Thrown Out. an Inadequate Water Supply
Shortly after 4 a.m. yesterday, Wallace and Company's boot and clothing factory, Situated in Marlon-street, Leichhardt, was completely gutted, damage being done to the extent of about…
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A farmer named Clark, at Irvington, had a barn burnt to-day, containing hay, a mowing machine, and a chaffcutter. The barn was insured for £150…
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Six months ago this morning there broke out what proved to be one of the most extensive and disastrous fires which have visited Sydney. The large blocks of buildings in which a great firm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Hornsby
A fire occurred at the residence of Dr. W. G. Armstrong. City Health Officer, Mount Errington, Hornsby, on Wednesday evening. The studio and contents were totally destroyed, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in the Domain
The headquarters and Circular Quay fire brigades (M.F.B.) turned out to a grass fire in the Outer Domain, near the Gardens, yesterday. About half an acre of grass was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Delivery Van on Fire. Penrith
Mr. J. Gough suffered loss by fire yesterday mornnig in a very peculiar manner. He employed two men to cart his household furniture from Penrith to Mount Druitt by road, two vehicles being used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fatal Fire at Melbourne. Melbourne
Further investigations which have been made by the police into the fatal fire at 161 Nicholson-street, Carlton, on Sunday night, lead them to believe that the occurrence was not accidental. An arrest has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Carlton. a Sensational Development
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In connection with tho fatal fire that occurred on Sunday last in a ham and beef shop at 161 Nicholson-street, Carlton, by which a little boy was burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at Leichhardt. Question of the Water Supply
In referring to the alleged short supply of water for the use of the engines at the fire that on Wednesday morning destroyed the clothing factory of Messrs. Wallace and Co., Leichhardt, Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Revolver at Maclean. An Infuriated Husband. Shoots His Wife. Fires at His Children. Attacks the Police. And Shoots a Sergeant. MACLEAN
The people of Maclean were horrified this morning by the doings of a man named James Dowling, who returned to-day from Sydney by the steamer Kallatina. Dowllig…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tragedy at Maclean. an Ex-publican Shoots His Wife. Fires Upon the Police. a Sergeant Severely Wounded. Movements of the Assailant. a Difficult Arrest. Details of the Affray. Maclean
James Dowling, an ex-publican of Maclean, who has been living apart from his wife, returned by the steamer Kallatina to-day, and went to his father-in-law's hotel, where his wife and three children…
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