Disastrous Fire at Boolong
A fire occurred at Boolong on Monday night last, by which the premises of Mr. Alexander Stewart were not only totally destroyed, but some of the inmates have received such severe injuries…
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11 stories in Illawarra's papers
Destructive Bush Fires
ON Friday last, about 11 a.m., says the Portland Guardian a fire broke out on Mr. Francis Henty's Merino Downs estate, and we learn that nearly half the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Boolong. (Shoalhaven News, January 10.)
A FIRE occurred at Boolong on Monday night last, by which the promises of Mr. Alexander Stewart were not only totally destroyed, but some of the inmates have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destruction by Fire of the London Pantechnicon
THE Pantechnicon was , as many readers may be aware, one of the first erected buildings for the storage of household furniture now so common in various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Disasters. Ships on Fire in the Mersey
FROM half-past 9 o'clock last night to 11 the Mersey, between new Brighton and Tranmere, presented one of the most remarkable sights that has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire in Newcastle
Shortly after we went to press this (Thursday) morning (a quarter past 3), a most disastrous fire broke out in Bolton-street, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Whole Family Destroyed by Fire. (Manistee Times, Mich, July 12)
ON Monday morning, June 29, at twenty minutes before 3, there occurred the most terrible and heartrending calamity that has ever happened in this part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire and Loss of Life Near Hobart Town
THE Mercury of Friday last states that at half past 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, a house occupied by a labouring man named Jacob Cousins, and situated in a lane at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire-proof Dress
AN exhibition of a fire resisting dress took place in the Friendly Societies' Gardens (says the Argus) on Monday afternoon when M. Victor Becker went through his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires around Newcastle
The intense heat prevailing on Wednesday culminated in probably one of the most extensive bush fires that has taken place in this district for many yearn past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disnstrous Fire at Windsor
About a quarter to 2 o'clock yesterday most disastrous fire broke out at Windsor. The flames, being fanned by a furious westerly wind, spread rapidly from house to bouse, until by…
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