General Cable News. Fire on the Waimate. London, June 4
The steamer Walmate, of the New Zealand Shipping Company, from Timaru, New Zealand, has arrived at Teneriffe. A slight fire had occurred in the hold among…
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Fires and Shipwreck
The Sydney Marine Underwriters have been advised that the cargo in no. 4 hold on board the steamer Waimate, bound from New Zealand ports, has been on fire. The fire, however…
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A deputation representing the Alexandria Borough Council was introduced to the Chief Secretary, Mr. J. A. Hogue, yesterday, by Mr. J. R. Dacey, M.L.A., and asked that a…
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Another cable to the underwriters reported that a fire occurred on the steamer Waimate, also from New Zealand ports to London, in No. 4 hold, causing slight damage…
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The Chief Secretary received a deputation yesterday morning from the Alexandria Council, introduced by Mr. Dacey, M.L.A., when a request was made that the sum of £350 allotted for the erection of a temporary…
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The twenty-eighth annual report of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, submitted by the directors at the annual meeting recently…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire at Paddington. a Workshop Destroyed
Early this morning a workshop attached to a bakery, in Victoria-street, Paddington, owned by Mr. James Cook, was destroyed by fire. Three carts in the building, undergoing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After the Pyrmont Fire. Electrical Engineers' Claim
An action in which the recent fire at M'Kenzie's timber yard, Pyrmont, was an important factor, came before Judge Murray, in the Sydney District court this afternoon the plaintiffs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Wanganui. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire occurred at midnight at a large boarding-house at Wanganui. Several people had narrow escapes from being burnt to death. When the firemen were able to enter, the…
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A cable was received by the Sydney underwriters yesterday morning from London, stating that a fire occurred on board the steamer Perthshire, in No. 4 hold. As a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loss of the Cassard. Off the Falkland Islands, Fire on the Perthshire. Melbourne
The Marine Underwriters' Association has received cable advice to the effect that the French barque Cassard was lost off the Falkland Islands whilst homeward bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Saw Mills Fire. Dispute Over the Electric Light Plant. Claim for Three Hundred and Thirty-four Pounds
In the District Court to-day Judge Murray, heard the case of Warburton and another v. M'Kenzie. George Sydney Warburton and Robert…
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Somewhat technical, but none the less interesting, was the paper read by Mr. G. Redsney Cherry before the Institute of Architects lost night on the testing of building…
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With the growth of the metropolitan district and the erection of stately buildings it has been found necessary to strengthen the Metropolitan Fire Brigades staff. The fine new station at…
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LONDON, Thursday, 3.5 p.m.—After leaving Teneriffe, two fires occurred among the wool cargo of the steamer Gothic, from New Zealand for London…
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Recently a congress of inter-State fire brigades was held in Sydney, and it was attended by representatives from all parts of Australia, including Adelaide. Before the delegates…
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A fire broke out last night in the premises of Mr. MacDonald, baker, of Dean-street. The building was saved by the fire brigade; not, bowever, before the flames had spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After the Pyrmont Fire. Electrical Engineers' Claim
An action in which the recent fire at M'Kenzie's timber yard, Pyrmont, was an important factor came before Judge Murray, in the Sydney District Court yesterday, the plaintiffs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires on the Gothic. Two Outbreaks in the Hold. London, Thursday, 3.5 p.m
Two tires are reported to have occurred on the steamer Gothic, of the Shaw, Savill line, which is en route from New Zealand to London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DISTRICT. (Before Judge Murray.) the Pyrmont Timber Yards Fire. Warburton and Franki V. M'KENZIE
This was a suit by George Sydney Warburton and Robert James Napier Franki, trading as Warburton and Franki and Co., 167 Clarence-street, Sydney, against H. Mackenzie, sawmills…
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