A Terrible Fire
A FATAL fire occurred at' Franklin Harbour near Adelaide. Mrs. M'Carthy, the wife of a farmer, with her five daughters and one son, were burned…
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Fires & bushfires, 1881
44 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
Fire at Red[?]ern. (From the Echo.)
About 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in premises situated in George-street, Redfern, occupied by Messrs. Garton and Corner, boot manufacturers, and spread…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Observer's" Sydney News. Disastrous Fire. Sydney, 12th Jan., 1881
The premises of Mr. A. Bechet, a general merchant, adjoining the Sydney Daily Telegraph office in Barrack-street, were totally destroyed by fire, as well as all the contents,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in Sydney. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The usual quiet of a Sunday morning was [?]udely broken in upon yesterday morning, by an alarm of fire at about a quarter to seven o'clock. The fire proved to be in premises…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Fires in Sydney. (From the S. M. Herald.)
About half-past 8 o'clock on Thursday night the premises of Mr. Patrick Keating, plumber and gasfitter, of Castloreagh-street, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire, through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Toogong. (From the S.M. Herald.)
With reference to the destruction caused by an extensive bush fire at Toogong, and which was briefly reported by a telegram a few days back, the following particulars as to…
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The Hamilton correspondent of the Argus gives particulars of a furious bush fire in the locality. He writes:—"The fire reported to have taken place on Strathkellar, on Wednesday, would appear to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Bourke. (By Telegraph to Herald.) Bourke
A disastrous fire took place here this morning, at 2 o'clock, when two large stores, some sheds, and a dwelling-house, belonging to Messrs. Hinton, Mackey, and Co., storekeepers; and a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Barrack-street Fire. (From the Echo.)
The hearing of the charge against M[?] Bechet for arson, in connection with the re[?] cent Barrack-street fire, was commenced o[?] Thursday, 24th of February, before Messr[?]…
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THE new building (to cost £60,000) of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, now in process of erection in William-street, New York,…
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R. RYLEY'S new house and surgery and the Temora Herald office and plant were totally destroyed by fire at 3 a.m. on- Thursday. The people worked very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Coal Mines
A vein near Coal Castle, Sc[?]uylkill County, U. S. has been burning for forty-five years. A huge fire was kept in a grate at the mouth of this mine to prevent the water in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What Cold may do. Talk Round a Bar-room Fire
"I've always said that these little thermometers we have nowadays ain'tno account," said Billy Watson. "What chance has weather got on a thermometer six or eight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Setting Fire to a Dwelling House at Dubbo. (Abridged from the Dubbo Dispatch, April 8.)
At the Dubbo Circuit Court on Tuesday, before his Honor Judge Dowling, Robert Gair was charged with setting fire to the dwelling house of Rebecca Plumb, at Louth…
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ON Wednesday night, at about halfpast ten, when the most interesting part of the entertainment then being given by Mr. E. Lloyd-Lewis had been…
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"Sweet Norah, come here, and look into the fire; Perhaps in its embers good luck we may see;…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]le Fire in Paris
[?]espondent of the Daily News [?]ng particulars of the burning [?]ps" on March 9:- [?]re, which has all day been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Castlereagh-street, in Sydney. (S. M. Herald.)
A large weatherboard building, situated opposite the Gaiety Theatre, in Castlereagh-street, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Quenchless Subterranean Fires
THE failure of all the attempts to extinguish the fire which has been raging in the Keeley Run Colliery, near Pottsville, Pa, for several weeks, it is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in Sydney. (Thursday's Echo.[?]
Shortly after one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the establishment of Mr. J. J. Curran, wholesale grocer, &c, 592, George-street. His premises consisted o[?] two stores, situated at the back of…
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