Alarming Fire
ABOUT two o'clock this morning Mr. M'Carroll's premises, Botany Road, were observed on fire. The flames speedily communicated to the adjoining building, the Londonderry Tavern. Mr. M'Lerie and the police…
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Supposed Loss by Fire of the British Ship Meroo, From Calcutta. (From the London Standard.)
THIS fine ship is supposed to have been entirely destroyed by fire on the night of the 29th of November, near the Cape Verd Islands, while on her homeward veyage from Calcutta with a valuable cargo. She left Calcutta for London on the 26th of…
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A FEW minutes before 12 o'clock last night, an slarming and destructive fire broke out in a new store occupied by Mr. W. Ellis, at the rear of his gro[?]ery establishment, in George-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Criminal Court.—tuesday. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Dickinson.) Robbery Under Fire-arms
Hugh Mackenzie was indicted for having, at North Shore, on the 4th September last, whilst armed with a pistol, feloniously robbed from the person of one John Francis Duffy, the sum of The Solicitor-General conducted the prosecution, and Messrs…
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THE twenty-third annual meeting of the proprietors of this Company, was held in Liverpool, on the 17th of February, when the following Report was unanimously adopted:—…
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Report of the Directors of the Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company, to the Twenty-third Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held pursuant to the Provisions of the Deed of Settlement, on the 17th day of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canowindra Annual Rages. (From Correspondent of Bathurst Fire Press
The above races came off on the 9th and 10th instant. The attendance was not as good as on former occasions, hot the good feeling that was displayed throughout the laces made up for the smallness of the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Fire at Bristol
SINCE the memorable riots in 1831, no conflagration has occurred in Bristol equal in extent or fury to a fire which occurred on Saturday, at the Sugar refinery of Messrs. Fridge and Tripp. These works consisted…
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EVERY one acquainted with the City of Bristol must know the extensive sugar refinery of Messrs. Fuidge and Fripp, too well to render any minute description of it necessary. It may, however, be well to state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Heather on Fire. (From the United Service Gazette.)
THE volunteer fever is on the increase. The countinghouses are stirred, and the counters are moved. There is scarcely a youth who wields a steel pen who does not pray that it may be converted forthwith into…
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Eve darkens on our legendary scenes; Pale Flora watching o'er the Prince forlorn, Ruth standing like a poppy in the corn, And Mary, fairest, saddest of the queens,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire and Explosion in the City. (From the London Evening Express, May 20)
THIS (Friday) morning, between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, an extensive fire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. Hubbock and Co., wholesale oil, colourmen, and dry salters, situate in Limo-street, City,…
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ABOUT a quarter-past ten last night, constable Cook, on duty in Pitt-street North, observed flames issuing from the back of Mr. Kearey's premises, opposite Dr. Bland's. He immediately gave the alarm of fire,…
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YESTERDAY evening, about quarter past ten o'clock, a fire of an alarming nature [?] out in Pitt-street, on the premises known as the property of the late Mrs. Terry, extending from the stores of Messrs. Samuels to…
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WE have had a great deal of discussion lately respecting the invention of liquid-fire shells. Captain Norton's name has been very prominently connected with the subject, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destruction of the American Ship Josephine by Fire
THE Josephine, of 947 tons, from Akyab, with a cargo of rice, bound to Falmouth for orders, put into this port on the 20th instant to repair damages. She left Akyab with 1800 bags of rice, some of which was thrown overboard to lighten the ship, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Fire at Mr. Allen's to the Editor of the Empire
SIR,—I beg through the medium of your columns to call the attention of the public to the danger of allowing coffee roasting to be carried on in the crowded portions of the city, unless under proper arrangements for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire and Loss of Life. (From the New York Watertown Reformer, May 6.)
ABOUT half-past five o'clock this afternoon the fire bells of the east end of the village sounded the dreaded fire alarm, but, before assistance could arrive, the whole of the well-known woollen factory in the extreme east end…
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A LAHOR fire broke out early this morning, on the premires of Messrs. holt, M'Cormnolt, and Angus', coach manufactory Castlereagh-street. The buildings as we were going to Press were one mans of flames; two…
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ABOUT half-past four this morning an alarming fire broke out in the Coach Factory of Messrs. M'Cormaek, Holt, and Angus, in Castlereagh-street. The fire raged with great fury, and their establishment…
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