Hell-fire Dick
General Sir William Olpherts, V. C., is the possessor of a unique sobriquet. The manner in which he obtained it shows the kind of metal of which the fine old here as made…
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The Cootamundra Fire
The damage caused by the fire at the C[?] Bank. Coo[?]amundrs, is estimated at about £60 to the building, and £25 will replace the articles destroyed in the bedrooms. The…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Mine on Fire. Disaster in New Mexico. Miners Killed and Entombed. London, March 3
A shocking catastrophe is reported from New Mexico where a mine at Cerilio[?] has taken fire. Twenty-five of the miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Tocumwal Fire
Two men named Boyd and Warby were committed for trial at Tocumwal on Saturday on the charge of setting fire to Tattereall’s Hotel on the 25th ult. The committal was…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fire in Sydney
A fire broke out at 3 o’clock on Friday morning at Warby’[?] Hotel, at the corner of King and Pit streets, Sydney, in the centre of a huge block of buildings right in the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fire at Corowa. Destruction of J. H. Camier's Drapery Store
AT about one o'clock on Tuesday morning the alarm of fire was sounded from the brigade station, and house holders found on emerging from their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great Fire in Trinidad. the Capital Nearly Destroyed. London, March 8
A terrible fire has occurred at Port of Spain, the capital of the British colony of Trinidad, in the West Indies, a town having a population of 84,000…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A Fatal Fire
At Rosedale, near Ashfield last evening, two little girls named Ho[?]re, were burnt to death in a fire at a weatherboard cottage. The parents were away on a visit to a neighbour, and left the eldest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Rutherglen
ON Monday afternoon, about 2.30 o'clock, the firebell rang out an alarm, and in a very few minutes it was learned that Mr. Walter Chandler's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Story of a “Fire-bug.”
Mr. Goff, Recorder of the New York City, on January 26 sentenced a woman named Sarah Silbermeister, known as the “Firebug,” to 26 years' confinement in the State prison for arson…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Great Fire at Milwaukee. Damage a Million Dollars. London, March 30
A disastrous fire has occurred at Milwaukee, in the United States. It was caused by an explosion in a warehouse, and the flames spread with such rapidity…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Explosion of Fire Damp at the Wahgunyah Mine
EVER since the old workings in the Lanarkshire lead were struck by the Wahgunyah Gold Mining Company explosions have at different times…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire Near Booligal. Adelaide Camp Hotel Destroyed. BOOLIGAL
The Adelaide Camp Hotel, on the road to Mossgiel, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. About two o'clock, the landlord. Mr James Massie, was awakened by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Reat Fire at Belfast. London, April 17
A destructive fire has occurred at the ship-building yards of Harland and Wolf Limited, Belfast, the damage done being estimated at [?]20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Children’s Column. Old “Fire and Sword’s” Nephew. the “Plucking” of Cuthbert Delancey
“Plucked ! by Jingo—and the milksop passed with honors !” “What’s the matter, General ?” “The matter, my good sir ? The matter…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at the Adelaide Camp Hotel
An inquiry was held on April 24th by the Coroner, Mr Pearce, into the cause of the fire at the Adelaide Camp Hotel, when the following evidence was taken:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire at the Adelaide Camp Hotel. The Inquest
At the inquest conducted on Wednesday, by the Coroner, Mr Pearce, before a jury, into the cause of the [?]e at the Adelaide Camp Hotel, the following evidence was taken:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Berrigan Stables and Horses Destroyed
At about half-past one last Sunday morning a fire broke out in one of the stables of Corcoran’s Berrigan Hotel, which resulted in the total destruction of the building and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Tobacco Factory. Panic Among the Operatives. Many Severely Injured. London, April 26
A fire which occurred in a very extensive tobacco factory in Montreal was attended by most distressing results. A panic seized the operatives, about 1,000 of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fire at Finley
A fire broke out at about 5 p.m. on Monday evening last (writes our Finley correspondent), in a cottage on Mr W. Blair’s farm, occupied by R. Betram. The origin of the…
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