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James Bunce was placed at the bar charged with having, on the 25th September, last, set on fire certain premises belonging to Joseph Wyatt. The Solicitor General opened the case and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The lamentale and destructive results of fire on board ship within the last ten or twelve years, and the recent providential escape of the Larkins in the roadstead of Madras, induce me…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—The lamentable and destructive results of fire on board ship within the last ten or twelve years, and the recent providential escape of the Larkins in the roadstead of Madras, induce me…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →SIR— The lamentable and destructive results of fire on board ship within the last ten or twelve years, and the recent providential escape of the Lurkins in the roadstead of Madras, induce me to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LISBON, Nov. 27.—A frightful calamity occurred here last week. On Thursday morning, a little before dawn, a fire took place in a large house in Rua de Magdalena. The lower part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LISBON, Nov. 27. -- A frightful calamity occurred here last week. On Thursday morning, a little before dawn, a fire took place in a large house in Rua de Magdalena…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"In the hands of Lord Mansfield the Law of Insurance became, in a far greater degree, than any other department of English law, a branch of that national or public law, of which Cicero has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An event of a most disastrous and truly impressive character occurred at Edinburgh, on Sunday. The cathedral or collegiate church of Greyfriars, in connexion with the Scottish Established Church, a pile of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]NTLEMEN.—The notice in your publication [?] morning of a nearly fatal accident from [?]ning charcoal, reminds me of one which oc[?]red in Glasgow, in 1837, and which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—Observing in a letter signed "Carbon" on charcoal fires, that the author attributes the deleterious effect of ignited wood to the evolution of carbonic acid into the room, I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—My explanation of the cause of the danger arising from charcoal fires, has, I see, been controverted by another correspondent, Medicus. It was offered by me chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Sunday last, about two o'clock, while the families of Mr. R. P. Forster, and Mr. T. Ward; in York place, West Maitland, were sitting at dinner, they were suddenly called upon by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—I will take the liberty of once more admitting to your correspondent Carbon, admitting, as I do, that which was before said by me requires a little explanation. I must,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—A correspondence has been lately carried on between two writers, "Carbon, and "Medicus," on the toxicological effects of charcoal in a state of combustion. To me the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne was visited, about half-past eight in the evening of Tuesday, the 15th instant, with an awful conflagration, which reduced to ashes the extensive malt-house of Alderman Condell. It was first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—I observe with regret, that the remarks made by Carbon and myself, respecting the nature and name of that gas which is the cause of suffocation,emanating from ignited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is our melancholy and afflicting duty this day to record one of the most awful and calamitous conflagrations by which this city has been visited. The particulars, as they have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is our melancholy and afflicting duty this day to record one of the most awful and calamitous conflagrations by which this city has been visited. The particulars, as they have reached us, are these:--On…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Between twelve o'clock on Saturday night and noon on Sunday, no less than three fires took place within the precincts of the City, which were happily extinguished without any serious damage being done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In our journal of last week, we briefly announced this terrific calamity--one of the most awful conflagrations that ever devastated any city in the United Stages. The fire broke out about twelve o'clock on the 11th…
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