Fire Brigade Competition
The local competition among the members of the Fire Brigade took place on Saturday in Dean-street, and excited some interest among them. It was pleasing to note that Mr. A…
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Fire at Mande
On Sunday last the usual little quiet town of Maude was thrown into a state of intense excitement, by the report that the residence of Mrs Prendergast was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Fire at Maude The Inquest
Mr. F. H. Galbraith, coroner, presided at an inquest at Maude on Friday to inquire as to the origin of the fire which destroyed the dwelling occupied by Mrs. Prendergast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wednesday Night's Fire. The Inquest. An Open Verdict Returned
Mr. F. H. Galbraith, coroner, with the assistance of a jury of twelve, conducted an inquest yesterday as to the origin of the fire which occurred at Messrs. Robertson,…
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An inquiry was held on Monday afternoon at the Court House before the Coroner, Mr. Galbraith, and a jury of twelve, touching the fire which partially destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Modern Rifle Fire
The Progres Militaire remarks that modern small-cal[?]bre bullets do not whistle like their predecessors, but give out a sound like that of the cracking of a whip. Behind the rifles…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Great Fire in America
Coney Island, Now York's popular summer resort, was almost wiped out by tho fire which broke out on May 26. Eight square blocks were burned out, and fully 200 hotels…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Fire on the Steamer Pilbarra. Small Damage Done
The steamer Pilbarra arrived from West Australia on Tuesday morning on fire, which broke out about 2 o'clock when off Wollongong. The hatches were battened down and the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Great Fire at Hull. London
A great fire has occurred at Hull, in Yorkshire, by which a block of ware houses was burnt, and grain to the value of [?]100,000 destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Pier Set on Fire. London, August 6
Yesterday the pier at Llandudno, a favorite watering-place in North Wales, was struck by lighting and set on fire. The flames were, however, quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Steamer in Dock on Fire. Sydney
A serious fire occurred on board the island steamer Ysabel, while lying in Mort's Dock. Several deck cabins were destroyed--the damage amounting to…
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A deputation from the municipalities of Strathfield Enfield, Canterbury, and Auburn waited on. the Colonised Secretary last week to ask for some relief from the contributions they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Fire
The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava[?], writing in the Youth's Companion, gives a graphic description of a war episode of which he was a spectator. It was lu the year 1854, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Destructive Fire Daysdale. Daysdale Hotel Totally Destroyed. Daysdale
Mr. O'KEEFE'S hotel, known as the Daysdale Hotel, was totally destroyed by fire at six o'clock this [?]oraing. It is slated that Mrs. O'Keefe left a lighted candle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Daysdale. Total Destruction of a Hotel. Daysdale
O’Keefe’s Daysdale Hotel was totally destroyed by fire at 6 o’clock this morning. Mrs. O’Keefe left a lighted candle in her bedroom while she went…
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Early this morning the Tivoli theatre was destroyed by fire. The inmates of the hotel adjoining escaped in their night dresses, the flames from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Sydney. Tivoli Theatre Gutted
About 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning a, fire broke out on the stage of the Tivoli Theatre in Castlereagh street, in Sydney, the headquarters in Australia of Mr Harry Rickards…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Fire Brigades Act
THE dilatoriness of successive governments respecting the Fire Brigades Act, has been commented upon so frequently that the subject is pretty well threadbare, but there seems but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Daysdale Fire Enquiry
AN inquest was held at Daysdale, on Thursday last by the district coroner, Mr. A. N, Barnett, P.M., into the cause of the late fire which destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Synagogue. Thirty Two Women and Children Killed. London; September 14
A terrible catastrophe has Occurred at Lentehik, a town in South-West Russia, situate about a hundred miles to the westward of the city of Warsaw, the capital of…
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