Fires. Wellington
A fire at Mr. J. Matheson s cordial factory destroyed the whole of the premises and plant. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery. The place was only partly insured…
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A fire at Mr. J. Matheson s cordial factory destroyed the whole of the premises and plant. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery. The place was only partly insured…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The work of discharging the carge of the British barquoe Penrhyn Castle, on board which an outbreak of fire occurred last week, was commenced at Parbury's Wharf on Wed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BROKEN HILL, Friday.—A fire at Railway Town last night destroyed a six-roomed bouse, owned and occupied by Michael Colmer, shift boss at the South Blocks Mine. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A burning film created considerable excitement and a mild panic at the Globe Pictures in the Queen's Hall, Pitt-street, city, at about quarter to 10 last night. The show was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Visitors to the Globe Picture show at the Queen's- hall lost night were provided with more 'excitement than they paid for, owing to a film catching fire while the entertainment was in progress. Fortunately the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The public school and rosidence at Cowper, which is across the south arm of the Clarence River, opposite Brushgrove, was totally destroyed at an early hour this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ULMARRA, Thursday.--A fire is reported from Cowper, five miles from Ulmarra. This morning, at 2.30 o'clock, the public school and teacher's residence, occupied by Mr. John Carradice, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The bush fires which have been raging in the vicinity of Murray Bridge this week are now burning towards Bowhill. Within 10 miles of the bridge 100,000 acres were swept,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In the headquarters station of the New York Fire Brigade they have many highly-trained horses, but none which ranks in fire-fighting history with the one spoken of as the "George horse." His fame is known throughout America. He hasn't the sleek, rounded sides of the younger horses —be is 14 years old, and has been in service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As a sequel to the fire which destroyed the Rutland Hotel, Wanganui, N.Z., on the night of January 22, Joseph Davis and Martin Haynes, proprietor and manager respectively of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The manner in which the Fire Brigades Act is being administered came in for much adverse criticism at the last meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly before 3.30 p.m. yesterday a back bedroom on the first floor at the residence of Mr. Eustace C. Alexander, at 101 Glenmore-road, Paddington, was being fumigated when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Booth drew a lurid picture of a possibly imminent cataclysm in his address at the Congress Hall, Clapton, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →PARKES, Monday.—A cottage near tie Phoenix Mine was burnt to the ground on Sunday morning. Practically nothing was saved, and there was no insurance. The inmates were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ORANGE, Monday.—A fiore occurred at the residence of Mr. J.T. Frenon engineer of the Canoblas Shire Council, when the stable a phaeton three acts of harness, and a quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The contents of a postal pillar box at Fitzroy were destroyed by fire a couple of nights ago. One of the letters contained a cheque for £25. A boy named…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire occurred early on Saturday morning at Messrs. Styman Brothers' grocery and hardware store, and two-storeyed building in Swanstret, Morpeth. It had a complete hold upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early this morning a fire broke out in Messrs. Styman Bros., grocery and hardware store, and two storied-dwolling in Swan-street. The building and stock were totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire occurred on the premises of the Hosiery Manufacturing Co., Bridge-road, Pyrmont, to-day. Only a small quantity of stock was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire brigade were called on to extinguish two outbreaks this morning in the suburbs. The first occurred at the premises occupied by…
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