Incidents of the Chicago Fire
The following curious incident is well authenticated: Mrs.—,the housekeeper of a prominent hotel, had made up her mind to leave the city a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1872
5 stories in South Coast's papers
Destructive and Fatal Fire. Prince of Wales Theatre and Twelve Houses Destroyed. One Man Killed and Several others Seriously Injured
WE have to chronicle to-day the occurrence of one of the most extensive and destructive five fires that ever took place in Sydney. [?] It appears that at about half-past 3 o’clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mr Lackey’s, M.L.A.
ABOUT half-past 3 p.m. on Wednesday last, (says the Cumberland Times) information was received at Parramatta that Mr Lackey’s dwelling house, at Woodville, Dogtrap…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fires at Gerringong. (Abridged from the Kiama Independent)
THE most serious and startling instance of conflagration, as occurring within the district, took place on Monday night last at Gerringong, a spot with which some of our readers will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire at Numba
On Monday night last, a destructive fire occured on the premises of a farmer named Quilkey, residing at Numba, which resulted in the total destruction of his barn, with about 1600 bushels…
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