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When the fire broke out at Smithfield yesterday morning, the police communicated with the Parramatta and Granville fire brigades, but on account of Smithfield being outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush fires are raging seaward from bush in Southland. Settlers have been fighting the fire for days, and work is almost suspended. It is reported that the settlers are passing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At Wrightville this afternoon a four-roomed weatherboard cottage was burned down. It was tenanted by T. Gooley and family, who lost all their belongings. It is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →HAY, Tuesday.--A fire occurred this morning in the dwelling of Miss Lilian Cook, and the building was totally destroyed. It was a weatherboard house of six rooms, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →As a result of an outbreak of fire, which occurred in Mr. George Page's tannery at Smithfield, early on Monday morning, this and the adjoining tannery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"A great fire has occurred in the Chinese quarter of Bankok, Slam. The damage is estimated at £583,000." So ran a cable received a few days since…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →After the great San Francisco fire, hundreds of tons of load, zinc, and other metals owned by the Selby Smoltlng Company were found melted into a solid block at the baso of the shot…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →With all the conditions ripe for firing, whether through accident or design, it is useful for the countryman to be acquainted with the provisions of the "Careless Use of Fire Amending…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Camp fires, or the careless use of matches, were responsible for several bush fires on Wednesday, which at one time threatened to cause much mischief. At about half-past 8…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive grass fires have been raging in Canterbury for several days, and many sheep have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A light breeze finding its way through an open window, and carrying the curtains Into contact with a lighted candle, caused a fire at the residence of Mr. A. J. Casson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HAY, Thursday— Another fire occurred here last night. A cottage immediately opposite the railway station was discovered by Inspector Harris to be an fire about 7 o'clock. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RIVERSTONE, Wednesday.--A buggy-shed containing a sulky and ha[?]ness at the back of the cottage occupied by Inspector S. Vidier was destroyed by fire to-day. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire occurred at Richard Membrey's dwelling, in Adderley-street, Auburn, this morning. There was no one at home at the time. The structure is a weatherboard cottage of four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The residence of Mr. R. Membray, of Auburn North, narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The occupants of the house were absent at the time. After…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Several suburban bush fires, one of which was rather extensive, occurred in the suburbs on Wednesday night, but little damage was done outside…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About half-past 10 last night a fire broke out in a ham and beef shop at 99 George-street, Camperdown, and occupied by Octavius Bonnell. Detachments from the George-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HAY, Thursday.--A fire occurred last night at the residence of Mr. J. Hill, near the railway station, when the building was burned to the ground. The premises were insured with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A six-roomed weatherboard cottage situated a mile from Corowa and owned and occupied by Mr. F. L. Archer was with its contents, totally destroyed by fire last evening. The…
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