Fire at Armidale
THE town of Armidale was aroused early on Monday morning by the cry of "Fire! fire!" and numerous persons hastened to the spot whence they…
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Fires & bushfires, 1879
15 stories in New England's papers
The Late Fire at Armidale
IN another column will be found an account of a fire at Mr. B. A. Moses's tannery on the outskirts of Armidale. It was issued in our intermediate sheet on…
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DEAR SIRS—In your Tuesday's slip see in your account of the fire at Mr. Moses's tannery my name mentioned as one especially worthy of notice. To…
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ONE of the most terrible fires ever seen in Grafton broke out in the shop of Mr. James Osborn, watchmaker and jeweller, in Prince-stree, on Saturday night, at 11 o'clock. The…
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THE 'C. and R. Examiner' of 21st inst. says:—One of the most terrible fires ever seen in Grafton broke out in the shop of Mr…
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GENTLEMEN—Go where you will you hear nothing but the deepest expressions of regret throughout the whole community with regard to the cowardly and diabolical…
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CHRISTMAS DAY, 1878, will ever be sadly memorable in the annals of Hong Kong. At about 11 o'clock p.m, the fire bell clashed out a wild alarm on the chill night air, rousing the merrymakers from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bruce, the Manchester Fire Horse
MR. A. TOZER, Chief Fire Station, Manchester England, says:--At the latter part of the spring of 1864, "Our Bruce" was born; he soon began to show right of a very promising hunter, of over sixteen…
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SOME time ago, in speaking of a very large attendance in the Town Hall, Armidale, we urged the importance of having the doors in places of public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Eruption of Mount Etna. the Land Covered with Blace Ashes and the Mountain Vomiting Fire, (From the London Times
ON the night of May 25th there wore contiauous murmurings from Etna, but this not being an uncommon occurrence, It attracted but little or no attention. On…
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THE Melbourne Argus of September 9 gives the following particulars of the fire which occurred at Dunedie on September 7:-- DUNEDIN, Monday…
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The Melbourne 'Argus' of September 9 gives the following further particulars of the fire which occurred at Dunedin on September 7:—…
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A FIRE, more terrible than any that has ever previously occurred in Dunedin, and possibly in the colony, broke out early on the morning of September 8, in a block…
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IT was Marshal Soult who said, "The English infantry is the best in the world; happily, there is not much of it." This opinion was based on personal…
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A PART of the city of Serajevo has been destroyed by fire. The whole of the commercial quarter—the centre of the capital, including the splendid Servian…
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