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An alarm was received by the brigade [?] 4.25 a.m. to-day from a street-alarm ou the wall of the Mutual Store, Flinders-street, of a fire in a brick building with an iron roof…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of the City Council last night, Alderman E. Lindsay-Thompson the council's representative on the Fire Brigades' Board. drew attention in a report to the instructions…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A claim was made by Hans Jorgenson, stovedore, against W. Scott Fell and Co., owners of the steamer Balmain, and a cargo of coal, to recover £150 for services rendered to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A fire occurred in Bunyip (Vic.) on Monday morning, the results being tragic. The [?]stead of Mr. W. M'Skimming caught fire. Mr. M'Skimming, on being awakened…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A rather sensational feature of the recent fire at the Villa Maria Convent which was not reported in the daily press was the insurance. Up to last year there was…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Mina Antonio Comino, oyster-saloon-keeper, late of 136 Pitt-street, Sydney, whose estate was compulsorily sequestrated on April 12 last, was examined by his official assignee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out on Thursday evening in the dwelling of Thomas Kaile, Mullens-street, Balmain. The building was a two-storey, weatherboard structure, and the flames spread…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A large shed, together with the contents, was totally destroyed by fire at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College one night last week. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The residence of Mr. Thomas Kaile, in Mullins-street, Balmain, was destroyed by fire on Thursday. The structure was a weatherboard one, and burnt quickly. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The twenty-ninth annual general meeting of the above company was held at the office of the company yesterday, Mr. Thomas Hughes presiding. The report showed a profit for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A fire, which caused a considerable amount of damage, occurred at the confectionery factory of A. J. Carrington, Pyrmont Bridge-road, last night. The fire was in the drying room,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The New York Fire Brigade has added to its apparatus a huge extension-ladder for use against sky-scrapers. It far overtops an ordinary building…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →At about 4 o'clock this afternoon a faint column of smoke was seen to be issuing from tween decks of No. 5 hold of the German steamer Bielefeld, berthed at Parbury's…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A rather destructive fire occurred at about 7.30 o'clock last night, when the Newtown branch of the M.F.B. received a call to 128½ Pyrmont Bridge-road, Camperdown, where a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The 29th annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at the office of the Company, 95 Pitt-street, yesterday, Mr. Thomas Hughes (Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →BRISBANE, Friday.--A fire broke out this afternoon in the afterhold of the German-Australian liner Bielefeld, which arrived on Wednesday last from Hamburg, via Sydney, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The twenty-ninth annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited, was held at the office of the company, 95 Pitt-street, Sydney, on Friday, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out last night in a brick house in Watkin-street, Newtown, occupied by W. Philand, the cause being a curtain coming in contact with a gas jet…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Careless use of matches is supposed to have been the cause of a fire which occurred at the residence of Mr. Joseph Brown, in Campbell-street. Surry Hills, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A small fire occurred in a weatherboard house occupied by Mr. James Foster, in Glebe-road, Glebe, late on Saturday night. The blaze, which is supposed to have been…
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