GREAT FIRE IN SYDNEY.
THE UNION COMPANY’S STOREHOUSE BURNT DOWN.
DAMAGE DONE. Sydsbt, Dec, 26. On Christmas Day a moot destructive fire took* Mt here, aad although th* beat appliances war* eariy In th* field the fire raged fiercely, being la th* goods sheds on some ot the wharves. The Naw Zealand Union 8.8. Company*! ■sand naw - star* adjoined ihr Utii’nihd Iromteu, fitd h. tbo, oo*n became a prey to taafieroeteaguse of flame, and it was very quickly demeUebed. ■ The fire vu eventually suppressed, the fomage being aetimstat st £27.008. :<Mm Company's steamer Walhora was aleo ie some danger, but got awsy ttoMgh the grant ptemptltudo and efficient management of bar officers. * A 'Mgs quantity of produce recently landed oom New Zealand was destroyed. ■ Seveealtaridota occurred, bat none lihsly |e »M* fatal in their nsnlts. .
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 396, 28 December 1889, Page 3
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135GREAT FIRE IN SYDNEY. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 396, 28 December 1889, Page 3
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