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A great fire occurred in the city at 10 minutes to 2 o'clock this morning, and resulted in the destruction of a number of large business establishments, extending from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The fire which in the early hours of yesterday morning cut a great gap in the warehouse section of the city is one of the most serious conflagrations Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Everything is now going on well in the Proprietary mine. The number of men sent underground daily is almost up to the normal number before the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The great fire which broke out in Edwards, Dunlop and Co.'s big printing establishment early yesterday morning, and spreading to adjoining buildings wrought widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The destruction of £150,000 worth of property in Clarence-street by fire on Saturday morning again emphasises the fact that with the most efficient appliances a conflagration,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The fire which occurred on the morning of October 2, 1890, and devastated Pitt, Moore, and Castlereagh streets, was one of the greatest that over occurred in Australia. It originated in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The scenes of destruction observed in a visit of inspection of the buildings affected were terrible in their completeness. The police had barricaded Clarence and Kent streets at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At 7 o'clock yesterday morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, under Deputy-Superintendent Sparkes, turned out to a fire in a bakehouse at the premises of Walker Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The main topic of conversation in the city on Saturday was the great fire in Clarence and Kent streets. The man in the street wanted to know how it occurred?…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A question as to whether a licensed victualler is responsible for damage done by a fire upon bis premises occupied the attention of the High, Court to-day. It arose in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Edward Park,night-watchman of the block in which the fire occurred, claims to have been the first to discover the outbreak. "I had passed Edwards, Dunlop, and Co.'s and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the High Court this morning Mr. Power (instructed by Mr. Baxter Bruce) appeared for the defendant in the case of Kellett v. Cowan, and applied for special leave to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although the alarm was given at 1.46 a.m. by a citizen from a fire-box at the corner of Erskine-street and York-lane, there can be no doubt that the fire had been in existence and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Showing the biff gap in Edwards, Dunlop, and co.' building, between the Kent and Clarence street frontages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The- frequency of disastrous fires of late, and specially the one on Saturday morning last, has s:v.n rise to much thought as to the best [?] s of extinguishing these outbreaks, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hulf-past 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, quietness in the city, and silk-soft air over all. Anon the sudden clamor of a bell, attached to an engine, as the big brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--There was a further increase to-day in the number of men employed underground at the Proprietary mine. The prospecting shaft, which was put down from the top of the hill for ventilation…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Almost normal conditions prevailed on the Proprietary mine to-day, where [?]95 men went underground last night, and 465 this afternoon. Very few of these men were engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The scene of the big fire attracted large numbers of sightseers yesterday. The barriers which had been thrown across the top of Wynyard-street to keep the crowds back on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The debris of the recent big city fire, 1s still smouldering, and every how and then bursting into flames. There la a considerable body of firemen still at work, and water…
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