Fire Auction Sales
A moderate supply of mixed firewood was submitted at auction in the Newtown, Alexandria, and Darling Harbor Yards to-day, before a large attendance of buyers. Competition was keen, and the…
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Fire at Double Bay
At a few minutes after 7 p.m. on Saturday, after Mr. Hugh Ward had left for the theatre, a fire was discovered in the bathroom of "Lafayette." the home of the…
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KURRI KURRI, Saturday.--The Heddon Greta colliery is again on fire. Somo time ago the stoppings, which had been created to prevent the spread of the original fire, had been pulled down…
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A fire broke out on Saturday night at La[?]yette, William-street, Double Bay, the residence of Mr. Hugh Ward. The popular actor-manager had only left for the [?]atre a short time before the outbreak was…
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The Supreme Court at the top of King-street, Sydney with which to many historts memories are association had a narrow escaps from destruction by fire this morning…
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What would have been an historical fire was this morning narrowly averted. The Supreme Court had a lucky escape from destruction. Mr. Edwards, the court keeper…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Society and Out of It "Seven Days"--Fire at "Lafayette"--The Lamb-Lingen Wedding--The Weather and the School Children--A Medical Woman's View--The Bathing Habit
Grace Palotta, as an instructress in first aid to cookery, looks pretty enough to justify anybody's faith in the powers of Kit M'Nair to make an omelette. The girl who…
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The city branches of the fire brigade turned out shortly before 6 o'clock this morning, to a big outbreak of fire in Messrs. Whiddon Brothers' wool scouring works and tannery,…
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COWRA, Monday.--A Are which occurred here week destroyed a wooden building in Kendall -street, owned by James M'Koown. It was occupied by James Connors, refreshment-room…
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Just before 5 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Whiddon Bros.' wool-scouring works on the Water Reserve, Botany. A steamer and a couple of hydrants from the…
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CONSTANTINOPLE. Monday Afternoon— The centre building of the Sublime Porte. Constantinople, has been destroyed by fire. The Foreign and Grand Vizier's officer however escaped…
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A fire broke out yesterday morning at the Supreme Court, but was extinguished before any great harm was done. A piece of flooring about 5ft. by 2ft. burnt away was the only damage…
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CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday.—The centre building of the Sublime Porte his been destroyed by fire. The Foreign and Grand Vizier's offices…
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An occurrence which might speedily have solved the problem of how long the public are to wait for the adequate housing of the judiciary took place yesterday in the…
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The centre building of the Sublime Porte has been destroyed by fire. The foreign and Grand Vizier's offices, howev[?] escaped…
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While the second shift of men engaged at the works was at breakfast about 5 o'clock this morning it was discovered that a fire was in progress at Messrs. Whiddon Bros.'…
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Early yesterday morning Messrs. Whiddon Bros.' wool-scouring works at the corner of Botany and Hughes roads, Botany, were burnt out. The tannery and top-making workshops…
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A lamp was upset last night in a bedroom at 379 Balmain-road, Rozelle, the residence of Mrs Elizabeth Pashley. Mrs. Pashley's clothing caught fire, and she was burnt about 'he…
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CONSTANTINOPLE, Tuesday Evening,—In the fire at the "Sublime Porte." the archives of the Home Office, extending over many years, were burnod. thus hampering the Administration…
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