New Zealand, Destructive Fire at Blenheim.- Earthquake at Hokitika. a Woman Md Child Buried Alive. Plenty of Gold
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 3
INTELLIGENCE has been received from Hokitika to the 23rd. A smart shock of earthquake had beon experienced on the 17th A block of quartz weighting two hundred…
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The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 2
THE following is the evidence given at an inquest held on the 23rd ultimo, for the purpose-of enquiring into the cause of a fire which occurred at the Woodside sugar works, a few weeks ago :—…
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The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 2
[The following report was received from Omaha in advance of the regular despatches. As will be seen, it greatly exaggerates the number of lives lost.—Eds. Alta.]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest About the Fire. CHICAGO, October 10, 3.10 p.m
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 2
Word is just brought that a fierce fire is raging on Thirty-first-street. This street is two miles south of the recent fire limit, on the south side, and a little less distance from its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire-proof Negro. a Maryland Negro Eats Melted Lead and Handles with Bare Hands Bed-hot Iron
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 3
Easton numbers among its citizens a fire-proof negro, who has created quite an excitement in that neighborhood by his wonderful performances. A few days ago he gave an exhibition of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the English Mail, Via California. the Queen Still Improving. Profound Sensation Produced by the Statement that the Queen is Mentally w well as Physically unable to attend to her Duties. the Infalibility Dogma Prohibited in Hungary. Eighty Thousand People Starved to Death. Heavy Gales and Loss of Life on the English Coast. Visit of the Princess of Wales to Scotland. the City of Chicago Destroyed by Fire. Loss-thirty Millions Steeling. French and Spanish News. Further Particulars of the Great Fire. One Hundred Lives Lost. Thousands Upon Thousands Houseless. Another Fire—the Incendiaries Shot. a Fire-proof Negro. Hurricane in the West Indies.and All the Rest of It!
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 2
THE English mail arrived on Monday, and thanks to the attention of our American correspondents, we have full files from New York, Boston, and San Francisco. The last dates via…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion of an Oil Well. Immense Volumes of Gas on Fire—two Men Horribly BURNED.(From the Titusville Pennsylvania Herald.)
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 1
ONE of those appalling accidents which sends a thrill through the hearts of all, occurred on the A. J. Kerr farm, Church Run, on Sept. 11, at about 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Well…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Air on Fire
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 3
THE Detroit Post, in speaking of the recent fire in Michigan, draws the following vivid picture: Those who were exposed to the terrible tornado during which Chicago, Peshtigo,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incidents of the Chicago Fire
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 3
THE Tribune of the 20th has the following series of incidents connected with the fire:— An Iowan heard of the fire on Sunday morning; on Sunday evening he took passage to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chicago Fire
The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 4
THE New Orleans Picayune tells the following story: A lady was…
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