Fire and Loss of Life
Mr. H. Cornwall's hotel, of which Mr. Harris is the proprietor, Broken Hill, was burnt down this morning. The bodies of three men have already been…
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Fires & bushfires, 1887
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The Fatal Fire
Farther details respecting the fatal fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, state that it is now believed that fully 140 persons perished. The majority of the victims…
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THE Theatre Royal, Exeter, was gutted with fire duriug a performance. It is estimated that 200 lives were lost. 130 bodies have been recovered…
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A FEARFUL catastrophe occurred at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, on Monday night, Sept. 5, during a performance, when the house was crowded. A fire broke out on the stage and in alarming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, tee do not necessarily endorse their contents. East-street in a Blaze
SIR,--As a mountebank is in much the same line of business as a juggler, I had a good right to criticise the sleight-of-hand by which Sir Henry Parkes attempted to dazzle his audience in the freetrade…
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Last night, one of the newly designed tram cars was totally destroyed by fire, at the Bridge-street terminus. The cause was the bursting of a kerosene lamp…
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EXCEPTING the cases of the Ring Theatre, at Vienna, the Brooklyn Theatre, New York, and the Sutherland Theatre, no more fatal catastrophe has been recorded…
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A fire broke out in a music hall in Canterbury, and the audience, numbering 4000, made their escape in a quiet, manner, and no persons were injured. The…
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There was a fire last night at Harris and Ackman's, but it was extinguished before any damage was done…
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Large bush fires are raging near Jerilderie on the western side of Berrygan. It is reported that many settlers are completely burnt out and the crops destroyed…
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There was a fire this morning at Flanigan's corn dealer's store, Ultimo-street. The entire premises and the contents were destroyed, and the loss is estimated…
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Early this morning a large fire broke out at Messrs. A. Hordern and Sons' bedding factory and furniture workshops, Buckingham-street, Redfern. Two…
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