Great Fire at Levuka. Auckland
NEWS received from Levuka states that on April 6 a destructive fire occurred, causing damage estimated at from £35,000 to £10,000. It broke out in the copra stores…
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Out of Eden. Chapter Xlii. "Oh Dark, Dark, Amid the Blaze of Noon!"
"You must call upon me," she said ; " I have no mother, and my father is a most tiresome, disagreeable old man—the typical old general with the gout in one foot, and all sorts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Out of Eden. Chapter Xlii. 'Oh Dark, Dark, Dark, Amid the Blaze of Noon!"
"Arthur, dear Arthur," she said, "they have told you?" "Yes, Mary," he answered, lifting up his head, "they have told me—I am blind !"…
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About half-past four on Monday afternoon a fire broke out in the dress-circle of the Bijou Theatre, Bourke-street East. The flames spread to every portion of the building, which rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Melbourne. Estimated Damage £30,000 TO £40,000. Melbourne
AbouT half-past 4 o'clock this afternoon what afterwards proved to be a most disastrous and fatal fire broke out in the well-known Bijou Theatre, Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in New York. Loss Estimated at Three Million Dollars. London, April 20
A GREAT conflagration has occurred in New York. The fire broke out at Wilcox's lard refinery and rapidly extended to other buildings, consisting of…
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This inquest which has continued through two adjournments, was resumed at 10 a.m. at the Court House, Bulli on Wednesday. After the taking of considerable evidence at the last…
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A very successful practice was gone through on Thursday evening by the Fire Brigade, under the command of Captain Walker. A fire was supposed to have broken out at the Royal Alfred Hotel…
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IT is many years since New York has suffered so disastrous a fire as that when two huge grain elevators, two factories, several storehouses, and many…
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On Thursday, shortly after the dinner-hour, considerable excitement was caused by an alarm of fire in portion of Mr. Dobinson's premises, opposite the Town Hall. A number of willing…
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A fire broke out at the Clifton railway station yesterday at 3.30 a m., and as the flames could not be mastered the building was totally demolished. The hue and cry was raised, and…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade Board have expended upwards of [?]50 since assuming office a few months ago, this amount including £50 voted by the Borough Council and upwards of £100 of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at the Elite Skating Rink. Entire Demolition of the Building. the Fire Brigade Give a Good Account of Themselves. Loss Largely Covered by Insurance. Town Band Heavy Losers
Considerable commotion was caused early yesterday morning by a fire alarm that was carried with wonderful rapidity to almost all parts of the town. Shortly after four o'clock…
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A coronial inquiry was held yesterday by Mr. C. F. Smith, at the Cricketers' Arms Hotel, touching the cause find origin of the fire by which the Elite Rink in Crown-street, Wollongong, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Rink Fire. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—As the verdict of the jury at the inquest over the late fire at the Elite Rink is calculated to cast a slur on me, and those associated with me, I ask you to relieve us from the unpleasant…
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LONDON, Wednesday Night.—A New York cable message gives particulars of a terrible fire which has taken place at Lyan, Masschusetts. The fire spread…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire at Hongkong. Fifty Lives Lost
A FIRE, resulting in the destruction of nearly the whole of a suburb and the loss of 50 lives occurred in Hongkong just before the steamer Menmuir, which…
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