On Fire in Mid-Ocean
MR. BRING, of Grove Green-road, Leyton, has (says the London Daily Telegraph of November 10) received a long letter from his nephew, who was one of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
29 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Destructive Fire at Ballina. the Royal Hotel Burnt Down
YESTERDAY morning about 1 o'clock, cries of fire and screams worn heard near the Royal Hotel, and shortly after flames could bo seen issuing from the west end…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Starting Fires by Electricity
THE now Niagara furnace at Ronawunda, near Buffalo, N.Y., was started by means of a longdistanced match, so to speak, and Major M'Kinley touched the button. The manner of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TELEGRAPHIC. Large Fire at Coraki. Coraki
Livingstone's Palace Hotel, together with contents, was totally destroyed by fire to-day. The fire broke out at 1pm., and the building was totally demolished within an hour. The building is insured, but the stock is uninsured…
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At 1.10 p.m. on Tuesday last the town of Coraki was thrown into state of excitement by the breaking out of a fire in the upper rooms of Livingstone's Palace Hotel, which…
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AT 1.10 p.m. on Tuesday last the town of Coraki was thrown into a state of excitement by the break ing out of a fire in the upper rooms of Livingstone's Palace Hotel, which stood adjacent to the ferry up…
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IN the early hours of Saturday morning hist the Government shed at Coraki was discovered to be on fire in the upper loft, and but for the fact that the steamer Tomki…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Coraki and Neighbourhood
IN the early hours of Saturday morning last the Government shed at Coraki was discovered to be on fire in the upper loft, and but for the fact that the steamer. Tomki was lying at the wharf at the time,…
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LAST week the Glebe Rowing Club's shed at Blackwattle Bay by some means caught fire, and in little more than half an hour not a stick of the building remained…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at the G.P.O., Sydney
AT 5.30 a.m. on Friday last the watchman on duty at the fire station in Castle-ragh-street received a call from the General Post Office by telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Huge Fire Engine
IT is said that Liverpool possesses the largest fire engine in the world. It has a capacity of from 1900 to 2100 gallons of water per minute. The cylinders…
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A GENTLEMAN (says the Evening News) who had been travelling in the Narrabri district lately, relats a very mysterious circumstance which happened at certain station near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in the Fairfield Shipyards
A DISASTROUS fire broke out, in the works of the Fairfield Engineering and Shipbuilding Company, Govan(formerly known as Messrs. John Elder & Co.), on the morning of 4th February. The…
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ON March 9th fire invaded the forward magazine of the cruiser New York. Captain W. S. Schley was on the bridge, Admiral Bunce was in his cabin, 600 officers and men were at their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Big Fire in Paris
AFTER the fire broke out in the Farts charity bazaar, the building, which was of wood, was like a brazier in five minutes, and had completely collapsed in…
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At this period of the year, whon pasture is of more than ordinary value, and fences, &e., are abnormally inflammable, owing to the long-continued drought, the careless…
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REFERRING to the idea that prevails that large fires are instrumental in causing rain, a correspondent writes to an exchange as follows:—"In Ireland, in my…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire at Byron Bay Great Northern Hotel and Three Buildings Totally Burnt
NEWS reached town carly on Munday that Mr. M. M'Loan'd Groat Northern Hotel, with three other adjaoent buildings, at Byroh Bay, had been totally boret the previous day, and ganami regret was…
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SIR— With reference to the above matter, Mr. Hosking, it appears from Saturday's Star, stated that your correspondent's allusion to the matter was likely to give rise to a moat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Fire in Melbourne. Sydney
A great fire has occurred, at Melbourne. The whole of Flnder's Lane block, including many large warehouses were consumed. The damage is estimated at about £1,500,000…
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