Destruction of a Barque by Fire
At Brisbane on Wednesday at 2 a.m. a fire broke out the barque George R. Crowe, lying in the South Brisbane reach of the river and opposite M'Ghee…
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Fires & bushfires, 1887
7 stories in Mid North Coast's papers
Great Fire in Sydney Losses, £8000
Early on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Hordern Brothers’ celebrated emporium in Pitt-street, by which we regret to learn those enterprising citizens,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Colliery Explosion. Supposed Explosion of Fire-damp in the Bulli Colliery.the Tunnel Completely Blocked. Seven Mini[?] Entombed
A [?] explosion occurred at the [?] coal [?] yesterday afternoon, when [?] seventy men were [?] Seven mutilated bodies have been found. It is expect…
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LONDON, May 26. -- Last night Paris was the scene of a terrible conflagration. During the progress of the performance at the Opera Comique a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Fire in New York
LONDON, May 27. -- A terrible fire broke out in New York last night. The fire originated in the stable of the Street Car Company. Although every effort…
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On Monday morning at one a.m. the night watchman raised a cry of fire. He noticed flames bursting from Barnett Harris's Duke of Cornwall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The goods train, after leaving Redfern for up-country this morning, took fire while crossing the new iron bridge at Petersham. It is supposed the fire…
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