A Coal Pit on Fire
The Trencherbone Coslpit at Little Hulton, Lancashire, was discovered to ba on firs on December 9, A vigorous effort was immediately made to extinguish burning, which extended over eighty yards…
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A Coal Pit on Fire
The Trencherbone Coalpit at Little Hulton, Lancashire, was discovered to be on fire on December 9. A vigorous effort was immediately made to extinguish the burning, which extended over eighty yards…
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A MAN named Richard Haley has been committed for trial at Auckland on the three following charges:-1. For feloniously and maliciously firing eight shets into the dwelling-house of Thomas Russell,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extraordinary Case, Alleged Fire Raising and Attempt to Murder in New Zealand
A MAN named Richard Haley has been committed for trial at Auckland on the three following charges:—1. For [?]niously and maliciously firing eight shots into the dwelling-house of Thomas Russell,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extraordinary Case. Alleobd Fire-raising and Attempt to Murder in New Zealand
A MAX named Richard Maley has been committed for trial at Auckland on the three following charges: —1. For feloniously and maliciously firing eight shots into the dwelling-house of Thomas Russell,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Inquest on a Fire at Miller's Point. Curious Revelations
YESTERDAY an inquest was held by the City Coroner, at the Gladstone Hotel, Miller's Point, aB to the cause of a fire at No. 12, O'Neill's buildings, Kent, and Clyde streets, Miller's Point. Mr. Slade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines and Mining. On Mining by Fire as Practised in Germany
THE most remarkable instance of working a mine by fire is that of the Rammelsberg, in the Harz. This method was resorted to in consequence of the extraordinary hardness and tenacity of the rock…
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THE most remarkable instance of working a mine by fire is that of the Rammelsberg, in the Harz. This method was resorted to in consequence of the extraordinary hardness and tenacity of the rock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Mining by Fire As Practised in Germany
THE most remarkable instance of working a mine by fire is that of the Rammelsberg, in the Harz. This method was resorted to in consequence of the extraordinary hardness and tenacity of the rock…
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Shortly after midnight the Theatre Royal was totally destroyed by fire. The house closed batmen 11 and 12 o'clock, after the performance of the 'Streets of London.'…
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Shortly after midnight the Theatre Royal was totally destroyed by fire. The house closed between 11 and 12 o'clock, after the performance of the 'Streets of London.'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Sydney Fire Establishment
THE annual report of Superintendent Charles Bown to the board of management of the Associated Insurance Companies for the year ending 31st December, 1871, is before us. It appears from that…
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THE report of superintendent Charles Bown to the Board of Management of the Insurance Companies Fire Brigade for the year ending 31st December, 1871, has just been issued…
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IT has often been to us a matter of surprise that such an embittered feeling should exist in the public mind against any company which may have the courage and honesty to resist a fraudulent claim. No sooner is it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Insurance Rates in Canada. (From the Canadian Monetary Times.)
IT has been demonstrated by figures compiled from the official returns of 1870 that the rates charged by the fire insurance companies are more than 25 per cent too low to pay the losses and expenses arising…
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ABOUT a quarter-past 7 o'clook yesterday evening, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Schroder, photographer, of George-street, opposite the Haymarket, but it was fortunately extinguiehed before any very serious damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destruction of the Melbourne Theatre Royal by Fire
The Theatre Royal, the last of three of the finest theatres in the Australasian group, is a now heap of charred and smouldering ruins, the only vestige left being the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquest on the Fire at Shell-harbour. [From Our Kiama Correspondent.]
AN inquest was held at Shellharbour on Friday last, before the District Coroner, Mr. Henry Connell, J. P., and a jury of nine persons, touching the cause of the total destruction by fire, on the preceding Monday, of the Settlers' Arms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire at Gulgong
THE inhabitants of Gulgong were startled on Saturday evening by the cry of 'Fire.' It proved only too true that there was a fire, and such a one as we hope never again to witness in this town. Mr…
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