Great Fire in Melbourne
A fire, almost rivalling in magnitude the conflagration that resulted in the destruction of the Federal Emporium in Collins-street, broke out last Tuesday night in the large…
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Another Disastrous Fire in Melbourne
The city of Melbourne was on Tuesday night the scene of another of the great conflagrations which have been so frequent during the last few months…
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An inquest on the late fire on the Sydney-road was held on Wednesdey by Mr. T. A. Browne, district coroner. Alice Maxwell deposed: Witness was wife of…
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A destructive fire occurred yesterday at the Government chemical works, Greenwich. Thousands of casks of petroleum were burnt, and otherwise great damage was done…
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Before the final departure of last season’s copious orop of grass, there is still another of those much dreaded outbreaks of fire to be recorded. The soene of the conflagration this time embraces Mr…
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The seventh annual demonstration of the United Fire Brigades commenced in Sandhurst on Wednesday. A torchlight procession took place on Tuesday night, in which 2600 firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Latest Telegrams. the Morfa Colliery Explosion.the Mine on Fire. London, March 12
The terrible nature of the catastrophe at the Morfa Colliery, Cardiff, where an explosion of choke damp occurred yesterday, has been intensified by the mine being since discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Calamitous Fire at Indianapolis. Thirteen Firemen Killed and Nineteen Wounded. London, March 18
A disastrous fire has occurred at Indianapolis, the capital of the State of Indiana, attendant with shocking loss of life. During the efforts of the brigades to…
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Attention has been drawn (says the Ballarat Star) to the working of what is known as the average clause in policies of fire insurance. The old idea was that if a man insured a…
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The warehouse of Messrs. Lister and Co., manufacturers of sewing-silk, &c., Bradford, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £60000…
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At about 1 o'clock on Monday afternoon, when the town was practically deserted through most of the residents being away holiday-making, an outbreak of fire was…
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Some of the oldest buildings in the city were swept away by the fire on Friday morning, the property destroyed being seven old wooden shops at the corner of…
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THE monthly meeting of the above brigade was held in the School of Arts on Monday night, when there were present Captain Ritchie (in the chair) and 10 firemen…
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A fire, attended by serious loss of life, has occurred in Finland. A small palace belonging to the Czar has been destroyed by fire, seven persons being killed,…
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Mr David Brown's house was burnt to the ground last night at 8 o'clock. Mr L. S. Crackanthorp's, separated at a distance of about 8 feet by a wooden fence, was only…
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Information is to hand that on Saturday afternoon last, at 4.30 o'clock, a large fire occurred at the Wakool, whereby that well-known property…
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Mr J. E, Pearce. P.M., held an inquiry at Carrathool on Tuesday last into the cause of a fire which occurred thereon 23rd inst., by which the house of David Brown, blacksmith, was…
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On Tuesday Mr Pearce, coroner held an inquiry at Curr[?] into the causes of the fire which de[?] a house there on the 33rd of April, the property of Mr…
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Findlay and Co's woodware factory, which covered half an acre of ground in Dunedin, was completely destroyed by fire last night. The loss is estimated at £17,000, and the insurances…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fatal Fire in the State of New York. the Chenango Lunatic Asylum Destroyed. Twenty-five of the Inmates Killed. London, May 9
Following close upon the shocking catastrophe at the lunatic asylum at Longue Point, near Montreal, comes the news of another disastrous fire in a lunatic asylum,…
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