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Speaking to District- offices Lee, of Darlinghurst, who was in charge of the head quarters station this morning in the absence at the scene of the. fire of Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE WATER FRONTAGE VIEW OF M'KENZIE'S TIMBER YARD, BLACKWATTLE BAY. (From a Photo. Taken Before the Fire.) THE SAME PLACE AS IT APPEARED THIS MORNING AFTER THE FIRE. (Photo. By Our Special Artist.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Proprietary management now has the fire at Block 11 completely under control. No further difficulty is being experienced so far as the underground workings are concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Superintendent Webb, who was early on the scene this morning, said that every steamer, except one from Woollahra and from North Sydney, was at work. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day a man named John Hodge was fined £5 for leaving a fire unextinguished at Fish River on January 24 last. The evidence showed that Hodge had camped all night,and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--A start was made at the Junction mine this morning to get everything in readiness for putting into practice the scheme which is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The fire which broke out at about 1.15 yesterday morning at Mr. James Munro's promises, 174 and 176 Walker-street, Redfern, was more disastrous than was at first thought…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At 1 a.m. a strong southerly wind rose and carried the flames right across Abattoir-road to the yards on the opposite side of the thoroughfare. The footpath was a mass of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 3.30 this morning the officials of the fire brigade were able to say confidently that all danger was past. A closer investigation disclosed that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. R. M. Anderson, a partner in Messrs. Allen Taylor and Company, was found in his office, close to the scene of the conflagration, this morning. He said that last night, about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The springing up of the southerly gave the fire-fighters an anxious time, and once or twice it appeared certain that the flames would cross Abbatoirs-road, and starting on a fresh block…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A respectable-looking young man named Gerald Clare M'Kiliop was placed on trial before Judge Docker at the Darlinghurat Sessions to-day on a charge of entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When our first edition went to press the fire at M'Kenzle's timberyards, Pyrmont, was burning fiercely, and there was every danger of the flames, fanned by the southerly wind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire at H. M'Kenzie's sawmills had all the surroundings of a sensational melodrama. There was a water-side stretch of scenery, with a sprinkling of small shipping in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The heavens were illumined last night by a great fire, which, fed by huge stacks of timber, piled up on the edge of Blackwattle Bay, Pyrmont, roared skywards for upwards of two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire, which resulted in the total destruction of a vast stock of timber at the yard of Mr. H. M'Kenzie, and his plant, as well as the timber and plant of the Austral Timber Company, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire which at one time threatened to wipe out the timber industry of Pyrmont broke out last night, and caused intense excitement among many thousands of people, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alter the rush of the past two or three days quite a calm reigns at the various Are Stations. At headquarters station, however, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A glance into the interior of the Koerstz Wool press factory gave convincing proof that the promises had narrowly escaped. Situated immediately next to the late Austral Timber…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The position to-day in regard to mines fires seems exceedingly favourable. On the Proprietary Mine no further trouble is being experienced, and the workings are being kept…
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