The Fire on the Ship Hollinwood
The Board of Trade has held an inquiry into the abandoning of the ship Hollinwood, which left Sidney on May 27 for London, with a general cargo, and which was abandoned on fire at sea…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
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Destructive Fire in Cashmere. LONDON
A destructive fire has occurred at Srinagar, the capital of Cashmere. The damage is estimated at £66,000…
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The most destructive fires ever experienced have taken place in the Ballina district. It is roughly estimated that 300 acres of cane wore burned. On some holding shomesteads as well as crops have been…
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A FATAL fire occurred on board the lighter Shannon at Yarraville this morning. Margaret Deutch, wife of a lighterman, was horribly burned…
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The stock destroyed by the fire at Hordern's this morning was issued for about £35,000. The insurances on the buildings cannot at present be ascertained…
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SHORLTY after 2 o'clock yesterday morning dense volumes of smoke were observed to be issuing from the block of building at Anthony H[?] and…
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SHORTLY after the midnight mail train had passed through for the North on Wednesday night an alarm of fire was raised and the bell being…
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A fatal fire occurred on board the lighter Shannon at Yarraville, Melbourne, on Friday morning. Margaret Deutsch, the wife of the lighterman, who horribly burned about the body, and another…
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Shortly after 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning dense volumes of smoke were observed to be issuing from the black of buildings at Anthony Hordern and Son's…
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THE Ferndale Colliery at Wickham, abandoned four and a half years ago, has been known to be on fire for two mouths past. The smoke issuing…
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Half of the business portion of Dawson City has been destroyed. by fire…
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A bush fire which has associated very large dimensions commenced on the back portion of the Barsham estate the latter end of last week, and gradually worked its way over the…
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A destructive fire occurred at Albury this forenoon, when one of the main business blocks of the town was destroyed. The outbreak originated in a fruit shop through some fire in the kitchen falling…
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Our correspondent at Mirannie writes to say that during the past few days great bush fires have been raging there, and several of the paddocks have been burnt…
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Under the pressure of fear, or intense excitement, men often behave very strangely. This is well illustrated by an episode in the life of Turgenieff…
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A disastrons fire, by which the woolshed and contents were almost totally destroyed, occurred at Edgeroi Station, near Narrabri, on Tuesday morning. It appears that about…
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A great fire bus occurred in San Francisco. Baldwin's Hotel and theatre was destroyed and 20 lives lost. There were great acts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Fire Brigade.—annual Meeting of Members
The annual meeting of members of the Muswellbrook Fire Brigade was held in the School of Arts last night, when the attendance was fair. The captain (Mr. J. Lowe)…
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THE annual meeting of the above was held at the School of Arts on Friday night last. There were present—Messrs. J. Lowe (Captain, in the…
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PASSENGERS travelling by the Western mail train to Bourke on Monday night had an exciting experience, as may be understood from the brief…
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