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10 stories in Murray's papers
SIR,— A short paragraph appeared in your paper about a footnight since with the above heading, and giving as the cause spontaneous combustion; and the carrier who met with the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR,--In a recent issue of your paper, the cause assigned for this mysterious conflagration seems to me to be very wide of the mark--i.e.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A destructive fire occurred at 4 o’clock on Sunday morning at the grain stores of Mr. H. G. Butcher, mayor of the town. The flames started in a large wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WHAT are the hottest things we can swallow without dread disaster to the throat and stomach? Can we handle red-hot solids and wash our hands in white-hot liquids? Can…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A disastrous fire has occurred at an hotel i[?] Louis, by which 50 persons perished…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The inquest upon the late fire in Kiewa-street was resumed on Thursday afternoon before the coroner. John Meredith deposed : I am the father of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The greater part of this town has been destroyed by conflagration which broke out at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, at Yorkpoint. The fire being fanned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DINNER-HOUR in the manufacturing town of Middleton-upon-Irk; a hot summer's day; the sun glaring upon huge warehouses of dull red brick, narrow tortuous streets, the gilded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out early on Monday morning at the Warrnambool [?] stores, which consumed the premises occupied by Nipper and See, Glassford and Wedge,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out early on Monday morning at the Warrnambool tramway stores, which consumed the premises on copied by Nipper and See. Glassford and Wedge…
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