City Swept by Fire. Destruction of Canadian Town
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The business portion of the City of Three Rivers, near Montreal, has been devastated by fire. Three hundred of the finest commercial…
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Fire Risks at Vancluse. New Station for Rose Bay
The necessity of furnishing Vaucluse with means of protecting the municipality from fires is exercising the minds of the residents and the local council. When a fine residence was…
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A fire which occurred at Three Rivers, on the River St. Lawrence, 78 miles northwest of Montreal, devastated the business portion of the city…
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A small fire occurred at the Tramway Department yard, George-street West, at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. The M.F.B. extinguished the blaze with a chemical extinguisher. Two tins of…
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The upsetting of a kerosene lamp was responsible for a Email fire in the dwelling of A. Bradley, 24 Campbell-street, Newtown, last evening. The flames were extinguished by the…
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Yesterday afternoon a private dwelling caught fire, No. 24 Campbell-street, Newtown, owned, by M. Phillips, who lived next door, and occupied by A. Bradley. The cause of the outbreak was the upsetting of a…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday.--The inquiry into the fire was further postponed to July 10 on the application of the police, no evidence being taken…
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MORUYA, Friday.—Mr. Tom Moore's residence at Garlandtown, near the Moruya Rirer, was totally destroyed by fire last night…
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A fire was discovered about half-past 3 o'clock this morning in the grocer's shop of Austin Kerrins. Oxford Square, city. The alarm was sent to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and…
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BULLI, Thursday.--Whilst a little girl named Newton was warming herself before a fire before being put to bed, her nightdress caught alight. The flames were soon extinguished. The child…
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A residence owned by Mrs. Anne M'Guinness, at the northern and of Caswell-street, was destroyed by fire last night, together with its contents. Mrs. M'Guinness, who is old and…
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Last night Geo. Wallington, c[?]gin[?]driver, and J. Baker, miner, were drinking together in Wallington's hut at Sunnyside. While Baker went for a bottle of whisky Wallington…
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The Suddeth Smoker is the latest invention, and is the only machine that produces volumes of smoke without fire. Make no mistake—no fire, no heat, no…
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A party of motorists had a thrilling escape yesterday at Beachy Head, on the Sussex coast. The car caught fire and the occupants…
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Those in charge of the American Fleet welcome arrangements, having now well settled down to work, rapid progress is being made. There has already been published in the…
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Shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening the Kogarah and Mortdale brigades received a call to Sussex-street, Mortdale, where on arrival they found…
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The headquarters section of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call at 3.33 yesterday morning to a fire in a double story, brick building, 14 Oxford-square, city, occupied by…
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Late this afternoon small fire occurred in a house at No. 6 Boyce-street, Glebe, occupied by Mr. F. Faulkner. The outbreak occurred In a bedroom on the first floor, and before it was…
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Al about 7.20 last evening a fire broke out in 137 George-street West, in a furnlutre ware house, occupied by Edward A. Taylor, and owned by F. Hordern, Darling Point. The…
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A meeting of shareholders of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society was held in the boardroom at the society's offices at noon yesterday, Mr. Sydney H. Carey, chairman of…
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