The Late Fire. Coronial Inquiry
A coronial inquiry respecting [?] at Pyke’s Hotel on the [?] Court-house yesterday before the [?] Dr. Noyes The following jury was [?]…
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The Fire at the Wharf Hotel
Mr Pearce held an inquest on this fire on Monday when the following evidence was given: Alice Fry being duly sworn said I am a widow residing in P[?]-street. About a quarter to 4 o'clock…
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A fire which fortunately was put out before it did any damage, occurred on Monday about 11 o'clock. At the time the Court Hourse was full of people listening to the Ahearne trial, but when the bell rang…
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About midnight on Friday last one of the most serious fires ever experienced in Rochester, Victoria, occurred, when Mr, Thomas Spencer’s large flour mill was totally destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Great Fire in New Zealand. a Post and Telegraph Office Destroyed. Damage £40,000
The Wellington Post and Telegraph Office, a new and handsome brick building, which was erected at a cost of £26,000, was destroyed by fire on 28th ult . The fire is supposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Fenian Threats of “Dynamite, Poison, Fire, and Knives.”
The address issued by Mr. Fitzgerald to the American Irish National League, of which he is president, is variously construed as a summons to aid Mr. Parnell and as an appeal for…
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A destructive broke out at halt-past 8 on Monday night in Bridge-street, Benalla, when the large drapery establishment of Mrs. F. Anderson was completely gutted. No cause…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Great Fire in New York. Destruction of Tramway Stables. Sixteen Hundred Horses Burnt. [By Submarine Cable.] New York., May 27
A fire of great magnitude occurred here last night in the stables of a tramcar company. The flames spread with such rapidity that it was impossible to rescue the horses, and 1600…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fatal Fire in Paris. Destruction of the Opera Comique. 250 Lives Said to Be Lost. About 100 Bodies Recovered. [By Submarine Cable.] Paris, May 26
Afire occurred during the performance of Mignon at the Opera Comique last night The theatre was completely burnt, and many persons were injured, chiefly ladies of fashion…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sketcher. The Fire King's Tricks
"Get onto this bill, Shorty," remarked the city editor, who was an artist in English when wielding the pencil, but whose spoken language was fearfully and wonderfully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades' Demonstration at Rutherglen
In common with everyone the members of the Rutherglen Fire Brigade were seriously inconvenienced by the unfortunate weather on Jubilee Day. It was at first…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Colac, Victoria, on Monday, resulting in the destruction of two shops in the principal street, and largely damaging two others adjoining. The fire…
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The ordinary monthly meeting of the Deniliquin Fire Brigades Board was held at the Town Hall Tuesday evening, Mr M. Mackenzie being in the chair The minutes of the previous meeting…
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A flagrant instance of departmental inattention, negligence and blundering is evidenced in a report of the proceedings of the Deniliquin Fire Brigades Board which will be found in another column. It…
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A Paris telegram to the San Francisco Bulletin states that, in addition to the 19 bodies taken out of the ruins of the Opera Comique on the previous day, 20 more…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Fire in Blenheim, New Zealand. One Life Supposed to Be Lost. Damage Estimated at .£50,000
An extensive and disastrous fire broke cut on the morning of the 30th ult., at Blenheim, the capital of the Marlborough province, in the South Island. It originated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Sketcher. The Fire King's Tricks
"Get onto this bill, Shorty," remarked the city editor, who was an artist in English when wielding the pencil, but whose spoken language was fearfully and wonderfully…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Quebec. Destruction of the Citadel. Panic Among the Inhabitants. [By Submarine Cable.] Quebec, July 7
A great fire broke out here this morning, and at the present time is raging with extreme violence. The citadel has been destroyed by the conflagration, and a great number of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Corowa Fire Brigade
THE usual monthly meeting of the Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the School of Arts on Monday evening. Captain Ritchie presided and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire at Hamburg—two English Vessels Burned
A Renter’s telegram from Hamburg says :— “A fire which speedily assumed great proportions broke out at the Strand and Huebener quays. Six sheds were burned down, two…
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