Great Fire in New York. London
A tremendous fire broke out in NewYork on Saturday, causing damage to the extent of 3,000,000 dollars. The fire extended for fully half a mie along…
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Fires & bushfires, 1889
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Disastrous Fire. a Theatre Destroyed. Fire Brigade Captain Killed. Melbourne
At about half-past 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a disastrous fire broke out in the Bijou Theatre, which occupies a portion of the Victoria Arcade, running…
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Immense loss of property has resulted from the destruction by fire early this morning of the well-known timber yard at the foot of Druitt-street, the property…
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Tremendous fires are reported to have been ragingin Wisconsin, U.S.A, devastating hundreds of miles of country. 15,000 persons, it is…
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Great excitement was caused in Collins-street last evening upon the discovery of volumes of smoke issuing from the basement of a large and massive block of…
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It is now considered that the fire which occurred at the Bijou Theatre on Monday evening was caused by the fusion of the electric light wires. This theory is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stray Notes. the Fire Brigade
NOTWITHSTANDING that Broken Hill is wonderfully cosmopolitan on the whole, yet the people have a particular fancy, it seems, for forming rings or cliques; and,…
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THE secretary of the local Fire Brigade desires to acknowledge the receipt of £1 1s. from Mr. Fred. G. Frew, of the Willyama Band. A meeting of the brigade…
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THE committee of the fire brigade met on Saturday evening and passed several resolutions aiming at the improvement and greater efficiency of the corps. The…
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The Shamrock hotel at Numurkah was destroyed by fire during Saturday. A general store adjoining was also partially burnt. Mr. Richards, the owner of both…
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THE work of laying a pipe from the Crystal-street tank to a standpipe in Argent-street, for the use of the fire brigade in the event of a conflagration in…
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CAPTAIN BERRY and vice-captain Solomon of the local fire brigade have met with every success so far with the canvass they are making of the town in aid of the…
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The large soap works of Messrs. Gibbs in this city have been burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at £250,000…
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At the coronial inquiry respecting the Bijou Theatre fire yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wilson, the proprietor of the Palace Hotel, and also of the Theatre adjoining,…
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RUTHVEN CARSTAIRS, a man who by his appearance is well on to middle age, was charged on warrant this morning before Mr. Joseph Butterworth, J.P., with…
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A most disastrous fire broke out on Thursday evening in Saveur, an important suburb of Quebec, in Canada. In a few hours five hundred houses were…
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IT is to be hoped that the accounts of the Fire Brigade are now being kept, and that they will in all future times be kept, in a better fashion than, judging from a copy…
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The inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which recently destroyed the Bijou Theatre was included yesterday afternoon. The jury found that there was no evidence…
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ON the conclusion of the ordinary weekly meeting of the committee of the local fire brigade at the fire station last evening, the quarterly general…
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A disastrous fire broke out at the residence of George Noble, tailor, in Regent-street, last night. Annie Felson, aged 24, an inmate, was rescued by a fireman,…
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