The Fire at Glenlee. Official Inquiry
The coroner for the Camden district, Mr. W. C. Furner, J.P, held an inquiry at Glenlee on Friday last the 8th inst. into the cause of the fire at Glenlee which…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
5 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers
Fire at the Commercial Hotel Camden. Narrow Escape From Destruction
On Saturday afternoon last at about 1.20 several gentlemen were waiting for dinner at the well known hotel when it was noticed that the smoke in the dining room was very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire in Melbourne. a Whole City Block Destroyed. Flinders-lane in Ruins. Damage Estimated at Over £1,000,000
Melbourne, Sunday.—Never in the history of Melbourne has such a disaster happened in the city as that which overtook it this nwndng, when, the block of buildings…
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London, Saturday.—A disastrous fire which broke out last night, was the greatest known in London since the memorable conflagration in Tophy-street, in 1861, which…
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Your house takes fire. What burns first? The lightest and most inflammable stuff, of course furniture, doors, shelves, floors, panelling, and other woodwork. If it is a stone or a brick house…
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