Novelist. Mignon; Or, Playing With Fire
"Is it very nice to have a sweetheart, Susan?" "Miss Mignon, I am surprised at you," was the grave reply, as the elderly,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1889
28 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Novelist. Mignon: Or, Playing With Fire. CHAPTER I. -- (CONTINUED.)
"Some forgotten 'last words' of my father I suppose," Captain Graham remarked as he tore open the envelope, then running his eyes hastily over it, he said, "My father wants to…
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Mignon was standing by the wide bay window at the farther end of the drawing-room, looking out upon the fair spring landscape, when, alone and unannounced…
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There was an awful silence in the quiet room. Mignon stood looking from Eden to her sister in a dazed horror, while Katherine lay white and faint, with swelling throat and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miscellaneous. A School for Fire Horses
At 58 Lawrence Street, Harlem, is the famous training school for all the fine, intelligent horses of the New York Fire Department. Here, says the New York World,…
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A very destructive fire occurred on Sunday in Flinderslane, the premises of Schrieber and Schafer, German importers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Destructive Fire at Austral Eden. To the Editor
Sir,--Many of your readers will no doubt learn with extreme regret of the calamity which has befallen Mr. James Harris, sen., of Austral Eden…
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The coroner, Mr. John Ducat, held an inquiry on Thursday into the circumstances attending the late fire at Mr. James Harris's. The jury…
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Three families have been poisoned in San Diego through the eating of canned goods saved from a recent fire. They had [?] of canned salmon and oysters which had be [?] impregnated…
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An enquiry was held before the coroner, Mr. J. Ducat, at Mr. William Anderson's residence, Belmore River, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man-Killing Machines. Maxim's Automatic Gun That Almost Loads and Fires Itself
An automatic three-pounder gun, which seems destined to play a great part in the warlike operations of the future, was tested at Erith a few days ago in the presence of…
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A destructive fire occurred at 5 o'clock on Saturday morning in Robb's buildings, at the corner of King and…
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An inquiry was held at the Shamrock Hotel, Smithtown, on Tuesday before the coroner, Mr. John Ducat, into the fire which occurred in Mr…
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The Blakebrook Hotel was burnt to the ground on Monday night. Mr. John Dunn leased the building from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous. Men Who Eat Fire
The earliest mention of fire eaters in England is to be found in Sir Henry Walton correspondence under date of June 3, 1633. Ha says;…
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A disastrous fire broke out on Friday evening in the premises in Collins-street, owned by the City Property Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alarm of Fire at a Public Meeting
A serious panic took place on Sunday evening at the New Masonic Hall, where Mr. Henry Varley was lecturing. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a Prairie Fire. How a Party of Land Hunters Saved Their Lives by Judicious Back Firing A Peril Experience by Most Travellers in the Far West
Were it not for the possibilities of "back firing" the annals of prairies fires would record many death. I remember, says a writer in the New York Tribune, In 1878…
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A very destructive fire occurred on Saturday morning about 6 o'clock on the premises of Messrs. Davenport & Sons, boot manufacturers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in the Melbourne Express
Passengers in the express from Melbourne on Tuesday had a very startling experience. The train was going at a rapid pace and oscillating a…
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