Local Intelligence. Fire
AT about 2 o'clock this morning a blight glare was seen in the direction of Gurwood-street, and it speedily became known that Poplar Cottage, at the corner of Traill and…
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The Dangers of Fire
In case of sudden fire or panic in most of our colonial theatres, the means of egress are so insufficient and the arrangement of the seats is so faulty…
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ABOUT a quarter to 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the boarding-house, situated at the corner of Gurwood and Traill streets, occupied by Mr. Goodland. The house was…
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AN extensive fire broke out at about 9 o'clock on the morning of November 1 in the training college for the Roman Catholic priesthood at Maynooth. Up…
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A FIRE, which at one time promised to have most disastrous consequences, occurred in Fitzmaurice-street yesterday evening about half-past 6 o'clock. The building in which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Intelligence. Fire in Fitzmaurice Street
AT about half-past six last evening the alarm of fire was raided in Fitzmaurice-street, and a heavy volume of smoke was seen issuing from Mr. Stidworthy's property, next the…
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There is something like an epidemic of fires prevailing throughout the colony, which for several years past had enjoyed a remarkable immunity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fires at Grafton and Carre's Creek
A GRAFTON telegram to the S. M. Herald states that Carr's Creek Mill, the property of Mr. Bawden, M.L.A., was completely destroyed by fire at…
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A TERRIFIC fire took place at Hongkong on Christmas Day. It began at 11 o'clock at night, in Endicolt-lane, in a house occupied by a European named…
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CHRISTMAS Day, 1878, will ever be sadly memorable in the annals of Hongkong. At about 11 o'clock p.m. the fire bell clashed out a wild alarum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Bush Fires at Colac. Colac, February 7
A TERRIBLE bush-fire broke out yesterday about eight miles south of Colac, and swept with great rapidity upon the township. A large number of small selectors inhabiting…
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A TERRIBLE bush fire broke out yesterday, about eight miles south of Colac, and swept down with great rapidity upon the township. A large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire at Chiltern
CHILTERN was again the scene of a most disastrous fire. On Monday night, at about 9 o'clock, the fire-bell pealed out, and brought all available to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abound the Camp Fire. No. II
The night after the yern from long Fred, to which he had given the unaccustomed name of " Thanastopsis," which he told us was Greek, (and it was certainly so to us) it was little Reub's…
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New York, January 17.—A fire broke out this evening at No. 62 Worth-street, and spread rapidly. The flames were first seen on the third…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Around the Camp Fire. No. III
"Come Charley, wake up old son, and give as a yarn before we turn in ; and by-the-bye-what were you examining that ugly old brute of a horse for to-day at the auction sale? is he…
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On "Wednesday morning last it being reported to the coroner (Mr. C. W. Weekes) that Mr. John Sturt's store at Snowball Copper Mine had been destroyed by fire the previous night, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. the Fire at Newtown. Coroner's Inquiry
THE District Coroner held an inquiry at the Old Rose In into the cause of the fire which took place on the premises on the morning of the 18th inst. Mr. Willans watched the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Around the Camp Fire. No. IV
"Whose turn to nigth—your's Stove?" well, spin it out old man. These unsophisticated youths the last two nights got talking about their school-fights and hand organs, &c, &c…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Around the Camp Fire. No. V.
"I once did love a pretty girl"—Her father was a musician, and played the French horn in the orchestra. I loved her, but she was music mad—wind music mad. She, as…
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