Great Fire in Sydney. the Tivoli Theatre Destroyed
AT about 12.45 on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the Tivoli Theatre in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, and spread with alarming rapidity. It was first…
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Fires & bushfires, 1899
112 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 6
Fatal Fire
At Masterton, New Zealand, a fire ooeurred in a cottage occupied by an old con pie named Hansen. The husband was suffocated, and the wife is in a precarious…
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A large fire occurred at Kiama yesterday, when 15 houses in the principal street were destroyed. The damage is not known…
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Early on Saturday morning Sydney experienced another devastating visitation of the fire fiend. The scene was the block of six- storey buildings abutting on Bridge-street,…
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A hut belonging to Mr. J. Cavanough was burnt at Tia a few nights ago Mr. Cavanough lost everything. An inquiry was held at the house of…
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The Registraria Backraplay delivered his received judgment on an application for certificate by Thomas Connelly. late of Boggy Camp. The state of the…
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A FIRE has been discovered in the Vale Clwyd coal mine at Lithgow, in one of the old workings. The extent of the fire is not yet known…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Fires in the City
A Macquarie-street boarding house, tenanted by Mrs. Ware, was partly destroyed by fire early this morning. The inmates narrowly escaped suffocation…
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A FIRE broke out shortly after four o'clock on Tuesday morning in a fivestorey brick building at the corner of Kent and Bathurst streets. The…
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The whole art, craft, and mystery of managing a fire, so as on all occasions to make the most of it, consists in making use of the draught…
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An Answerite holidaying in Ireland sends the following: He was driving on an outside car, when suddenly the horse bolted, and…
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Fijian feet are peculiar in the way of endurance. There is a Fijian tribe called the Fire Walkers. About once a year they give on the island of M'Buya, about twenty-two…
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The creek bed lay just past them, but at this season the creek was nearly dry. We knew that the fire would leap the stream. There were pools, however; one of these, a…
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A fire occurred last night in George-street in the premises of Messrs M'Lean Bros, and Rigg, completely burning out the top floor, and causing considerable damage to other…
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A FIRE broke out last night in Georgestreet on the premises of Messrs. M'Lean Bros, and Rigg. The top floor of the building was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday. an American Liner on Fire
The American liner "Patria" caught fire in the North Sea. One hundred and fifty passengere were safely landed at Dover…
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A LARGE fire broke out at West Wyalong last night, the result being the destruction of 23 business places, including the Bank of New South…
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Another attempt nude this morning, to set fire to the Exchange Hotel was extinguished before much damage was done…
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The Wyalong fire is supposed to be the work of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams London, Thursday. Gigantic Fire at Philadelphia
A big fire has taken place at Philadelphia. Lippincott's great publishing establishment was destroyed, the loss being estimated at a million [?]ing. All the,…
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