A Liner on Fire. Narrow Escape. Bravery of the Crew
LONDON, June 15—The [?] of Richmond an Inman liner had a narrow escape from destruction by fire while on the voyage from New York to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1891
84 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 5
Destructive Fire in Sydney. £40,000 Damages. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Evening
A DISASTROUS fire was discovered a little before 6 o'clock this morning at M'Lean Bros. and Rigg's in Georgestreet. Despite the prompt action of…
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A disastrous fire occarrad in Broadway, New York, yesterday, resulting in the destruction of the Armoury belonging to the National Guards, the…
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The village of Alliston in county Sin[?] Canada, was nearly destroyed early on the morning of May 19th by a fire lasting five hours. About eighty…
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A terribly disastrous fire, which resulted in the suffocation of Lord Romilly and two of his servants, as well as in serious injury to two other persons, one a fireman, broke out on May 23, half…
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AN asylam for desf mutes at Montreal, in Canada, has been destroyed by fire. A Sister of- Mercy- rescued 140 of the iamates by lowering them from a…
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The friotion methods in use in different parts of the world are various. One of the simplest is with the stick and groove. a blunt pointed stick being run along a groove of its…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred last night at Montreal, Canada. A block of buildings was destroyed comprising 20 mills, shops and hotels,…
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A FEW minutes before 11 o'clock on Thursday night a fire broke out in a produce store in Railway-street, Newcastle, owned by the firm of Jesse Ireland. The flames spread rapidly…
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The steamship City of Richmond arrived at Queenstown on June 14, with the startling news that she had been on fire since the 9th, and that she was on fire still. The worst of the danger,…
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The biggest and worst fire we have as yet seen in Quirindi occurred on Wednesday, and raged very fiercely for about two and a half hours. The wellknown store of Mr. Charles Stevens and Mr…
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A very curious accident occurred a short time since at Buchanan, Virginia. According to the Manufacturer of that city, while some firemen were…
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The new United. States cruiser Philadelphia, at present in dock in the navy yard At Brooklyn, was discovered to he on fire on Monday afternoon, June 15th,…
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The fire which broke out on the premises of the Sydney Leather and Boot Manufacturing Company, Underwood-avenue, off Bay-street, Botany, on Thursday night, caused, it is estimated, damage…
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A SHOCKING fatality occurred here on Tuesday. Between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning a small tenement, occupied by Hercules Brown with his wife…
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Thirty-five thousand acres of timber country have been dovastatel by forest fires at Aunamoussn, in Algeriu. The fire are spreadiag…
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The French mail ateamer Australien, which arrived early on Wednesday morning from, Noumea, bring news of the total loss by fire of the Sydney-owned barque Nautilus. It…
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On Tuesday morning last a great fire occurred in Armidale. The Crown Hotel and two adjoining private buildings were destroyed, and if the wind, which was blowing almost due west, had veered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Fire at Glen Innes. (Abridged from the Glen Innes Guardian, Aug. 28.)
On Wednesday an inquiry was held before the coroner and a jury as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the Commercial Hotel, Glen Innes, and damaged adjoining premises. Mr. Boyd appeared…
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It has for centuries been commonly understood that Rome was set on fire and burned by the Emperor Nero, in the year G-f, either through brutal malico or drunken incapacity…
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