Exciting Scene at a Fire
The Red Lion Tavern in the Strand was destroyed by fire on August 30. The fire burned so rapidly that the people in the house were unable to escape by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1870
20 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
The Great Fire in Melbourne. (From the Melbourne Argus, Jan. 7.)
One of the largest fires known in this city for many years took place last night in West Melbourne, commencing in H. Mills's timber yard, the entrance to which is in Flinders-street,…
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At twenty minutes before three o'clock this morning flames were observed to be proceeding from an upper floor of one of a range of wool stores occupied by Mr. Flood, and situated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poetry. the Fire King's Song. [?]
Born of a spark, but a puny thing. I nestled amongst the gr[?]. Nursed by the wind on airy wing As over me it would [?]…
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The annual meeting of the West Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade took place at the Engine House, on Friday evening last. The Superintendent, Mr. Charles Cridland, occupied…
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The Argus of the 5th and 6th July contains a full account of the recent fearful conflagration in Melbourne, from which we condense the following particulars:—…
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No sooner had Wilhelm d'Azarnes touched the shore occupied by the Imperialists than he proceeded to the Marquis de Pes[?]aira's tent. He leapt from his steed, and was introduced…
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A fatal fire occurred at Norton Lindsay, near Warwick, on Monday, by which two elderly ladies named Mrs. and Miss Horten, lost their lives. Mrs. Horten occupied a farm, and her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in Canada. Fifteen Persons Burnt to Death.—four Hunreed and Thirty Families Burnt Out
Montreal, May 27.—The following is the substance of a letter from Chicoutimi, May 25, respecting the great fire there last week:—We have had terrible fires in the Saguenay country,…
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A fearful fire broke out at one a.m. on June 5, in Pera, which was not got under until nearly midnight. In consequence of a atrong wind, the flames spread with alarming rapidity, and…
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A special meeting of the West Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the engine house on Friday evening last, for the purpose of considering the Borough Council's late report…
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It is our painful duty to record that the town of West Maitland has again suffered an extensive loss by fire, which broke out in the stores of Mr. James O'Neil, at an early hour on Tuesday morning, and…
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Eleven inhabitants of the village of Wan-borough, n[?] Swindon, were brought before the Swindo Bench of magistrates last week on a charge [?] felony. It appeared from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Pitt-street. (From the S. M. Herald, Nov. 2.)
Shortly before two o'clock this morning an alarm was given at the several fire stations in the city, to the effect that a fire had broken out in Pitt-street, close to the Victona Theatre…
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An extra edition of the Grey River Argus, 25th October, publishes the following:— Christchurch, October 25. "A most disastrous fire ocourred in Lyttelton…
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Great forest fires have occurred at Ottawa The season has been the most arid known within the memory of man, and even the standing trees were ready for the flames. No danger to…
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While the two most formidable armies of Europe are face to face, public attention is necessarily diverted from domestic occurrences which at another time would have attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at the A. S. N. Co.'s Works. (From the Herald.)
On Tuesday afternoon a fire took place at the A. S. N. Co.'s works, Pyrmont, which has resulted in the destruction of the greater portion of one of the workshops, in the upper floor of…
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The Marysville Appeal, of the 8th October, has the following account of the recent fire on the California Pacific train: As the afternoon upward bound train, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Hunter-street. (From Monday's S. M. Herald.)
Some time before three o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the three-storied shop.No. 12, Hunter-street, at the time occupied by Mr. William Foy, galvanized iron worker…
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