The Very Latest. London, Friday afternoon. Great Fire at Johannesburg
A fire destroyed the surface works of the Wolhuter mine at Johannesburg. The damage is estimated at £70,000…
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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
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A fire destroyed the surface works of the Wolhuter mine at Johannesburg. The damage is estimated at £70,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was held today in connection with the fire, which occurred in a house at Balmain on Saturday last. Mary Mullen, wife of Joseph Mullen, deposed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We were officially informed yesterday that the fires in the old workings of the Rix's Creek coal mines were being successfully suppressed, and in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have been assured that the fire in an old working of the Rix's Creek coal mines has been successfully suppressed, and in a short time the whole of the trouble will be overcome. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday morning the No. 2 Division of the M.F.B. was acquainted that Christ Church, facing George and Pitt streets, Haymarket, was on fire. The alarm was given by Messrs. C. Dudley Cowper and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →At the inquest upon the fire in Christ Church, that lately occurred, an open verdict was returned to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The day was crammed full of incident for King Alfonso, who for over fourteen hours took his fill of strenuous experience in the metropolis…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred last night at the residence of Mrs. Adams, Macquarie-street, Parramatta. The bedding and furniture in an upstairs bedroom were destroyed before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred, says the Gloucester "Advocate," at the residence of Mr John Hyland, near the Barrington River, on Sunday afternoon, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An outbreak of fire occurred (his morning on the premises of Mr. W. E. Woods, of Woods Peppermint Cure, Buckland-street, City. The fire was soon got under. The damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A firn is raging in the shipyard at Genoa, Italy, and two steamers are ablaze…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A great fire has occurred in Adrianople, Turkey, Seven thousand houses, of which only 15 wens insured, were burned. This Post Office and the Mosques were destroyed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early this morning a disastrous fire broke out in large saw mills on the Richmond River belonging to C. Dorrough, of Lismore. The flames quickly spread, and all efforts to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The dantage occasioned by the fire at Adrianople is £1,000,000 sterling, one-fourth of which is covered by insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The damage done by the great fire in Adrianople is ascertained to have been £1,000,000. One fourth of this amount is covered by insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon a fire broke, out in the stables of the Royal Hotel, the licensee of which is Mr. James M'Grogan, An engine and appliances were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon a fire broke out in the stubles of the Royal Hotel, the licensee of which, is Mr. James M'Grogan, An engine and appliances were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, a fire occurred in premises off George, Street that at one time threatened to be attended with very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is known that 200 have perished of those who were on the battleship Mikasa (Admiral Togo's flagship), which was burnt, and sank off Saseho on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the early morning of Sunday, 10th. instant, the residence of Mr John Kannar, at Scott's Flat, was burnt to the ground. We…
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