City Mutual Fire Insurance Co
The 27th annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., was held at the office of the company yesterday, Alderman Thomas Hughes…
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Great Fire in Chili. Destruction in Pisagua. London, April 19
A great fire has occurred at Pisagua, Chili, 44 miles north of Iquique. One-third part of the town has been destroyed, and among the demolished buildings…
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Shortly after 8 o'clock last night a fire broke out in an unoccupied 10-roomed cottage, situated in Bulkara-road, Bellevue-hill, Woollahra. Before the outbreak was extinguished all the…
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At the annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Co. on Wednesday the chairman, Alderman Thomas Hughes, in proposing a vote of thanks to the officers of…
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The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at the office of the company, 95 Pitt-street, Sydney, on 19th instant,…
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About 8 o'clock last evening an unoccupied 10-roomed cottage, situated at Bulkara-road, Bellevue Hill, Woollahra was discovered to be on fire. When first observed the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Italian Railway Strike. Peasants and Police in Conflict. Troops Fire on the Rioters
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Italian railway strike is collapsing. The Chamber of Deputies has passed the State Management of Railways Bill by 306 votes…
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A fire broke out last night on the premises of J. Blakiston and Co., Geelong, and 10,000 bags of chaff were destroyed. But for the prompt and effective work of the fire brigade…
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In order, to test the efficiency of the nurses of the Newark Hospital as "firemen," a member of the committee paid a surprise visit one night and raised an alarm of fire. Within a minute…
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The chairman of the New Zealand Insurance Institute, Mr. R. M. Simpson, in his presidential address, recently defended the private companies against the charge of having…
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The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at the office of the Company, 95 Pitt-street, Sydney, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Volcanic Energy in the Pacific. Whither Is It Moving? Interesting Chapter in Sydney's Geology. Tracing the Old Earth Fires
About ten days ago a cablegram stated that an island had been thrown up from the bed of the Northern Pacific, which ocean has always been remarkable for the incontinent manner in which…
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Extract from the "Stralta Times":-"My wife, Cheen Kim Wah, having left my house and protection by climbing over my back wall and getting into Mr. Mansoor's…
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A great fire has occurred at Pisagna, South America. One-third of the town has been destroyed. Among the demolished buildings are several banks. Pisagna was recently attacked with…
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The Catholic College of Saint Genevieve, near Montreal, has been burnt, and thirteen persons, eight of them being pupils, one a nun, and four ladies…
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A big fire at Bremen has resulted in the destruction of the Nord See Steamship Co.'s wharves and sheds…
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A terribly tragic fire is reported from Canada. The disaster occurred at a place near Montreal, the scene of the conflagration being a…
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LONDON, Saturday.--The French-Canadian College of Saint Genevieve, near Montreal, was yesterday burnt to the grouud. Eight pupils, a nun, and four lady residents…
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On Saturday night a fire broke out in the upper story of a building in Young-street, off Waymouth-street, occupied by Stevenson and Co., coachtrimmers and hood builders, and…
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Shortly after 7 o'clock this morning Messrs. Fenwick's passenger river steamer. Sarah Hixon, which was moored alongside the public wharf, which runs between Lismore and…
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