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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1873

10 stories in Riverina's papers

Ballet Girl Burnt to Death at the Victoria Theatre

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 8 January 1873 · page 4

AN inquest was held last Friday, on view of the body of Fanny Osborne, whose dress caught fire on Monday evening last, at the Victoria Theatre Sydney, during a…

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A Snow-ball Riot

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 16 April 1873 · page 4

A serious riot arising from a snow-ball conflict occurred in Dublin. The students of Trinity College, to the number of 500, congregated at the back entrance to the…

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Fall of a Concert-hall at Smyrna.—two Hundred Persons Reported Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 30 April 1873 · page 4

The following details are given in the Levant Herald of the terrible accident at Smyrna:- SMYRNA, FEB. 10…

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The Duke of Edinburgh in the Orchestra

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 4

The first concert of the Royal Albert Hall Amateur Orchestral Society, about which there has for some time been a great deal of talk in musical circles, was given on the…

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The Duke of Edinburgh in the Orchestra

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 4

The first concert of the Royal Albert Hall Amateur Orchestral Society, about which there has for some time been a great deal of talk in musical circles, was given on the…

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Adelong Amateur Concert. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 19 July 1873 · page 3

SIR,—We have bad two concerts for the benefit of Mr. J. Parker, a blind musician, which were in every way a success. The masterly way in which the business was gone through, under the able management of Mr…

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The Adelong Amateur Concert. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1873 · page 3

Sir,—An advertisement appearing in the 'Times' of this date calls upon me to contradict a scandal; I shall be glad if you will grant me space in your next issue to explain…

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Panic in the Victoria Theatre. (From the Empire.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 4

During the play of "Hamlet" at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, an explosion of gas occurred on the stage, and a panic amongst the audience immediately…

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Extraordinary Scene in a Theatre

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1873 · page 1
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter

A GREAT disturbance occurred recently at the Plymouth Theatre, in consequence of a party of naval officers making a demonstration against Charles Reade's play of "It's Never…

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