A Train on Fire
THE Bendigo Advertiser reports that on the 30th ultimo a sensational incident took place during the journey of the noon train from Sandhurst to Melbourne, which affords another instance of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1881
8 stories in New England's papers
Great Fire in Yokohama
THE JAPAN GAZETTE reports that on the llth December, between 2 and 3 o'clock a.m., with the wind blowing fresh from the South-West, a lurid glare was…
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THAT was a rather uncharitable statement made the other day by Mr. Patterson (observes the AUSTRALASIAN) to a deputation of farmers, asking for…
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POTTSVILLE, Pa., Oct. 24th.--The failure of all the attempts to extinguish the fire which has been raging in the Keeley Run colliery for several weeks, it is feared, will add another to the…
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ABOUT midnight of Saturday, Caledonia, Marion county, was visited by a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by hail and the most vivid lightning, flash following…
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A FIRE broke put on the morning of the 4th of January, in the rear of No. 36, Maidson-street, New York, in a four-story tenement. Nine lives were lost, as follows : -- Ellen Sheridan, aged 40 years ;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrack-street Fire. (From Friday's E. News.)
THE trial of Alphonse Bechet, for wilfully setting fire, in January last, to a warehouse situate in Barrack-street, with intent to defraud various insurance…
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THE city of St. Louis, Mo., has an almost world-wide reputation for the excellence of its flour. The other day (August 12) one of its large flour mills, which was also one of the…
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