Terrible Disaster. Fire in Hungary. London, February 6
A disastrous fire has occurred in Hungary, by which the village of Nagy Babroes was entirely destroyed. Three hundred houses were consumed and…
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Burial Under Fire
High on the ridge where the marines pitched their tents on the shore of Guantanamo Bay, the first Cuban soil taken by American troops are the graves of the men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades "Manned" by Ladies
There are at present throughout England hundreds of fire brigades "manned" entirely by ladies. Such a brigade was that at Lord St. Levan's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Berrigan. a Pony Destroyed
About half-past two o’clock yesterday morning another fire occurred in Berrigan, and, unfortunately, was accompanied by the loss of a valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire in Melbourne. Henty's Bonded Stores Destroyed. Melbourne
The well-known Henty's Bonded Stores in Little Flinders Street were totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. Other buildings in the vicinity required great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at an Asylum. Dreadful Fate of Inmates. London, February 13
A terrible occurrence is reported from Yankton, a town in South Dakota, in the United States, standing on the north bank of the Missouri, nearly 200 miles above…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fire at Wagga
The Caledonian Hotel at North Wagga, owned by M. O'Donnell, was completely destroyed by fire early on Tuesday morning. The outbreak was noticed by one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Intercolonial News. Large Fire in Melbourne
Flinders-lane was on the 16th inst. the scene of another of those disastrous conflagrations which during the past few years have become peculiarly identified with that…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Fire at Carrathool. The Inquest. A Verdict of Wilful Destruction
An inquest was held lit Carrathool yesterday by Mr. Acting-Coroner Witcombe and a jury of twelve, respecting the cause of the fire which destroyed the dwelling-house of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire at Carrathool
An inquest was held on Monday at Carrathool, by Mr. Witcombe, as to the cause of the fire which destroyed Mr. F. Davis' residence on the 22nd of February…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Balranald. Mr. Griffin's House Gutted
About 11 o'clock this morning dense clouds of smoke were observed coming from the rear of Mr. H. Griffin's boarding house, in Market-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Napier Street
At about ten minutes to five o'clock on Thursday morning a tire broke out in the premises occupied by J. E. Jinks situated next to the butchering established of Mr M. J. Carew in Napier-street,…
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Information reached Echuca that at about 3 o'clock on Monday morning a fire broke out in the Wharparilla Hotel, nine miles from Echuca, on the Gunbower-road, which…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Napier Street Fire. Coroner’s Inquest
The coronial inquiry into the cause of the fire in Napier street, by which the shops occupied by Mr Jefferson, Mr Jinks, and Messrs. Jager and Rust were destroyed last week, was resumed at the Court…
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A TERRIBLY fatal fire disaster occurred in New York on Thursday afternoon, when the Windsor Hotel, in Fifth-avenue, o[?] of the largest and best known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest by Telegraph the New York Fire. Originated in the Basement of the Building. Policemen and Firemen Missing. London
It has been ascertained that the great fire at the Windsor Hotel in New York originated in the basement. Two policemen and two firemen are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Large Fire in New York. Fourteen Persons Killed and 50 Injured London, March 18
An appalling catastrophe occurred in New York yesterday, the Windsor Hotel, in Fifth Avenue, which extends from Forty-sixth street to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Bush Fires. Sydney
A great bush fire is raging in the vicinity of Hurstville, and threatens to envelop the township…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Western Australia
The commissioner of police at Perth has received a telegram from Gerald ton containing particulars of a disastrous fire there early on Monday morning. The fire demolished a…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Hotel Declared a Fire Trap. London, March 19
Inquiry into the cause of the fire by which the Windsor Hotel, formerly situated in Fifth-avenue, New York, was totally destroyed, and many people were killed, has…
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