Hentsch's Bond Fire
Mr. A. B. Pursell, of A. B. Pursell and Co., informs us that the particulars of insurances supplied by them which appeared in our Saturday's issue represented the ascertained list…
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Notes and Comments. the Recent Fire
There is one point that is agitating the minds of the commercial community considerably. They desire to know whether it is possible to ascertain the extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Miller's Point Fire. Salvage Operations
Salvage operations in connection with the recent heavy fire at Hentsch's Bond at Miller's Point were commenced yesterday. At an early hour the salvor appointed by the underwriters (Mr. J. M. Rooke)…
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On Friday night a large building known as Hentsch's Bond, situated at Miller's Point, was burned to the ground. The bond occupies about half an acre of land in a block bounded by Kent,…
Continued on Trove, page 709 →The Bond Fire. an Inquest to Be Held
Since the occurrence of the great fire at Miller's Point on Friday night, Police Sergeant Carson and Constable Mackie, of No. 4 Police Station, have been engaged in making inquiries as to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miller's Point Fire. Salvage Operations Commenced. Destruction Greater Than Supposed
The scene of the great lire at Hentsch's Bond was one of considerable activity yesterday morning, when Mr. J. M. Rooke, tho salvor appointed by the Underwriters, commenced operations with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire in Sydney Loss Amounts to £450,000. (See illustrations on pages 26 and 27.)
There broke out on Friday night one of the most brilliantly magnificent fires, from a spectacular point of view, though one of the most deplorable when considered from the aspect of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Serious Rioting at Trinidad. an Unpopular Bill'. Police Fire on the Mob. Government Buildings Gutted. London, March 24
Serious rioting has occurred at Port of Spain, Trinidad,. owing to the passing of an unpopular bill. A clowd of people gathered before the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires. Brewarrina
Messrs. W. and T. C. Dickson's (Yarrawin) woolshed was destroyed by fire on Monday night. PARKES, Wednesday. A fire broke out at Mr. G. M'Farlane's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bond Fire Inquest
The City Coroner has decided on holding an inquest on the fire at Hentsch's Bond. The jury will be called together at the Lord Nelson Hotel on Friday at 9.45. Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Waverley
A first-floor bedroom at the residence of Mr. James Larter, 8 Mackenzie-street, Waverley, was slightly damaged, with its contents, by a fire which occurred at about half-past 1[?] o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire at Parkes. £5600 DAMAGE
PARKES, Wednesday.—A destructive fire broke out in Clarinda-street shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. Mr. G. M'Farlane's newsagency and tobacconist shop, Mr. W. H. Finch's tobacconist…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Parkes. Damage Is Estimated at £5000
PARKES, Wednesday.--Early this morning the stationer's premises occupied by George M'Farlane were found to be on fire. The fire had evidently been smouldering for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Miller's Point Fire. Salvage Operations in Full Swing
The salvage operations in connection with the fire at Hentsch's Bond are now in full swing, and a large quantity of debris has already been removed. Notwithstanding that fact, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Councils and the Fire Brigades. Contribution of the City Council
The City Council has decided, acting upon the advice of counsel, to pay the quarter's contribution to the Fire Brigades Board, amounting to £1538…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Miller's Point Fire. Debris Still Burning. Yesterday's Salvage Operations
The work of opening up the interior of the chaot[?]o mass of merchandise through the thick coverings of debris within the walls of Hentsch's Bond at Miller's Point, where the disustrous conflagration occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires. West Wyalong
A fire broke out at Neeld-street, Wyalong, between 1 and 2 a.m. to-day. It started in a general store, the property of J. Cusack. The building and contents were destroyed; also E. J. Robinson's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney's Fire Liability
The Hentsch's Bond. fire demonstrated "the need for and value of a fully-equipped fire brigade," as the City Council's representative on the Fire Brigades Board has…
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WYALONG, Thursday.—Another disastrous fire occurred here shortly after midnight. The towns people were awakened out of their slumber by the cry of "fire," and it proved to be at Cusack's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Waste. to the Editor
Sir, -- Before we have quite forgotten the latest experience of fire was to in this city and we have such lamentably short memories -- it might be worth while to use the regrettable fact as a…
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