The St. John's Fire. Insurance Losses, £1,000,000. LONDON
PRESIDENT Harrison has offered, on behalf of the United States Government, to render assistance to the sufferers by the great fire at St. John's,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1892
72 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 4
Another Great. Fire
A most destructive fire has occurred at Kovno, a town of about 40,000 inhabitants near the Russian frontier. Three hundred houses wore burnt,…
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The inquest concerning the suspicious fire at a chemist's shop in Newtown was concluled to-day. Cowpe and Richeardson, the…
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The Insurance Journal states that the number of fires due to what is commonly called spontaneous combustion is probably much greater than is generally supposed. An innumerable number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Outrage in America. a Coalmine Set on Fire. London
A DESPERATE outrage line been committed by the miners working in Tracy City, Tennessee. About 360 Stato prisoners were employed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Fire [?]n Sydney. (Herald of Yesterday.)
About 10 minutes to 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered in premises occupied by S. Weingott and Sons, manufacturers, 433-435 [?]ent-street, and in about half an hour the building…
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The door of a pretty village cottege opened softly, and two young people came out into the autumn moonlight—a girl and a young man…
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One of the moat disastrous fires which have occurred in Belfast broke out on July 6 on the premises of Messrs J. and J. Meath Haslett,…
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A most disastrous fire broke out on Friday (July 8) at St. John's, Newfoundland, and laid the greater part of the capital in ruins. The damage is estimated at £2,500,000 sterling, and thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Disastrous Fire. a Whole Town Destroyed. LONDON
A GREAT fire has broken out at Grindelwald, a town in Switzerland. A large portion of the town is in flames. The railway station, the post…
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" I shall never forget," said Lawyer McGaffey, father of one of the most promising of our young Western poets, " a trip I once took to Jefferson City, Mo., with the clever but erratic Stanley…
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In 'Oseana' Mr. Fronds tells a story of how a Macri chief [?] by name, managed to turn the tables upon his instructor. Tewoi has been warned by the missionary…
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MR F. SCHMIERER, junr., of Marrana, mot with a rather severe stroke of misfortune on Wednesday last, when the building which he used as a…
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A. writer in Ir[?]n says that if oxide of iron is placed in contact with timber excluded from the atmosphere, and is subjected to a slightly increased temperature, the oxide will part with its oxygen,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Re-Escape of Ben Bridge. Sensational Escape From a Lockup. Sets Fire to His Cell. Courthouse and Barracks Burned Down. Burketown
A REMARKABLY daring escape from the police barracks was effected at 2 o'clock this morning by Benjamin Bridge, who some months ago escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cholera Scare in America. The Fire Island Dispute. Serious cnmplications. [By Cable.] London
THE Local Board of Health for Fire Island, on which the passengers by the cholera-stricken ships arriving in New York harbour are quarantined,…
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A calamitons fire broke out early on August 31st at the new model lodginghouse in Red Lion-square, Tredegar. The house where the disaster occurred was…
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At a fire which broke out at Belfast early in the morning on September 6 a number of exciting scanes were witnessed. All chance of the escape of three women…
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At about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning (says the Herald) the watchman at Messrs. Feldheim, Gotthelf, and Co.'s warehouses in Clarence-street noticed smoke issuing through the…
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LONDON, Saturday.— A tremendous fire has taken place at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (U.S.A.) Six hundred houses, the gasworks, and many…
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