Camp Fire Reef, Shearin's Creek. Another Crushing En Route
Mr. George Smith arrived in town yesterday after superintending the getting out of another seven tons of stone from the Camp Fire Reef at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
112 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6
Extensive Fire in Sydney. the Eagle Tobacco Co's. Premises Gutted. £36,000 DAMAGE
A fire broke out at 8 o'clock this morning in the premises of the Eagle Tobacco Company, in Kent-street, Sydney. The building extends right…
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A FIRE occurred at the shop of Mrs. Barton, pawnbroker, Alexandria, this morning, and a young girl named Jessie Delohery, aged 17 years, was burnt to death…
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A BUSH fire occurred at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College which destroyed nearly 300 acres of grass, also a quantity of fencing…
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A disastrous fire has occurred in Philadelphia, thirty buildings being destroyed. The damage is estimated at two million dollars…
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A DISASTROUS fire has occurred at Philadelphia, United States, thirty buildings being destroyed, and damage done to the extent of 2,000,000 dollars…
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It was not exactly tbe minister's fault that the sermon which he delivered that moroing was not entirely his own. He had copied a part of…
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A fire broke out in a large warehouse, Kent-street, near King-street, last night. When the brigades arrived the flames had a strong hold of…
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Mr. George Smith informs as from Sydney that the second crushing of 7 tone 4 cwts. from the Camp Fire Reef, Shearin's Creek, to which…
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THERE is no doubt that the statement respecting the fire-spouting trees of ancient Italy will be received with incredulity…
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Maple and Coys, warehouse, Camden Town, a suburb of London, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £80,000…
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A MORE picturesque scene could hardly be imagined. The night was very dark, but so far as the eye could reach, all across the…
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MAPLE and Company's warehouse at Camden town, a suburb of London, has been destroyed by fire, the damage being estimated at £80,000…
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A LARGE fire occurred at Lachlan-street, Forbes, to-day, which destroyed a number of business places, including Curry's bootshop…
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The sight of a tram way on fire was a novelty for the inhabitants of the Boulevard de la Villete the other night. One of the huge vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] Fatal Fire. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
A FIRE occurred early on Sunday morning at the stables at the rear of the Oxford Hotel, Waverley, when a young man named George Eagleton, aged 19, who was…
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An immense bush fire yesterday at Dungog threatened to destroy the town. Many buildings, including the hospital, narrowly escaped. Thousands of acres of grass were…
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AN immense bush fire was raging yesterday in the vicinity of Dungog which threatened to destroy the town. Many buildings, including the hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Canea. [By Cable.] London
THE palace of the Governor or Crete, at Canea, has been destroyed by fire. It is believed to be the work of an incendiary…
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IN 1212 the central districts of London were totally destroyed by fire. In the year 1700 over one-half of the city of Edinburgh was…
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