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The Fire Dangers Prevention Committee of the Legislative Council of last session of Parliament having been reappointed, it met yesterday. Mr. J. M. Creed, M.L.C., was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday Evening.—A fire in the framework of the two shafts at Highhouse Colliery, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, imprisoned 60 owners…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A soldier attempted, on May 25, to commit suicide at Batignolles Station, in Paris, and set fire to the station by so doing. He threw himself off the bridge on to the line,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police-constable Mann, while on duty at 1230 a.m., observed a light in the back premises of Pedley and Haigh's store. He kept watch until about 3 o'clock, when he saw two men…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire which occurred in the framework of two shafts of Highhouse colliery, Auchinleek, Ayrshire, Scotland, imprisoned 60 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A meeting of the shareholders of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society was held at the offices of the society at noon yesterday, when following resolution was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A large section of the 200 men employed at the electric power house at Ultimo ceased work in the afternoon. The firemen engaged at the furnaces walked out in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sixty persons were imprisoned by a fire which occurred in the framework of two shafts of lighthouse colliery, Ayrshire. Alter tremendous labor, the outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At about 10.15 this morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call, and on arrival at 103A Castlereagh-street, which is occupied by J. Train and Co., sanitary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LISMORE, Sunday.--A nine-roomed house, the property, of Edward Howell, senr., situated in North Lismore, was destroyed by fire last night. It was unoccupied. The fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BEGA, Sunday.--Mr. H. O. T. Cowdroy Coroner, opened an inquiry into the cause of the fire by which the shop, premises; and contents occupied by A. Ting Lee were destroyed. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a little after 10 a.m. on Sunday the M.F.B. received a call to 103A Castlereagh-street, where a fire had broken out, it is thought, through the overheating of a gas stove. A back-room on the ground floor,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →TUMUT, Saturday.--Florence Dyer, aged 19, employed at the Oriental Hotel, while cleaning a fire-place, was taken with a seizure, and fell into the flames. She was discovered badly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire which occurred in the premises of Messrs. J. Train and Co., marble merchants, Castlereagh-street, yesterday, damaged the contents of several rooms. Two rooms occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire was discovered on Sunday morning on the premises ef the New National Club, 163A Castlereagh-street, City. It is believed that a gas stove in a back room, used as a kitchen, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 10.15 yesterday the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call, and on arrival at 108A Castlereagh-street, which is occupied by J. Train and Co., sanitary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Saturday.--A mob in Bombay attempted to wreck the Currcy-road Station. Crowds held up a train and stoned a magistrate and the police, whereupon the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early on Sunday morning, through, it is stated, a light being thrown down, the stables at the rear of the premises of Mr. John Cranny, in Kerosene- road Alexandria, took…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE. Monday.--At Maffra a fire destroyed a large jeweller's shop, occupied by Mr. Ising, and the boot shop adjoining, occupied by Mr. M'Kenzle. There were large stocks in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BRISBANE, Monday.--A fire at Geraldton (North Queensland) on Sunday destroyed March and Mili's sawmills. The loss is estimated at £3000…
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