Great Bush Fires in Victoria. Tocumwal, Sunday Night
In this part of the Riverina disastrous bushfires make their appearance annually as regularly as Christmas. In 1884 a serious fire played sail havoc…
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Fires & bushfires, 1887
23 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Internal Fire
A few years ago one of the most important coal mines in N.S.W. caught fire. It started slowly, but soon obtained such headway that it spread through the greater portion of the…
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Trails of horse character, as well as of human character, otherwise unnoticed are brought out in the stress of war. Familiarity with danger probably has its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Exciting Scene at a Fire
A fire broke out just about 4 o'clock in the morning at the Falstaff public-house in the Borough. A patrolling policeman heard cries for help, and then found several of the inmates…
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In its account of the great fire at Messrs. Lewis's establishment in Ranelagh-street, the Liverpool Mercury says: —Whilst thousands of spectators were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Exciting Scene at a Fire
A fire broke out just about 4 o,clock in the morning at the Falstaff publichouse in the borough. A partrolling policeman heard cries for help, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tricks of the "Fire King."
"Get onto this bill, Shorty," remarked the city editor who was an artist in English when weilding the pencil, but whose spoken language "was fearfully and wonderfully…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas et prœvalebit." Saturday, June 4, 1887. School Fires
THE action of the Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. INGLIS, in discontinuing the allowance for fuel in Public Schools, was made the subject of discussion in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bathurst Fire Brigade
On Saturday last the opening of the Bathurst Fire Brigade station and christening of the engine was celebrated by an unusual demonstration. Arrangements had been made for members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in New Zealand. £50,000 Worth of Property Destroyed
A most disastrous conflagration broke out in Blenhein shortly before 2 o'clock a.m. on May 21. The fire was first discovered in the apartments occupied by the family of Mr. Carter,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Paris Opera Comique on Fire. Terrible Panic—100 Persons Suffocated or Crushed
On the night of the 25th inst.(May), towards nine o'clock, an alarm of fire was raised at the Opera Comique, where Mignon was being performed. The first persons to perceive the flames were the actors on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. Another Insolvent. Lloyd & Collins' Fire. Another Miners' Strike. Incompetent Navigators. £1,300 a Foot. Another Gold Discovery. Horrible Outrage. Railway Locomotives. Sydney Wednesday Evening
John W. Maish, baker, Bathurst, is insolvent deficiency about £30. The weather is again cold and rain is threatening. The enquiry concerning Lloyd and Collins'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Paris Municipal Council and the Fire at the Opera Comique
The subject ol the firn at the Opera Comique was debated the other day in the Municipal Council of Paris, on a question put by M. do Bouteiller to the Prefect of Police on the necessary steps to be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. Kurtz Before the Police Court. the Premier at Glent Innes. Fire in George-street. Find of Gold at Parkes. Her Majesty's Theatre. Protection at Redfern. Assault with Intent. Sydney. Wednesday Evening
A man named Thrower, one of the victims of the Kurrajong land affair, proceeded against Robert Kurtz in the Police Court this morning, on a charge of having obtained three guineas,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the Fire—the Lawyers
The destruction of the Opera Comique will give rise to some singular litigation, and the point at issue has interest in an abstract form for London lessees. Theo site of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction by Fire of a Township
A most disastrous fire took place at Trial Harbour on Saturday night, 12th instant (says the Trial Harbour correspondent of the " Hobart Town Mercury"), totally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in the Quebec Citadel
A fire broke out just before midnight of Wednesday, July 6, in the citadel of Quebec, begining in the cavalry stables at the north-east corner. All the horses, 26 in number…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fire at Constantinople
A correspond, nt at'Constantinople sends the P.M. Gazette the following account of the recent fire at Scutari. The method at fire extinction at the Turkish capital will not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire in George Street. Six Shops Completely Destroyed. £5000 Woeth of Damage
On Thursday night last a fire broke out in George Street which proved disastrous to that portion known as Smith Bros' shops, and by which six shops were completely destroyed and…
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sYesterday morning an inquest was held at the Court House before Mr. B. Lee. P.M. District Coroner and a jury of twelve touching the fire which occured at Smith's Buildings on Thursday night…
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