£100,000 Damage by Fire
A fire occurred on the premises of Messrs. Morris and Sons, tobacco manufacturers, and spread to the adjoining houses in High-street, Whitechapel, London…
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A fire occurred on the premises of Messrs. Morris and Sons, tobacco manufacturers, and spread to the adjoining houses in High-street, Whitechapel, London…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At 6 o'clock this evening a fire broke out in Lewis Bros. store, which contained a large supply of oils, building material, wire netting, several vehicles, and some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out this afternoon in the bush at Bellevue Hill near the tram terminus, and firemen with appliances from Waverley, Wollahra, and Paddington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A nine-roomed house in West Crescent-lane, North Sydney, was almost completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The house, which was owned by Mr. W. Brown, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, a fire occurred at 23 Moncur-street, Woollahra, through a bedroom curtain coining into contact with a naked light. The contents of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--A fire brake out in u four-roomed house in Lane-street early this morning, and extended to the adjoining promises. One of the houses, which is owned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two sheds in the yard attached to Messrs. Lewis Bros, and Co.'s store, in Peel-street, were destroyed by fire last evening. The contents of one of the sheds included a number…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Following on the number of fires reported ta Saturday's "Evening News," the Fire Brigade had a busy time during the week end. The brigade received a call on Saturday night at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A serious fire occurred at Rainbow on Friday night. The outbreak started at Cust's drapery department, and before anything could be done the building…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TAMWORTH, Sunday.--A "fire broke out in the oil room of a building at the rear of Lewis Brothers' store. Peel-street, shortly after six o'clock on Saturday night. The fire was first…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire on Saturday night destroyed a threeroomed wood and Iron house in Eyre-street, South Broken Hill, owned and occupied by Antonio Joanovitch. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.—Another disastrous fire occurred on Saturday night, and destroyed a block of buildings on the south side of Kerara-road, from Johnson-street to Opal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire which originated near the town destroyed a great part of Rainbow last night. The "Rainbow Argus" office and several other business premises were burned down. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The new Fire Brigades Act has already worked wonders in the direction of improving the fire brigade service in the various country towns in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A spark from the carbon is supposed to have been the lause of a sudden flare-up at an open-air picture show in Pairamatta-road, Leichhardt, shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire, which may possibly result in much serious damage being done, broke out on the Lund liner Commonwealth, which sailed from Sydney last…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A gas ring which was left burning to melt glue in the furniture factory of Messrs. Melville, Bach, and Cramer, at the corner of Bowling and Taylor streets, last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in the principal street of Cloncurry last night, and before it could be overcome a large portion of the street was destroyed. The damage has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the passing of the new Fire Brigades Act, which came into force on January 1, the officers who were given charge of the various country districts made a tour of their district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.--A fire on Saturday night destroyed a block of buildings in Kerara-road, directly opposite the block demolished last year. The flames were first seen coming…
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