The Great Fire at Albury
SHORTLY after 8 o'clock on Saturday night, when Dean-street was thronged with pedestrians, the alarm was given that the large drapery establishment in the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1886
31 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
Destructive Fire at Uralla. URALLA
A GREAT fire occurred this morning at Ferguson and Grimwood's, late Cooper's, large general store, which was completely demolished. The fire was observed about midnight, and in spite of the efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intelligence by Wire. [Through Greville's Company.] New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. [Lodged 11.35;received 1.30.] Fire
THE establishment of Mr. Lyons, bedding manufacturer, of Regent-street, Redfern, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. The loss is estimated at £7000,…
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NEW York, November 23.—The accidental upsetting of a kerosene lamp in the rooms of Otto Matsbeck, on the third floor of the five-story…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Intelligence by Wire. [Through Greville's Company.] New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. [Lodged 11.40: received 2.30.] Pit on Fire at Lithgow
A TELEGRAM to Mr. M'Kenzie, the examiner of coal fields, was received this morning from the Lithgow Valley Colliery and Pottery Co., Limited, to the effect…
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THE following letter giving details of the remarkable accident to the schooner J. C. Ford, on her voyage from the Pacific Coast to Kahului…
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THE Railway Workshops at Ipswich were the scene of a great conflagration early on Saturday morning, 6th instant. At about 2 a.m. a fire broke our in a two-storey building,…
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THE following directions for preventing the occurrence of fires in dwellings, office buildings, and other places occur in an exchange, and are worthy of being posted up in…
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By mail exchanges we learn particulars of the great fire at Manchester, England, news of which was cabled to the colonies some while since. It broke out shortly before noon one day in January,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intelligence by Wire. [Through Greville's Company.] New South Wales. [Lodged 11.15; received 12.] Sydney, Monday. Fire at Botany
A SERIOUS fire occurred at Botany at noon on Sunday. Four weatherboarded cottages were totally destroyed. Mrs. Grimble, who lived in one of them, was…
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THE boatsheds near Princes Bridge on the Yarra, were destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £2000…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Times:—" Will you grant me space to explain briefly what I think should be the first thing to be done…
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MR. JOHN MARSHALL, F.R.S., explains in the Times what should be the first thing a girl or woman whose dress catches fire should do. Any one who meets with this accident should A FRENCH gentleman, named M. Kean Bonneau, living at the village of Vatigny, near Moulins, has met with a horrible death at the hands of his mother-in-law. The other night…
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IN conformity with authority given in the Gazette, of the 4th instant, a meeting of Representatives of the various Fire Insurance Companies, doing business in Glen Innes, was held at the…
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A Chicago despatch in the New York Times dated December 31st, says :--" The highest and most powerful group of electric lights in the world is tonight blazing around the tower of…
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A large fire occurred at Newcastle on Sunday night. Pearson's the tailors shop, was gutted and several houses adjoining suffered to a great extent. Great…
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The town of victoria, the capital of [?] Island has again been destroyed by fire…
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The immunity which Tamworth has enjoyed from fire for many months past [?] rudely broken upon and the peace of community disturbed by an alarming and…
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A serious fire occurred on Sunday morning at the Redfern railway works. A two storied building, containing a large qu[?] of machinery and patterns was…
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Kendall's biscuit mills were nearly destroyed by fire last night. Owing to assistance being promptly given the flames were extinguished before much damage…
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