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A plumber working on the roof of Vickery's-chambers, Pitt-street, this morning can claim to have distinguished himself and caused happenings in the busy thoroughfare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WEE WAA, Thursday.--Individual losses through yesterday's fire are estimated as follows:--Coppleson Company, goods £8000, buildings £2000; O'Rourke, imperial Hotel, £4000;…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hornsby Shire Council has found that its efforts so far to obtain a volunteer fire brigade independent of the Fire Brigades Board, have not met with an encouraging response. It is believed that council, having now power…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A tramcar was passing Alfred-street, North Sydney, at 9 o'clock this morning, when a short circuit of the current occurred. There was a loud explosion underneath the car…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The repeated outbreaks of extensive fires in New South Wales country towns are beginning to cause some anxiety, not only in the public mind, but in official circles. The fire record…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The fire station at M[?]man tea small for the requirements of the district, and [?] this the Fire Board is at pr[?] for a [?] to [?] a larger and more up-to-date [?] The present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A constable had an exciting chase after two men in Castlereagh-street shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and before arresting them fired two shots at them…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A disastrous fire occurred at Wee Waa, N.S.W., on Wednesday, destroying the main business portion of the town and involving £40,000 loss. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday morning a house occupied by Ah Mann, Chinese gardener, situated at Crank[?]'s Plains, two miles from Bombala, was found to be a heap of smouldering ruins. On…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AMSTERDAM, Wednesday Evening.--The dock and warehouses of the Compagnie do [?]'Ocean have been destroyed by fire. The loss is set down at £83,000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Individual losses through Wednesday's fire are estimated as follows:--Coppteson Co., goods £8000, buildings £2000; O'Rourke (Imperial Hotel). £4000; Audet goods £600…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ROUE. Thursday Evening A terrible tragedy occurred at the town of Toramo, Abru[?]l. Biagio Chiavaroll, a steward on a local [?] had been dismissed for some [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A plumber working on the roof of Vickery's chambers, Pitt-street, yesterday can claim to have distinguished himself and caused happenings in the busy thoroughfare…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE, Friday. -- A grazier who has a block of country, with abundant feed and water, 50 miles north of Cockburn, well adapted for the carrying of a large number of cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Messrs. S. Forster and Son's iron bedstead and wire mattress factory at Mary Ann-street, Ultimo, was completely burnt out in the early hours of this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Wednesday an alarm of fire was given in Parramatta, about 3 p.m. The call came from Webb & Co's. store, Church-street South, and it transpired that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Front Portion of the Building. General View of the Damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The North Sydney Fire Brigade was called upon to extinguish a fire which broke out on a tramcar in Alfred-street, near Lavender-street, North Sydney, at about 8.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Ultimo blazed "like a pillar of fire" early this morning for all the city and most of the suburbs to see. The bedstead and bedding factory of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →FULLER details are to hand by mail of the disastrous fire in New York, which did over £4,000,000 worth of damage in the…
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