Laundry Destroyed by Fire
The City Steam Laundry, situated in Steele-street, Hamilton, was totally destroyed by fire to-night. The building consisted of galvanised iron and wood, with a brick wall at…
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Fire at Ramornie. Hotel Destroyed
GRAFTON, Monday.--The Ramornie Hotel, opposite Ramonie Meat Works, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday. The licensee (Mr. G. Blanch) and a man working close to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Drill in a School
The teachers and pupils of the Superior Public Boys' School, Glebe, are proud of the record they put up on Friday, at the conclusion of the examination in drill by Colonel Paul. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Grafton
The Ramornie Hotel, eight miles from South Grafton, on the Orara River, opposite the meat works, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday with nearly all its contents. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Uralla. Old Lady Burnt
URALLA, Monday.--A fire broke out yesterday morning in a cottage occupied by Mrs. O'Connor. The old lady was burnt about the face and arms, and is suffering from shock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell Into a Fire. Tamworth
Mrs. Rutherford, wife of a municipal council employee, was cooking at her house, West Tamworth, when she took a fainting fit and fell into the fire, being severely burned about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Small City Fire. a Good Save
The fire brigade received a call to the premises of Messrs. Wilkinson, Heywood, and Clark, Limited, importers and varnish manufacturers, in Clarence-street, city, at about 7.23…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Warehouse in Danger Narrow Escape From a Big Fire
The four-storey warehouse of Messrs. Wlikinson, Heywood, and Clark, Ltd., importers, and varnish manufacturers, at 168 Clarence-street, city, had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Origin of Pit Fires. Queer Facts About Coals and Timber
In view of a recent fire, at the Ayrshire colliery of Messrs. Baird and Company, at Auchinleck, Scotland, it is interesting to know the results of a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The Rebuilding of Murwillumbah-- Anniversary of the Great Fire
Murwillumbah held high carnival on Tuesday, September 15, upon which date-- the first anniversary of the big fire-- the people rejoiced at the rebuilding of the town. The…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Fire at Racing Stable. Three Horses Burned. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire at Ashburton totally destroyed the Zetland Lodge, owned by Mr. Grigg as a racing stable. Three valuable racehorses—Stop Up, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Paris Telephone Fire. New Battery System Destroyed. Operators' Narrow Escape. London, Sept. 22
The destruction of the Central Telephone Exchange in Paris has occasioned enormous inconvenience to city subscribers and to all France…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shed and Sulky Burned Blaze at Mosman
Through some unknown cause fire destroyed the buggy shed and a sulky at the rear of the shop of Mr. Alfred Yeend in Spit Junction-road, Mosman this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chatswood Fire Station
In order to increase the accommodation of the fire station at Chatswood, the Willoughby Council have been negotiating for the purchase or a piece of land adjoining the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Automatic Fire Alarms. Improvements at the Head Station. Risk Reduced to a Minimum
For some time past a staff of carpenters has been engaged in the construction of a new switchboard at the head station of the Metropolitan Pre Brigade, Castlereagh-street, near…
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A small fire broke out last night on the premises of the English Preserving Company, condiment manufacturers, 57S Harris-street, city. It was caused by a light being thrown down. A…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fires at Mortdale and Willoughby
The residence of Mr. Richard Hardy in Martta-place, Mortdale, together with the contents, was destroyed by fire this morning. The outbreak was discovered shortly after 11 o'clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Stockton
A wooden cottage, situated near the beach at Stockton, was burned to the ground law tonight. The building was occupied by [?]ree men, none of whom were at home at the time. There…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Gaol Hospital. Lionel Terry Again. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire was discovered under the staircase at the Lyttelton Gaol Hospital, close to the door of the room in which Lionel Terry was lodged. Terry is serving a sentence for…
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A coach house and contests at the rear of the dwelling of Edwin Cooke, Hercules-street, Willoughby, was severely damaged by fire on Friday afternoon. The flames were extinguished…
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