The Fire at the Paris Opera Comique
According to the latest information the loss of life through the fire at the Opera Comique is estimated at fully 100. The bodies extricated from the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1887
98 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 5
Our Members on Fires in Public Schools
MR. CREER said if the hon. gentleman could not find a better method of retrenchment than to do away with the fires in public schools in the colder…
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A serious fire took place on Monday on board the New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Orari, 1011 tons, recently arrived, and loading for Port…
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THE approaching Salvage Brigade Sports remind me of a very funny thing that occurred in Nelson (New Zealand), while I was there with Levy, the cornet player. Nelson is, or…
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THE following is from the Sunday Times—we acknowledge it. Last week the S. T. took Bret Harte's poem, "Grandmother Tenterden," the…
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ABOUT 2 yesterday morning it was discovered that a building, one of a block of three, in William-street, Carrington, was on fire. The dwelling was occupied by Mr…
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ABOUT half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morning Constable Millington had his attention called to the fact that the building at Islington occupied by Messrs. Kidd and Sons as a boot…
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SIR,—In your report of the above fire, this morning, you state the brigades received intelligence that their services would be fruitless. I,…
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BETWEEN 7.30 and 8 o'clock on Monday evening it was discovered by Mr. Small, who resides next door, that the premises in the occupation of Mrs…
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SIR,—In justice to a large number of the citizens who ably assisted at the late fire, I desire to enter my protest against the unjustifiable statement of the captain of the firemen,…
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SIR,—In your issue of to-day there appears a letter under the above heading signed by "Citizen," complaining of what he terms the unjustifiable statement of our captain re the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand. Auckland, Friday. Terrible Fire. £50,000 DAMAGE
A fire of most extensive proportions has occurred at Blenheim. Nothing could be done to stay the fire, and, being in the centre of the business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence the Late Fire at Islington. to the Editor
SIR,—In your issue of to-day (Saturday July 2nd), there appears a letter signed by W. J. Hillier, hon. secretary H.V.F.B., confirming the…
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THE occupants of premises around the Borough Council Chambers were somewhat alarmed on Thursday last to see the C[?] and the Hose and Reel Fire Brigades, attended by…
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A great fire broke out here yesterday morning, and is at the present time raging with great violence. The citadel has been destroyed. A great…
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About a quarter past 10 o'clock on Friday evening, a disastrous fire took place at Mr. O. G. Steel's residence and bakery, at Plattsburg. It appears…
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GREAT excitement was occasioned in shipping circles shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday morning, when a report quickly spread over the harbour to the effect that the Aberdeen…
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WE are rarely treated to a day fire in Newcastle and the demonstration on the occasion of the threatened ignition of the roof of the Crystal Palace Hotel came as a relief from…
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ACCORDING to Pliny, fire was a long time unknown to some of the ancient Egyptians, and when a celebrated astronomer showed it to them, they…
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London, June 27.—Afire broke out in a tenement-house on Oxford-street this morning, and the flames spread so rapidly that several inmates were unable to make their…
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