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Shortly before 6 o'clock on sunday afternoon, during the height of the story, the central part of the roof of St. Matthlas' Church, Oxford-street, Paddington, opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Since noon on Saturday expert firemen in Wake[?]eld-street and in the suburbs have not been ready to respond to the call of fire. They say…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A mine employee named Harrison, of Harrietville, narrowly escaped being blown to pieces by dynamite during the progress of a bush fire near Wensley mine,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Friday's meeting of the Victorian Marine Board was made remarkabe by the fact that a new peril for ships at sea was discussed. Mr. C. E…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. A. Kelly, M.L.A., introduced to the Chief Secretary yesterday a deputation consisting of Messrs. George Butcher (president), Na[?] L. Dakin (secretary), James M'Namara, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A serious fire occurred at Eugowra, N.S.W., on Tuesday night last, as the result of which Kerr's billiard room and shop. Longford's shop and dwelling,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire brigades in Adelaide are on Strike, and the city is thus at the mercy of the flames. Places of public amusement were picketed on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A small fire occurred about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Messrs. M'Donald and Eckland's ice Works, 10 Station-street, Newtown. The brigade was successful in extinguishing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The sports meeting of all the police and fire brigades of the State next Monday promises to be an excellent gathering, and will serve to bring under notice of the public some of the best features of both organisations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, January 26.--According to the view expressed at a lecture delivered at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, on January 19, by Sir George Greenhill, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Following is a copy of the report issued by the Chief Inspector of Explosives who inquired into the fire on board the W.S. Suevic:—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →When one of the waitresses at Sargent's refreshment room at the Zoo went to the outside door of the pantry at the back of the building, she noticed that the wires overhead seemed to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →News was received on January 10 of a sensational fire which occurred in the commercial centre of New York. Several lives were lost and the damage and loss of property exceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another big country fire broke out early this morning at Germanton a town 378 miles from Sydney on the Culcairn-Germanton branch of the southern line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is from the 110th annual report of the committee of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association: —This form of casulty, which is nearly always serious, and to which attention has often been directed…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Subduing the fire at Equitable Life's Building, New York…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Addressing the members of the Institution of Post Office Electrical Engineers [?] London recently on "Precaution ag[?] Mr. A. Stubbs [?] in-chief to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Papers by the last mail state that a destructive fire had occurred at the works the the Cerebos Salt Company, at Greatham, Durham. The managers, however, next day secured temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 58 →The Guy Fawkes butter factory, near Hillgrove, was completely demolished by fire between the hours of 3 and 4 a.m. on February 22. The building, which was of a substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To maliciously set fire is any building or other places such as churches railway stations of other public buildings, etc., constitutes under the Crimea Act. the offence known…
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