General Cable News. Disaster in a Russian Theatre. LONDON
A theatre in Ekaterincslav was burned down during the performance, and 49 of the audience were either burned to death or killed in…
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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1896
117 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 6
Cricketing Association's Concert
The concert given at the Town Hall last evening in aid of the funds of the Cricketing Association was well attended, and should result in a sub…
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A grand entertainment is being arranged to be given at an early date in the Rotunda, in aid of the South Australian Institution for the Blind…
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THE well-known Guards Band of the Salvation Army, which comprises some clever instrumentants, is again on a visit to Broken Hill. The West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Panic at a Baltimore Theatre. Loss of 24 lives
IN a senseless panic, caused by a defective gasburner and a foolish cry of "Fire" at the old Front-street Theatre, Baltimore, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Ball. Forty-three Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London
Duriug a ball held by the Artists' Society in Lisbon the revellers were suddenly startled by a scream of "Fire!" The building burned with great rapidity, and in…
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On Monday evening a very successful concert was rendered before a large audience at the Wesleyan Church. The Rev. F. Hyaes presided and the following items were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charity Concert
A concert in aid of the Blind and Deaf and Dumb Institution, Brighton, S. A., was held last night in the Town Hall. The committee, on which Mr. Correll…
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A plain and fancy drees ball in connection with the. Prince Imperial Quadrille Club was held in che evening in Tait's Masonic Hall. There was a…
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The H. A, C.B. S. having determined not to hold the usual ball on St. Patrick's night, the pupils of the Catholic Convent Schools gave a…
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The Cervantes Theatre at Rosario, in the Argentine Republic, South America, has been destroyed by fire No loss of life is reported…
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THE programme for the concert in aid of the Fire Brigade Funds, to be given in the Town Hall to-morrow evening, appears in the advertising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at a Masked Ball. Forty Bodies Found
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred on February 18 at Santarem, a city on the Tagus, about 50 miles North of Lisbon. The close of the carnival was being celebrated by a masked…
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The concert company organised in London by Messrs. C. J. Stevens and P. A. Howells, of Adelaide will leave by the R.M.S. Oratava…
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THE pupils attending Miss MacDonald's private school gave a concert on Wednesday evening in the Picton Church. There was a good attendance, aud the entertainment was…
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A large and appreciative audience assembled in the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday evening last, the attraction being the Druids Annual Concert, which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lightning As a Musician. a New Orchestra Without Men
PROFESSOR J. B. SCHALKENBACH, formerly the organist of the Polytechnic Institute of London, has recently invented and constructed an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cable News. The Band Raid Sentences. LONDON, Thuraday Evening
There is a bitter feeling amongst, the Johannesbarg Reform committee over the result of the treason trials in Pretoria. They consider that the…
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THE concert given in the Rotunda yesterday afternoon by Bartley's Brass and Reed Band was a great success. The excellent music rendered was…
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THE annual ball in connection with the Silver Star Lodge, U. A. O. D., was held last night in Tait's Masonic Hall. The building was comfortably…
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