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BEGA, Tuesday.— A serious fire occurred about 3 o'clock this morning, when Mrs. E. A. Evans premises, a general store, in Church-street, were totally destroyed, and also nearly all of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Through a small pot of tar boiling over in the kitchen on the third floor of the School of Arts yesterday, the caretaker, Oscar M'Kay, and a girl named May M'Kinley were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out this morning in Churchstreet, where a store and dwelling, the property of Mr. Anton Sattler, occupied by Mr. George Evans, late of Bombala, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Interstate fire brigades' demonstration, which was so successfuly held at Armidale last week is illustrated in the present issue of the "Town and Country Journal."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.--The lesson of the Iroquois Theatre fire is Chicago has been taken to heart in Germany, where the Kaiser has closed the Royal Opera House, Berlin, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A race in service, whalehoats was rowel on New Year's Day between the crack crew from the Royal Arthur and a team from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, "The Royal Arthur crew was expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We learn by cable of a terrible calamity in Chicago. The Iroquois Theatre was burned on the afternoon of the 30th ultimo during a performance, and many of the spectators and…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →The terrible theatre disaster which plunged Chicago into the deepest gloom just as the new year dawned, and caused a thrill of hornor to run throughout the length and breadth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An appalling disaster occurred at Chicago (U.S.A.), on the afternoon of December 30. The now Iriquois Theatre, erected only last November, was packed with people, and as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The opinion of so experienced an official as the town clerk of Sydney on the question of fire precautions in places of public amusement is certainly deserving of serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commenting upon that terrible fire at the [?]quois Theatre, Chicago, some of the Australian papers remark that it would be impossible for such a catastrophe to occur…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The overheating of a boiler, used to maintain the temperature of the hot-houses at the Bo-tanical Gardens, was responsible for a fire in what is known as the boiler and potting house,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—The old, old practice of shutting the stable door too late is being exemplified just now. We are all wise after the event, and since the Chicago disaster everybody is telling everybody else that this and that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shortly after one o'clock this morning a constable on duty in the Domain noticed flames coming through the roof of a building in the Botanic Gardens. He immediately aroused Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning Constables Graham and Thompson, who were on duty in the Domain, noticed flames issuing from a building in the Botanic Gardens, situated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About the last place to which firemen considered themselves likely to be called was the Botanic Gardens, but this morning, about 1 o'clock. Constables Graham and Thompson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Mayor of Chicago has closed all the Chicago theatres, except one, for non-compliance with the city ordinances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COLLARENEBRI, Friday.— A large stock of wheaten hay was burnt yesterday at Gamalally Station. The origin of the fire is unknown. Neither the hay nor the new shed in which it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The engineer of the Board of Health has been instructed to report as to the best means of isolating the stage and cutting it off from the auditorium in the event…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wallaroo and [?] left Jervis Bay for Hobart, in company, at 6 p.m on Tuesday. At 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when the ships were in lat[?] 88.15 S. and longitude…
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