Fires
"Agincourt," Wild-street, Potts Point, the residence of Mr. H. Good,was the scene of a fire yesterday evening, an outbreak having taken place in a workshop at the…
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Fire at Bishopscourt
At Bishopscourt, Randwick, the residence of the Bishop of Sydney, a fire broke out in the bush about noon on Saturday. The Waverley Volunteer Fire Brigade, six of…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call at 4.15 p.m. yesterday afternoon to a fire at Agincourt, Wylde-street, Potts Point, occupied and owned by Mr. H. Goodwin. The brigade with a hydrant…
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On Saturday morning, at 11.39 o'clock, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at Bishopscourt, Randwick, the residence of the Archbishop of Sydney. The outbreak was…
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A destructive fire occurred at Reefton, a mining town in Westland, Middle Inland, on Sunday night. It originated in the Railway Hotel and spread to four other buildings and the Empire Hotel. All the…
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The resolution passed at the recent conference of suburban alderman, opposing any alteration in the existing method of raising revenue for the maintenance of the Fire…
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LONDON, Monday.--Twelve persons have been fatally, and 20 severely, burned by a fire which occurred in a wooden house in St. Petersburg…
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By the destruction by fire of a wooden house in St. Petersburg 12 persons were burned to death, and 20 others received severe injuries…
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By the destruction by fire of a wooden house in St. Petersburg, 12 persons were burned lo death, and 20 others received severe injuries…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call yesterday afternoon from the Willoughby Volunteer Fire Brigade. A bush fire had been caused by sparks and the wind swept the [?]ames along. The local…
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The narrow escape from death of two men yesterday afternoon is reported by our Ryde correspondent. It appears that two laborers, who were travelling northwards towards Newcastle,…
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The Carapook farms at Casterton narrowly escaped a serious fire on Wednesday. A mob of sheep was travelling along the road behind the Bella Vista…
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The fire brigades were called upon to extinguish a fire which occurred on Tuesday afternoon at No. 44 Cumberland-street, the residence of Mr. D. Mars. The outbreak, which is supposed to have…
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Mr. W. M'Nee's grocery store at the corner of Hill and Ducker streets caught fire this morning, and was completely gutted. The stock was insured for £100 in the National office. The building was…
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The Headquarters and Circular Quay brigades yesterday afternoon received a call to No. 44 Cumberland-street, city, occupied by Mr. D. Mars, and owned by the Government. The roof…
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YOUNG, Tuesday.—A fire occurred this morning at the residence of Mr. R. J. Lawler, completely destroying the weatherboard laundry, in which it originated, and also a quantity of household linen,…
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Shortly after midnight last night a fire broke out in a bulk store belonging to Monger's Western Australian Stores, Limited, Fremantle. The flames spread with great rapidity, and before they were…
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The inquest on the body of Albert Edward M'Namara, who was burned to death at Carlton last week, and in connection with which fire the father is charged with arson, was…
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The British Fire Prevention Committee invited a number of gentlemen last Wednesday afternoon to witness tests at their new station in Bayswater, the objects of the committee, largely composed…
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