Fire Tn Tonga. [By Telegraph] Auckland
Intelligence has been received here that the trading stores of Forsyth and Schiltz, in the island of Tonga, have been totally destroyed by fire. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1896
266 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 14
The Fire at Deniliquin
The Revolt of the Brigade. IN reporting the fire at Deniliquin, when five shops and a hotel were destroyed, the local Pastoral Times,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Disastrous Fire. Seventy-one Persons Killed. London, March 8
A disastrous fire has occurred at Kattowitz, in Silesia, resulting in 71 persons being killed…
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A MEETING of the Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. Three applications for the position of secretary, rendered vacant by the resignation of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in an Insane Asylum
THE insane asylum at Beauport, two miles from Quebec, caught fire on February 4, and there was great excitement in consequence, as there are nearly 1000 patients there…
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THE following are the signals by which the whistles at the mines give the alarm of fire and indicate the locality: PROPRIETARY MINE.âOne long continuous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Warship. Eight Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London
The Venezueulan warship Ayacucho has been destroyed by fire at Marga[?] an Island in the C[?]ribb[?]an Sea belonging to Ven[?]zuela. Eight of the…
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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 Surry Hills. Sydney
A fire occurred in a small shop at Surry Hills early this morning. All the occupants were rescued in their night [?]then; they has a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Warship. [By Cable] London
The Venezueulan warship Ayacucho has been destroyed by fire at Margarita, an Island in the Caribbean Sea belonging to Venezuela. Eight of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible Fire in India. LONDON, Friday Evening
A terrible fire has occurred in Kidderpore, near Calcutta. It spread with great rapidity, and a whole street was reduced to ashes. Many lives were lost, but no reliable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in Soho. Nine Lives Lost. Exciting Scenes
A CALAMITOUS fire, which resulted in the loss of no fewer than nine lives, broke out shortly before 3 o'clock on the morning of Febraary 16 in a lodging-house at7, Church,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Fire in India. LONDON, Friday Evening
A terrible fire has occurred in Kidderpore, near Calcutta. It spread with great rapidity, and a whole street was reduced to ashes. Many lives were lost, but no reliable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Oxide-street. Four Shops Destroyed
AT about 3.15 o'clock thia afternoon a fire broke out in a shop in Oxidestreet, owned by Mr. W. C. Davies, draper, and used by him as a…
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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Poison. LONDON
The hospital at Lille, in France, has been greatly damaged by fire. Six firemen who attended the fire mistook poison for gin and drank it after their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Oxide-street. Four Shops Destroyed
AT about 3.15 o'clock this afternoon a fire broke out in a shop in Oxidestreet, owned by Mr. W. C. Davies, draper, and used by him as a…
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IT would appear that the public generally is not aware of the fact that an alarm of fire can be conveyed with the greatest rapidity to the Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire at Cabramatta. Sydney
A report has reached the city that five children named Bonarius, living at Cabramatta, aged 7, 6 and 5 years and twins aged 10, were burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a French Hospital. Fatal Mistake by Firemen. London, March 30
The hospital at Lille, France, has been destroyed by fire. The unfortunate occurrence ended fatally to six of the firemen who took…
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