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SAN FRANCISCO, Monday.--Appropriations by Congress have just ended, totalling not far short of a billon dollars. A bill for the civil government of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The question of up-to-date fire appliances is one of particular interest to Sydney, and an article in a recent Issue of the London "Dally Mail," complaining that the London Brigade is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A weatherboard cottage, belonging to Fenwicke Brothers, Europambela station, was destroyed by fire yesterday. There was no insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A stack of 25 tons of hay, the property of Mr. Benjamin Spargo, of Forest Reefs, was destroyed by fire last night. It is supposed to be a case of incendiarism. The stack was valued at £125, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire broke out yesterday among some bulk sulphur on the starboard side in the after part of the main hold of the four-masted barque Oranasia, lying at Parbury's Wharf, Miller's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire occurred on the four-masted barque Oranasia, at Parbury's Wharf, Miller's Point, yesterday afternoon, but it was soon extinguished. The Oranasia, which arrived from London about a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out on the four-masted barque Oranasia lying at Parbury's Wharf, Miller's Point, at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. the cause of the outbreak being a quantity of heated bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The rights of fire brigades in pulling down dangerous walls left standing after fires was called into question in the case of Vaughan v. Webb, that was before the Acting Chief Justice,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large barn was burnt down at Warneton last night. The building was owned by the Warneton estate. FORBES, Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Full Court yesterday had before it an application on behalf of the defendant in the case of Thomas Joseph Vaughan against Alfred Webb for a rale nisi to set aside the verdict found for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FORBES, Thursday.--A fire occurred at Harrison and Corsadon's, wool scourers, about 3 o'clock this morning. The machinery shed was destroyed and the machinery damaged. The machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A trial of the Clayton patent fire extinguishing machine was given on a lighter at Stephen-street, Balmain, yesterday in the presence of a number of gentlemen. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Chambers of Commerce at Dunedin and other centres have passed resolutions objecting to the State Fire Insurance Bill now before the Legislature…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the presence of representatives from the fire brigade and insurance companies yesterday morning, near the Stephen-street Wharf at Balmain, a trial of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Pilcher, K.C., and Mr. C. B. Stephen, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared for the defendant, and moved on leave reserved to make absolute a rule nisi calling upon the plaintiff to show…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A call was received by the Metropolitan Fire Brigada at about 11.30 a.m. yesterday to an outbreak at the the Universal Explosive Company's manufactory. Pyrmont Bridge-road, Camperdown, Men…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Last night Mr. P. Hillier of John-street, Woollahra exhibited at the local Oddfellows-hall a fire escape, which he has patented. Amongst those present at the trial were Mr. A Webb…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An outbreak of fire took place yesterday afternoon in a room of a building at the rear of the courts at the top of King-street. Mrs. Tate, the wife of the caretaker, saw smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out before noon yesterday in the Universal Explosive Co.'s factory in Pyrmont Bridge-road, Camperdown. It was supposed to have been caused by a spark…
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