Destruction of St. Mary's Temporary Cathedral by Fire
ANOTHER heavy calamity has fallen upon the Roman Catholic community of Sydney, in the total destruction of the spacious temporary cathedral of St. Mary's, with its…
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10 stories in Illawarra's papers
Dreadful Bush Fires in the Southern Coast District. (Tuesday's Evening News.)
A GENTLEMAN who has just arrived in Sydney from Two fold Bay, has favoured us with the following particulars of the ravages made by recent bush fires in that…
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CHRISTMAS Eve, 1868, will be long remembered by those who, on the morning of that memorable day, were preparing for holding the Christmas festival at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury."
SIR,—Will you permit me to ask through the medium of your journal what has become of the Wollongong Fire Brigade, and the funds subscribed for the purchase of an engine. Is there a committee…
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A FIRE broke out Friday at the works of the Great North, et Company's No. 1 shaft, and the where of the surface plant, housings, and firewood, except one or two…
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ANOTHER painful illustration of the perils of the deep, and of the dangers and disasters by, which voyagers are sometimes overtaken, is furnished by the loss of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Fire at the Cape of Good Hope—Loss of Life and Destruction of Property
We are in receipt, of the Grahamstown Journal to February 24, confirming the news received per R. M. S. Avcca of a destructive fire at the Cape. At latest date the fire was still raging and making…
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THE greatest calamity that has yet befallen Greymouth occurred yesterday morning, when one of the best blocks of business premises in town was completely destroyed…
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THROUGH the prompt and spirited conduct of several of our fellow citizens, amounting to little short of heroism. A serious loss of life appears to have been averted on Sunday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Poetry. Faces in the Fire
By the fire I sat gazing; In its flames fond visitors raising, As I watched it brightly blazing, Throwing shadows on the floor…
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