Fire in a Mine
LONDON, Tuesday.—Four persons have been arrested on a charge of having caused the recent fire in the Przebram silver mine, which entailed a great loss of life. This…
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Fires & bushfires, 1892
202 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
Slight Fire in a Factory. The Flames Easily Overcome. SYDNEY
ABOUT 4 30 this morning an alarm was received at the M.F.B. Station from Leichhardt notifying that a fire had broken out in the tobacco factory of J. H. Mayer,…
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What might have been a destructive fire was averted early on Saturday morning at a six-roomed cottage with a frontage to High-street, the property of Mr. Thomas Harman,…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a disastrous fire occurred at Lambton, resulting in the house and furniture of a poor widow named Webster, being completely burnt. It appears…
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A small fire occurred yesterday in the yard at Mr. J. Silcock's pottery, when a number of wood packing cases were burnt, but the flames were extinguished before any…
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THE subject of ascertaining the presence and volume of fire-damp is always an important one to the miner, for on his knowledge of this subject his life may depend. It is true…
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ABOUT a quarter past 12 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in Lassetter's kerosene bond, Bourke-street, Waterloo, opposite the Surrey Brewery. The alarm was given…
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A FATAL fire occurred at St. Petersburg on April 20th in a three-storey house, which was let out in tenements. The flames spread so rapidly that the…
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By a fire at Ashburton, the New Zealand Clothing Factory Company's warehouse and adjacent buildings were gutted. The damage to the…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A disastrous fire occurred at St. John's, Newfoundland. Two thirds of the town is burned, and thousands are homeless. The loss is estimated at four…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The details received concerning the disastrous fire at St. John's are of a harrowing character An appalling sea of fire raged furiously for 16 hours,…
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A survey has just been made on the ship Wavertree, which, it will be remembered, took fire at Sydney soon after her arrival from London. The vessel was found to be badly damaged, and it…
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A FIRE recently broke out in the shaft of the Blair pit, Coatbridge, endangering the lives of some twenty men employed in the workings. The fire…
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LONDON, Friday.—News from St. John's, Newsfoundland, the scene of the recent disastrous fire, states that 11,000 of the people heave been burned out…
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ON Friday night the members of the fire brigade held a special meeting at the station. The captain, Mr. J. Bullerwell, occupied the chair…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A disastrous fire, resulting in great destruction of property, has occurred at Bay City, Michigan. It is estimated that 600 persons have been…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Danish Government small arms factory at Copenhagen has [?]fire…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A wing of Heilingenberg Castle, Baden, has been destroyed by fire. The fire originated in the bedroom of Princess Beatrice (Princess Henry of…
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A FIRE, the origin of which is shrouded in mystery, occurred at Albury yesterday morning, when a cottage, recently occupied by a man named George Carter (a…
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LONDON, Monday.—The fire which destroyed the wing of Heilingenberg Castle, near Darmstadt, was caused by one of the maid servants having accidentally, set fire to…
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