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A fire destroyed the Boys' Home at Sidcup, England, last night. Six hundred, boys, displaying splendid discipline, arched safely out of the building…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out at No. 35 Susan-street, Annandale last night, and before it could be extinguished severely damaged one cottage and burnt the back portions of two others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A small fire occurred yesterday at the residence of Mr. Daniel Callaghan, in Harris-street, Pyrmont. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called upon, but before the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A firm was dis[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire destroyed the Boys' Home at Sidcup, Kent. There were 600 boys in the establishment, who, displaying splendid discipline,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General Sir William Butler's new book, "From Nabeth's Vineyard," is a book which should bo read" by every Australian, and then carefully kept for reference on the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →An inquiry was held by the police magistrate concerning the fire at the premises of Mr. Burkitt, dentist, on May 13. The evidencec tended to show that a spark escaping…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shortly after 8 o'clock on Friday night a six-roomed brick cottage, with shingle roof, occupied by James Bales, at 203 Canterbury-road, Petersham, was discovered to be on fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A year or more ago most of the city schools introduced a system calculated to show the pupils that in case of fire systematic hurry was more effective than indiscriminate hustling. A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Inquiry into the recent fire on the steamer Mokoia at Dunedin resulted in the Jury expressing an opinion that it, was duo to spontaneous combustion, arising front a cause…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A case of incendiarism presenting some peculiar features has been imaging the attention of the Ballarat (Vic.) police. An outbreak of fire occurred in the residence of Mr. Dubbelin, in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A fire occurred last night, when a large weatherboard building in Hope-street, owned by Mr. W. Pearce, and occupied by Mr. J. Gordon as a grocer's shop, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A small fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Patrick Davoren, in Underwood-street, Paddington, last night. The Waverley Fire Brigade attended, and the blaze, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NOWRA, Monday.—A fire destroyed Mr. W. Nelson's store at Gerringong, together with its contents, at 5.16 this morning. The books and papers were saved. The cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOURKE, Sunday.--A weatherboard building owned by Mr. W. Pearce, and occupied by Mr. James Gordon as a grocer's shop, was totally destroyed by fire, with the whole of the contents,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At daybreak yesterday morning a fire broke out in premises used as a general store and dwelling-house in Railway-street, Merewether and in about an hour the whole structure was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GERRINGONG, Monday.--This morning a fire broke out at William Nelson's store. Willing assistance was soon at hand, and fortunately a bountiful supply of water was available. After…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAGGA, Monday.--The farmers' markets, a large wood and iron structure, occupied by Messrs. J. S. Kudder and Co., caught fire during last night, and about half the building was…
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