Fire in a Hotel
ABOUT 8 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered at Carlier's Tattersall's Hotel in a bedroom occupied by two daughters of the proprietor; and assistance was rendered only…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
323 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 17
Fire at Coolgardie. Pearce's Athietic Hall Destroyed. Three Shops Gutted. [By Telegraph,] Perth, Wednesday Evening
Another disastrous fire has occurred in Bayley-street, Coolgardie. In the main thoroughfare, near Lefrey-street, Harry Pearce, the well-known wrestler, has a block…
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Another big fire has occurred at Coolgardie. A block of buildings valued at about £1500 was consumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne
A big fire occurred in the city last night. A big block of buildings at the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth streets, known as the Bechive…
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SHORTLY before 4 o'clock on Sunday morning an alarm of fire was blown; but as the cause was some firing operations at the waterworks reserve, of which notice had…
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LAST night the members of the Fire Brigade gave a display before a small audience of ladies and gentlemen who were present by invitation. Superintendent Bansen has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Shooting a Constable. Attempt to Arrest Peasley. Fires on the Police. And Then Escapes [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon
Since Constable M'Lean was shot with his own revolver at Cabramatta on August 6, the police have been anxiously searching for the two men who committed the deed. One,…
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ABOUT 10 minutes to 1 o'clock to-day the Fire Brigade turned out in answer to an alarm of fire. The alorm was a false one, a dense cloud of smoke rising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intense Heit in Europe Causing Serious Fires. A Town Partially Destroyed. [Reuteur's Message.] London
The intense heat in Europe continues. Many fires hare broken out in all parts of the Continent in consequence. One of these outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Fire in Adelaide. a Suspicion of [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
Early this morning a fire occurred in a corner of a yard occupied by James Prisk, marine store dealer, in the city. The shed had been rigged up as a room, in which a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster at the Cape. a Collision. Then a Fire. [Reuter's Message.] London
An awful railway disaster occurred yesterday at Matosfontein, in Cape Colony. Some runaway trucks dashed down an incline and smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Croydon (Q). Brisbane
By a fire at Croydon a large block of buildings were destroyed, including two hotels and a number of other business places…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A French Town on Fire. London, August 18
The town of Concarneu, in France, has been half destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Sydney. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A fire at the Haymarket Coffee Palace, George-street, on Saturday night, did considerable damage. Eight of the occupants of the building escaped in their night costumes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Station Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon
Mr. Hedley Edols' residence, on Burrawang station, was completely destroyed by fire early to-day. Nothing was saved, the inmates escaping in their night clothes,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in Sydney. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A fire at the Haymarket Coffee Palace, George-street, on Saturday night, did considerable damage. Eight of the occupants of the building escaped in their night costumes…
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THE recent intimation from the Broken Hill Fire Brigade Board to the Underwriters' (Fire Insurance) Association in Adelaide, that, if the latter body did not promptly day up its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Fire at Botany. Sydney
The Sydney Woolscouring Company's works at Botany were partly destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, the damage amounting to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Menageria on Fire. LONDON
Cross' famous menagerie at Liverpool, England, has been destroyed by fire. Eighty animals wore burned to death, including five leopards,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late editions Saturday:— Fire in a Palace. [Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Afternoon
A telegram from Berlin states that a fire broke out yesterday in the Imperial palace of "Wilhelmhouse. The Kaiser appeared in a new role,…
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