Fire-raising at Carrington
A DASTARDLY attempt was made on Thursday evening, about 7 o'clock, to burn out a family at Carrington named Corkhill. Mrs. Corkhill and her daughter had been to visit some…
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Fires & bushfires, 1888
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Disastrous Fire at Tamworth. TAMWORTH
A LARGE and disastrous fire broke out at Jeffries' Hotel, West Tamworth, at 2 o'clock this morning, totally destroying four houses and the hotel…
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YESTERDAY the residents of the vicinity of the Railway Station were surprised by the appearance of a large number of members of the Metropolitan and…
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THE City Coroner and a jury of twelve were (says the S.M. Herald) engaged all Tuesday in investigating the origin of a fire which took place on…
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News has been received of a terrible fire at Rookwood, Texas, South America. The fire broke out in an hotel during the night, the building…
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A MEETING of the City Fire Brigade was held on Thursday evening, ant the station, Scott-street, the hon. superintendent (Mr. Frank Gardner) presiding. A letter was received…
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YESTERDAY afternoon, about 3 o'clock, the upper reserve, or what is commonly termed the Horseshoe Bend, was the scene of unusual excitement. At the hour mentioned, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Northern Pottery, Fire-brick, and Tile Company (Limited)
THE prospectus of the above company appears in another column of this paper, and judging from the influential directorate and the inducements afforded to the public, the…
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The fire on board the steamer Essex has been extinguished…
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The steamer Essex, of Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons' line, from Australasia bound to London, which put into Aden with her cargo on fire,…
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The town of Sandsvale, a Swedish seaport on the Gulf of Bothnia, has been almost destroyed by fire…
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THE members of the above brigade held their half-yearly meeting on Monday, at their station, King-street, to receive secretary's report, examine balance sheet, and elect officers…
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About 10 o'clock on Sunday night an alarm of fire was heard, and on proceeding to the locality I found that the residence of Thomas Bousfield, deputy at the Wallsend…
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SIR,—I have anxiously perused your valuable paper since the 7th inst., expecting to find that someone abler with the pen than I am take the matter up with regard to the…
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THE firebells of the city and the guns at Fort Scratchley last night, about twenty minutes to 8 o'clock, announced that a fire had been discovered, and it was found that the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Saturday night. Chinese Burnt Out at Waterloo
A VERY serious outbreak of fire has taken place at Waterloo, resulting in the total destruction of a large number of wooden tenements, which were…
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YESTERDAY morning, between 2 and 3 o'clock, a serious fire broke out at the residence of Mr. Mark Noble, North Lambton. The family, consisting of seven persons, were…
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THE inquest as to the death of the six persons who lost their lives in the fire at Messrs. Garrould's, in the Edgwareraad recently, has been concluded…
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SEE the foundry fires gleaming, With a strange and lurid light, Listen to the anvils ringing Measured music on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New York, Saturday. Terrible Fire—twenty Persons Burned to Death
A disastrous fire broke out to-day in a dwelling house situated in the poorer quarter of New York, by which twenty polish Jews were burned to…
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