Aftermath of a Fire a Labourer Injured
A young labourer named Edward Barker, who resides in Princes-street, city, and who was employed by Messrs. Dudley and Co., tent-makers, of Sussex-street, city was…
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Bush Fires Near Murwillumbah. Murwillumbah
To-day the town was enveloped in smoke from bush fires. The country is very dry, and all Foxtail Plains are on fire. Rain is badly wanted for both agricultural and domestic…
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Owing 'to the fusing of an electric wire, a , tramcar caught fire at Oxford-street about 8 o'clock last night. The flames were noticed by the members Of the Paddington Fire Brigade,…
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A fire broke out on Wednesday morning in an unoccupied six-roomed cottage on Jamieson Hill. Bowral. The alarm was sent in to the local brigade, but when, the men arrived at the…
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The fire brigade received a call at 4 o'clock this morning to an untenanted six-roomed brick and weatherboard cottage situated on Jamieson Hil…
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A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Bryant-street, Tighe's Hill, owned and occupied by Mr. Francis Bailey, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Two cottages…
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Shortly before daylight yesterday mornings a new five-roomed weatherboard cottage, situated in Bryant-street, Tighe's-hill, was totally destroyed by fire. The building…
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BOWRAL, Wednesday.--An alarm of fire was given at the local station at 4 o'clock this morning, the scene of the outbreak being an untenanted house belonging to Mr. Henry M'Court,…
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On Wednesday Murwillumbah was enveloped in smoke from bush fires. The country is very dry, and all Foxtail Plains are on fire. Unless rain…
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A fire broke out shortly after 8 o'clock on Thursday night, in a building consisting of a shop and fire rooms, occupied by Mrs. Mary M'Willlam, a grocer, in Beamish-street,…
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A fire at Campsie last night destroyed a weatherboard structure in Beamish-street, occupied by Mrs. Williams. The structure comprised a six-roomed…
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"That is likely to occur in a lot of the country towns. In New South Wales," said Superintendent Webb yosterday in speaking of the failure of the Bowral Fire Brigade to…
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The Ashfield Volunteer Fire Brigade received call last evening through the local exchange to attend a fire at Beamish-street, Campsie. The brigade was quickly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fatal Fire. Aged Brother and Sister Perish. Melbourne
A fire, attended with fatal results, occurred in Carlton early this morning, when Miss Ann Mills, aged 76, and her brother, William Mills, 72 years old, were burnt to death…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A small wooden building at Carlton was the scene of a terrible tragedy this morning, by which Miss Ann Mills (70) was burned to death. Her brother, William Mills (72), a general dealer, with whom…
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Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to Messrs. Prescott and Co.'s premises in Sussex-street. A large detachment of firemen…
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A fire which caused a considerable amount of damage was discovered early this morning on the premises of Prescott's Limited, produce merchants and commission agents, a…
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FORBES, Saturday.—A destructive fire occurred at the resident of W. K. [?], at South Fortes, about 2 O'clock this morning, the whole of the stables and outhouses, to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in the City Early Morning Blaze in a Sussex-street Store Damage Estimated at Over £4000
At an early hour this morning a fire broke out in the warehouse of Prescott, Company, Ltd., Sussex-street, and was not extinguished until much of the produce with which the…
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