The Great American Fire
The latest reports with respect to the great forest fires in the United States state that 300 square miles of country were devastaed It is…
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Fires & bushfires, 1894
66 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 4
Fatal Fire at Battersea. Verdict of Wilful Murder
MR. Hicks concluded an inquiry at Battersea, on Thursday, July 19 with reference to the death of Joseph Little, aged 10 years, who lost his life in a fire at Pontin-street,…
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The inquest on Lawler's fire was held to-day. The jury returned an open verdict…
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THE inquiry into the origin of the fire at Lawler's buildings, which caused the death of fireman Brown, was continued on Tuesday afternoon at the Coroner's Court…
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The fire Department of Berlin has, a fire I engine, the carriage of which is constructed entirely out of paper mache. All the different parts, the body, wheels, pole, &c., are…
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AT Woolwich, on Tuesday, July 31st, Mary O'Reardon, 30, married, 20, Ann-street, Plumstead, was charged with maliciously causing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Special Telegrams. SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon. FIRE
A FIRE occurred on Sunday evening at Holdsworth and M'Pherson's new warehouse, in George-street, but the timely arrival of the fire brigade averted a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wires. Sydney. Monday, 12.7 P.m. Fire
A FIRE broke out on Sunday evening in Holdsworlh and M'Pherson's new warehouse, in George-street, but the timely arrival of the fire brigade arrested the conflagration…
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The troop of eight collies at the Royal Aquarium enacts quite a little stage play. After performing some clever feats, without the instigation of a whip or stick, the dogs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Auckland. Fire on a Steamer
During a fire on the steamer Mararoa, at Port Chalmers, Alfred Shakesley, foreman of the fire brigade, dropped dead from stoppage of the heart owing to overexertion. The…
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WE observe that in Austria, where they appear to take their reforms in big gulps, and under the stringent conditions of well regulated aristocracy, there is a proposal afoot…
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ON Monday last, the District Coroner, Mr. James M'Lean, resumed the inquest at the Protestant Hall, Black Mountain—adjourned from Monday, 22nd Oct.—touching…
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AN exciting scene was witnessed at Galveston, Texas, early on the morning of August 21, when a married woman, named Mrs. Elliot saved the life of her child, a…
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Bush fires are reported in several country districts…
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Fletcher, Humphrey, and Co.'s general stores, Christchurch, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £31,000, of which £21,000 is covered by insurance…
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Bush fires are raging in many parts of the colony. Rain is greatly needed as the crops are suffering from the drought…
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An alarming and disastrous fire occured on Friday forenoon at the residence of Mr. Charles Egan, Evanstreet. About a ¼ to 12 o'clock Mr…
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ALAN Ferguson, youngest son of Sir James Ferguson, formerly Governor of South Australia, was brought up at the Sheriff's Court, Perth, to-day, on a charge of setting…
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WRITING in the Century of the death of the Prince Imperial of France in Zululand (in 1879), Archibald Forbes gives the following interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Armidale. an Old Woman Burnt Out
Just after midnight on Monday the voice of the Gas Works whistle and the clangour of the fire bell raised a fair number of citizens from their…
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