Telephone Fire Alarms
According to a correspondent the telephones supposed to be available st any moment in case of fire, hare been removed from their respective stations…
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Fires & bushfires, 1896
84 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 5
Fatal Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night
A FATAL fire occurred at Cabramatta on Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Bonarius, residents of the place, left home early in the evening to…
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London, March 27.—A great conflagration has occurred in Calcutta, resulting in much loss of life. The fire started in the Kidderpore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Morning
A FIRE broke oat early yesterday morning at M'Namara's Woolworks, Alexandria, which were destroyed, together with the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. Sydney. Tuesday. A Terrible Fire. a Hundred Thousand Homeless
Four thousand houses have been destroyed by fire in Manilla, the capital of the Phillipine Islands. A hundred thousand people have been…
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A fire broke out at the house of Mr. Goswell, Bridge Road, Marrickville, this morning. It appears a girl got up to attend to the baby, and struck a match which set fire to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Marrickville. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night
A FIRE occurred at the house of Mr. Goswell, Bridge Road, Marrickville, this morning. [?] appears that a girl got up to attend to the baby and struck a match which…
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At about 3 o'clock on Thursday morning a fire broke out in a house, the property of the estate of the late Mr. John Trim, in Dumaresq-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire Near Paris
A great lire raged within sight of the walls of Paris, a few day a ago, and resulted in the almost complete destruction of the building of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney. Monday, 11.44 a.m. Bush Fires
A LARGE bush fire was raging yesterday at Manly. The quarantine station was in great danger and was only saved by the fire brigade men and others who were sent from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] Bush Fire at Manly. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
A LARGE bush fire occurred yesterday at Manly, and the quarantine station was in great danger, and was eventually saved by fire brigade men, nuau-o'-war's men, and…
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An inquiry was held at the Armidaie Court House on Monday, touching the burning of a house in Dumares[?] street, before Mr. J[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at the Hawkesbury College. Estimated Damage, £2000
An alarm fire was given on Friday last at about 3 o'clock, and attention was soon directed to the stables of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College,…
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A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred one night in Febrnary at Santarem, a city on the Tagus, about 50 miles north of Lisbon. The close of the carnival was being celebrated by a masked ball at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Traveller. a Prairie Fire
Dick looked around: in the thin smoke he smelt fire, and noticed that little cindrous particles were falling round him, like the first few flakes of snow that herald a blizzard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last Night's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] Fire at a Convent. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night
THE convent of St. Bernard, Botany Road, was partly destroyed by fire this morning…
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The wooden ship Ellen A. Read left Newcastle on Thursday with a cargo of 2000 tons of coal, and when 140 miles off the Coast on Friday was discovered to be on fire. She…
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A fire broke out on board the steel ship Ross-shire, lying at Grafton wharf, yesterday. She was wheat laden from San Francisco. The outbreak was extinguished without much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ship on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
THE wooden ship Ellen A. Read left Newcastle on Thursday last with a cargo of 2000 tons of coal, and when 140 miles off the coast on Friday was discovered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Ship on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
A FIRE occurred oil board the steel ship Ross-shire, lying at the Grafton wharf, yesterday. She was laden with wheat from San Francisco, and the outbreak was…
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