Fire on a Wharf
Early yesterday the night-watchman at the Union Company's Druitt-street Wharf discovered that a large stack of straw on the wharf, supposed to contain some five or six hundred bales,…
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Fire on a Barque
A fire broke out in the hold of the barque Machrilhanish, alongside the wharf, while loading wool for London, about 2000 bales being aboard. The outbreak was suppressed, but…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Parramatta South
By a Ore, on Tuesday night, Mr. Gwilliam, of Church-street South, sufffered to the extent of a pair of window-curtains, tablecloth, etc., through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Origin of the Fire
As to the origin of the fire, nothing is known. It is surmised, however, that the outbreak may be traced to a fusion of the electric wires, which ran above the ceiling of the billiard room, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Billiard Room Ablaze. Fire at the Hotel Australia Catastrophe Averted
The billiard-room of the Hotel Australia was on fire at 121.30 this morning, and in consequence amongst those who knew of the outbreak there was considerable excitement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six Lives Lost. Mother and Children Perish by Fire. Terrible Scenes
Ben Jonson-street, Stepney, London, was the scene on the night of December 29 of a terrible fire, in which a Mrs. Schlesinger and five children, aged 13 and under, were burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire at the Hotel Australia. Outbreak in the Billiard-room. Flames Quickly Extinguished
A fire, which threatened to develop into serious proportions, broke out at the Hotel Australia early this morning. About twenty minutes to 1, a cabman, named…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Hotel Australia. a Scare for the Guests. Excellent Work by the Brigades. Billiard-room Wrecked
At a few minutes after half-past [?] this morning, the startling alarm of fire at the Hotel Australia, in Castlereaghstreet, between King and Moore streets, city, was received at the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Edition Fire at the Australia Hotel. the Billiard-room Destroyed. an Early Morning Sensation. the Visitors Alarmed
About a quarter to 1 this morning a fire was discovered in the billiard-room of the Australia Hotel, and the room with its contents was destroyed before the flames could be got under…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Took Refuge in Mines From Bush Fires
The intense heat of Saturday and Sunday was accompanied with bush fires, which raged furiously all day and up till early on Monday at Queenstown (Tasmania), when…
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Experiments were carried out oft the Isle of Wight with shell firing, the old battle ship Belle Isle being the target. The experiments showed that if a single high explosive projectile from a 9.8in. gun burst inside a ship it would sweep the whole deck…
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About 1 a.m. on Saturday a fire was discovered in the billiard room' of the Hotel Australia. All the inmates were called up as soon as the alarm was given, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at the Glebe
Shortly after 9 o'clock last night the Glebe Fire Brigade received a call to a grocer's shop, at 30 St. John's Road. On its arrival a small store at the rear of the…
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The quiet of Sunday evening was broken, at a little before 10 o'clock, by an alarm of fire at the premises of the Australian Drug Company. O'Connell-street, City. Superintendent Webb…
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Slight damage was done by fire at 4 a.m. to-day in a chaff shed at the rear of J. T. Parslow's butchery, Bank-street. The property is insured in the Royal Insurance office. An outbreak of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires. the Australian Drug Company's Establishment
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the Australian Drug Company's premises, in O'Connell-street, city. The outbreak was discovered by William Hayman, a night watchman employed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Hindmarch
A fire occurred at Hindmarch last night, when the Stock and premises of W. L. Gladstonbury. a draper, were totally destroyed. Hindmarch depends upon the services of a volunteer fire…
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PARKES, Saturday.--This morning Blarney's Hotel was destroyed by fire. The building was weatherboard. By splendid efforts the firemen saved the block, which was insured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire on the Machrihanish
The damage caused by the fire on the woolship Machrihanish is estimated not to exceed 1 per cent. of the whole cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at the Australian Drug Co.'s Premises
Tho fire brigades received a call last evening to the premises of the Australian Drug Company, 19 O'Connell-street, city. Taking into consideration the combustible nature of the stock of the…
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