Fire at Drummoyne
"Hampstead," a. four-roomed brick and wood. cottage in the Great North-road, Drammoyne, occupied and owned by Mr. C. Williams, was burnt out this morning. The Metropolitan…
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Dwellings Destroyed by Fire
TAMWORTH, Friday.--A four-roomed wooden house in Marius-street, occupied and owned by Mrs. M'Culloch, was destroyed by fire last night. A few articles of furniture were saved. The…
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A fire occurred at 11 minutes past 9 on Friday night. In premises occupied by Miss Queenie James, a milliner, at 219. William-street, Darlingburst. The local fire brigade quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze at Horsham. Kerosene, Powder, and Cartridges. Estimated Damage £6500
MELBOURNE, Friday.--A serious fire occurred at Horsham last night. The outbreak was on the promises of Messrs. W. Sinclair and Co., general grocers, ironmongers, and machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Horsham. Damage, £7500. MELBOURNE
Shortly before midnight yesterday a disastrous fire broke out at Horsham, in the centre of the township. The damage is estimated at £7500. The outbreak started in the…
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At about half-past 8 on Thursday night last a fire broke out at Mrs Wheeler's boardinghouse, "Chatsworth," on the Bathurst-road. In loss, than two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney's Fire Peril. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I read Superintendent Webb's statement as reported by you a few days ago. If the city buildings are in such great danger of being destroyed by fire, what about…
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A thirteen-storey skyscraper, known as Parker building, fronting Fifth-avenue, 19th-street, New York, took fire, and burned for 14 hours. By falling walls three fireman were killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Playing with Fire
At a time when so many millions of the natives of India are ripe for revolt, the harsh treatment by the Transvaal Government of Indiana resident there…
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A serious fire occurred at Horsham (Vic.) on Thursday night. The outbreak wits on the promises of Messrs. W. Sinclair and Co., general grocers, ironmcagers, and machinery agents and…
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A bush fire raged in the vicinity of Mount Magnet railway station and the ore sheds on Friday…
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The public swimming baths in Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbour, belonging to Mr. J. K. Smith (who resides at the Willoughby Hotel, Willoughby), from some cause unknown caught…
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The swimming baths at Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbor, were completely destroyed by fire at about 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. The cause of the fire is unknown, though it is surmised…
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On Saturday a brick, iron-roofed cottage on the Great North-road, Drummoyne, occupied by Mr. C. Williams, caught fire owing to some tar boiling over. Two rooms were burned…
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A fire broke oat on Saturday morning in the Sugarloaf Swimming Baths, at Middle Harbor, and before it was noticed the whole of the structure was destroyed. So far as can be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Baby's Escape. Fire at Springwood. Springwood
A sensational fire occurred here on Thursday evening last, when the Chatsworth boarding-house, occupied by Mrs. Wheeler, was burnt to the ground in a very short time. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire. Another Newcastle Calamity. Cohen and Co.'s Warehouse Destroyed. Other Buildings Crushed by Falling Walls. Damage, £200,000. Four Men Seriously Injured
NEWCASTLE. Monday Morning.—One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Newcastle occurred this morning, in the block of buildings bounded on the south by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire Destruction at Newcastle £200,000 Damage a Disastrous Outbreak David Cohen and Co.'s Warehouse Gutted Many Other Buildings Suffer Seriously Newcastle
Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning fire was observed issuing from Messrs. David Cohen and Co,'s big warehouse, situated in Scott and Keighley streets, and in a little…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Edition. "Evening News". Office, 5 P.M. the Newcastle Fire. How the Flames Spread. Magnifieent Bat Appalling Speetaele. a Reckless Crowd. (Continued from page 4.)
NEWCASTLE, Monday Afternoon.—The disastrous fire at Cohen, and Company's warehouse soon spread through the whole building. The flames leapt to the third and fourth floor, and…
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