The Punt Hotel Destroyed by Fire
BRANDON'S Punt Hotel, the oldest house in Hay, was burnt to the ground this morning at one o'clock. The fire originated in the bar parlour and in about 15 minutes after its…
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11 stories in Murray's papers
Destruction by Fire of the Punt Hotel. the Inquest
An inquiry was held into the cause of the destruction of the Punt Hotel by fire by J. E. Pearce, Esq., P.M., on the 14th inst at Tattersall's Hotel, at which the following evidence was adduced:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather and the Bush Fires. (From the Argus.) Ararat. Thursday Evening
To-day has not been so intensely hot as yesterday, but the air is surch[?]ed with smoke from bush fires. Yesterday, at noon, in the shade, at the survey office, the thermometer registered [?]…
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On the 15th a destructive fire broke out in the business centre of Boston, U.S.; the loss is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. A great fire at Lille destroyed one of the oldest and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire and Loss of Life in Dean-street
Another striking proof of the need of a water supply for Albury was afforded by a fire, attended unhappily with loss of human life, which occurred at an early hour yesterday morning in Dean-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Late Fire and Loss of Life. Conclusion of the Magisterial Enquiry
On Saturday morning the magisterial enquiry upon the body of Charles Henry, killed at the late fire in Dean street, was resumed. Ernest Higgins deposed ; I am the son of James…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Charge of Wilfully Setting Fire to a Building at Mount Gipps. (Wit[?]annia Times.) [?] Police Court. Thursday, 4Th March, 18Th (Before Messrs. J. C. Woore and F. Bonney, Js.P.)
William Findlay was charged with that he did at Mount Gipps, New South Wales, feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously break open a locked door, enter, and set fire to a building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fires in New Zealand
We have our New Zealand files containing accounts of a series of disastrous fire Invercargill:— A disastrous fire broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sandridge Sugar Works Destroyed by Fire. (Economist.)
One of the most extensive and terrible conflagrations that has ever occurred in the colony took place at the premises known as the Victorian Sugar Works, Sandridge between 1 and 2…
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July:—Messrs. Sabine (foreman), L. Wilkinson, Saunders, Loftus, William, King, Blewett, Jones, Nordhus, Hewitson, and Newmark. W. L. Smith, storekeeper, of the Beehive store…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Bolink’s Amateur Fire Brigade
Mr. Bolink owns and runs a cooper shop near the House of Correction, and as he keeps a dozen men at work he is bound to have his shop run on “system.” The other day he was riding a…
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