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The office of the Emmaville "Argus," with the plant and machinery, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The origin of the outbreak is not known. The loss is partly covered by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →There was an undesirable confusion of men, horses, sulkies, drawn by men rushing out of the yard of Field's Liven Stables last night at the height of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Equity Court on Friday, Mr. Justice Harvey had before him an application instituted by Horace Bately Allard liquidator of the Pastoral…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A blistering northerly blew in Melbourne for the greater part of today. A number of grass fires occurred in several districts. The countryside…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →EMMAVILLE.--The office of the [?]maville Argus" was burnt down on Monday. The cause of the fire is unknown. The building was insured for £100, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That all fires should be regarded with suspicion is the opinion of the Chief Melbourne Fire Officer in giving evidence before the Federal Works…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About noon on Saturday, a fire, supposed. to have been caused by defective installation of the electric light, broke out at the roof of a dwelling house,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire-flghting facilities proposed for Canberra were described as ample by Mr. H. B. Lee, chief metropolitan fire, officer, before the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Insurance companies operating in New South Wales paid £1,192,576 for fire losses in this State last, year, and yet there does not appear to be any desire on the part of insurance companies or those persons who were burnt out last year to agitate for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LITHGOW.--Portlanad was startled at 4 o'clock this morning when a serious lire broke out in a bootmaker's shop occupied by Thomas Wilson. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ruins of the Grandstand at the Rosehill [?]course—the result of last night's fire. On Saturday it [?] hundreds of [?](See Report on Page [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →[?] which was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →There was some excitement in the Prince Albert Hotel, William-street, early this morning, when a fire broke out in a bedroom on the first floor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The hearing of the application by the Fire Brigades Employees' Union of New South Wales for an award was continued. The union asked for the following rates of pay:—First…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The main public grandstand at the Rosehill racecourse was gutted by fire early last night. Some adjoining buildings, including the refreshment booth…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The committee of the Rosehill Club has not yet had time to consider what shall be done in consequence of last night's fire, which destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The public stand in the saddling paddock, reserve of the Rosehill racecourse was totally destroyed by fire last night. It was a most…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Last night's [?] fire at the Rosehill Ra[?]course, which razed the [?] and damaged the official stand, will it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two cottages at the roar of the post office were completely burnt out in 37 minutes. At the end of the hour even the smoke had gone…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sergeant Walsh, of Parramatta, who was in charge of the police inquiry into the destruction by fire of the main grandstand at the Rose Hill racecourse on Tuesday night, stated…
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