Fire and Earthquake Insurance Company's Contention Upheld London. Monday. 3.5 p.m
The Superior Court of California has upheld the contention of the Williamsburg City Insurance Co. that it is not liable for…
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Bush Fires. in the Corowa District. Corowa
Bush fires on Burrangong station destroyed upwards of 5000 acres of grass and about 80 acres of crop. The latter was insured. On Saturday last another fire occurred on Bull…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Superior Court of California has upheld the contention of the Williamsburg City Insurance Company that the company is not…
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BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--This morning a fire broke out in a workshop at the rear of Jabez Wright's undertaker's premises. The shop was completely gutted, and two buggies burnt…
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A fire occurred in a slab and weatherboard cottage at Minmi last night, totally destroying the building and contents. The tenant. Mr. Chas. Thomas, jun., and his mother and…
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Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Company yesterday received a cable from Sumatra to the effect that the steamer Netherton was badly on fire at Aroe Bay, and fears were entertained that she…
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At last night's meeting of the Randwick Council a statement was read from Alderman W. Taylor, representative of suburban fire stations on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's Beard,…
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According to private cable messages received it Sydney yesterday, the big tramp steamer Netherton, a vessel of 1226 tons, which was in this port six or seven weeks ago, has been…
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CONDOBOLIN, Wednesday.--A bush fire, burning Messrs. Haley Bros. station, Newlands, came within 60 yards of the homestead. Some 3000 acres of grass country were burnt. A…
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A bush fire is raging in the district. At Messrs. Haley Brothers' station, Newlands, the fire came to within 60 yards of the homestead, and had it not been for some…
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LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--A girl, Ada Hall,5 years, residing with her parents at Prospect, was playing with matches to-day when her underclothing caught fire, and she…
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A statement has been forwarded to the various municipal councils in the metropolitan area by Aldermen W Taylor, representative of suburban councils on the Fire Brigades Board,…
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Since Sunday last the bush fires have done almost incalculable damage in the Longreach district, reducing thousands upon thousands of acres of splendidly grassed country to…
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A letter from the agents for the Clayton fire extinguishing apparatus, and comments upon it by the Harbor Trust, was read at the last meeting of the Board of Health. It was…
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Three boys, the eldest of whom is 13, have confessed to robbing and setting fire to several State schools in Walthamstow, Essex. The damage caused thereby is…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.— Messrs. Neal and Kerry's drapery and clothing establishment was, with the contents, totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The building, a large…
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The steamer Netherton, which took fire while loading oil at Sumatra for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, is a total loss. Messrs. W. Scott Fell, and Co., the local agents, yesterday…
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In response to a cablegram asking for further particulars respecting the disastrous fire on board the steamship Netherton while loading 50,000 cases of kerosene in Aroe Bay,…
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The inhabitants of the little town of Pegomas, France, are in a state of panic owing to the ravages of a gang of mysterious incendiaries, who defy the utmost vigilance of the…
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At the inquiry yesterday into the fire at Mr. Jabez Wright's shop on Monday night the insurance company's representative asked for and obtained a four weeks' adjournment. The…
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