TELEGRAMS. Disastrous Fire at Hartley Valo
SYDNEY, Friday.—A disastrous fire has taken place at Hartley Vale siding, on the Western railway. Eight of the Shale Company's trucks, with oil tanks, one…
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Fires & bushfires, 1880
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Destructive Fire at Lithgow
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A very destructive fire has occurred at Lithgow. The establishments of Gibbs and Bennett Rein and McLaughlin, and Greston, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[From the Sydney Papers.] Wife Murder, Suicide, and Fire at Coonamble
COONAMBLE, Wednesday.—A shocking tragedy occurred here to-day. A hotelkeeper named Charles Barker shot his wife dead, then reloaded his gun and shot…
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LONDON, Dec. 9.—The late calamitous fire at Christiansand, in Norway, has been followed by another disaster in the same country of a similar character, though not…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—At a fire at Groom's, bookseller, Brisbane, Mrs. Groom and two children were so severely burnt that they died in the hospital…
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LONDON, December 18.—A disastrous fire has occurred at Buffalo city, America. Large number of buildings were destroyed, and thirty lives lost…
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LONDON, December 20.—A destructive has occurred at Rangoon, and half the city was reduced to ashes, 60,000 people have been rendered houseless…
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CHICAGO, November 16.âA Tribune St. Peter special says:âAt half-pas 8 o'clock it was announced that the Insane Asylum was on fire. Everybody…
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LONDON, December 24.—train caught fire in Carolina (America). Five passengers were burnt, or killed while attempting to escape, and others were seriously injured…
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