The Great Fire at Baltimore. London, July 28
It has been ascertained that the damage done by the recent fire at Baltimore amounts to not less than 600,000 dollars…
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Destruction of Alexandra Palace by Fire
By the heedless conduct of a plumber, the Alexandra Palace at Muswell Hill was, on June 9, totally destroyed by fire. The newest place of amusement in the metropolis, it had been the resort, of many thousand pleasure-seekers…
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By the heedless conduct of a plumber the Alexandra Palace at Muswell Hill was, on June 9, totally destroyed by fire. The newest place of amusement in the metropolis, it had been the resort of many thousand…
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It has been ascertained that the damage done by the recent fire at Baltimore amounts to not less than 600,000 dollars…
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A fire in Baltimore has destroyed one hundred buildings and four churches…
Continued on Trove, page 137 →Great Fire in Boston. (From a special despatch to the New York World.) Boston, May 30
ANOTHER disastrous conflagration to-day gave an unexpected addition to the general excitement occasioned by the parade and other demonstrations in connection with the ceremony of decorating the graves…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Rev. Dr. M'gibbon at Grafton. Public Meeting at Bathurst. Presentation to Bishop Goold. Female Suffrage. Latest Melbourne Betting. the All-england Eleven. Mr. Parkes at West Maitland. Remarkable Case of Sonambulism Reform of the Victorian Upper House. Miss Carrie Emanuel at Melbourne. Fire at Hotham. Latest From South Australia, &c., &c., &c. BATHURST
The public meeting last night convened by the mayor to consider the advisability of establishing a tweed factory in Bathurst, was largely attended. The Mayor (Dr. M'Hattie)…
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ON Wednesday, the City Coroner [?]ommenced, at the Pier Hotel, Wanly Beach, an inquest respecting the circumstances connected with the origin of fire discovered on the promises of Mr. J. S. Gray, on Saturday, the 9th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Day Fire at the Victoria Woollen Mills. the Victorian Coursing Meeting. New Coal Company at the Borehole. Parliamentary Cricket Matches. Shooting and Wounding at Duneed Victorian Shipowner's Association. the Derby and Metropolitan. Iron Works on the Derwent. Exodus to Port Darwin. Latest Commercial. &c., &c., &c. GRENFELL. Friday 12 p.m
The banquet to Mr. Parkes this evening was a great success. There were sixty gentlemen present. Mr. Parkes made a reply to Mr. Forster's (Armidale) speech, and promised to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supposed Suicide of Mr. Wardill. the Perjury Case at Geelong. the Waterloo Coursing Cup. Dismasted Vessel. Fire Insurance Losses. Opening of North-eastern Railway. the Tasmanian Derby. Diggers for Port Darwin. Latest Commercial and Mining. &c., &c., &c. MELBOURNE. Monday, 5.25 p.m
Wardill's arrest was telegraphed in mistake. He is not in custody, but has suddenly disappeared. It is feared that he has committed suicide. The river has been dragged, but no…
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HORTLY after 8 o'clock on Friday evening, the extensive works of the Victoria Woollen and Cloth Manufacturing Company, on the Barwon, took fire. It appears to have originated in the drying-room, over the engine, and near to…
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There has been an immense conflagration at the port of Belfast, in the State of Maine. The loss to the Mercantile Marine in the port is estimated at a million dollars, and the…
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A few nights since a disastrous fire broke out in the mill of Messrs. Birley Brothers, Great George-street, Preston. A man was engaged in that place removing some cotton from one of the bales, when there instantly…
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There has been an immense conflagration at the pert of Belfast, in the State of Maine. The loss to the Mercantile Marine in the port is estimated at a million dollars, and the…
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A fow nights since a disastrous fire broke out in the mill of Messrs. Birloy Brothers, Great George-street, Preston. A man was engaged in that place removing some cotton from one of the bales, when there instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PARRAMATTA. Railway Truck on Fire. Narrow Escape from Destruction of the Windsor Train. september 1
As the 4.18 p.m. train from Windsor was coming down on Saturday and about 4 miles from Blacktown, a passenger in the last carriage from the engine, observed a body of fire issuing from the van next to him, the large tarpaulin that was over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Day Sir Gavan Duffy's Reply to Mr. O'shannassy. Sudden Death in a Railway Carriage. Serious Charge Against the Captain of the Dallam Tower. Libel Case at Brisbane. Arrival of the Great Queensland. Fire Near Geelong. South Australian Wool Clip. Latest Commercial and Mining. &c., &c., &c. MELBOURNE. Wednesday, 1.6 p.m
Sir Charles G. Duffy replies to Mr. O'Shanassy's denunciations by taxing him with having become the leader in the Council by renouncing all opinion previously held in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Day Destructive Fire at New Castle. Death by Drowning. Latest From Bathurst. Wardell's Body Found in the Yarra. Mining Accidents Prevention. Sir James M'culloch. the All England Eleven. Mr. T. H. West at Blayney. Mr. John Stewart and His Constituents. the Victorian Electoral Bill. Latest Commercial. Northern Territory Justices Bill. the Ocean Postal Service. Adelaide Bread Stuffs, &c, &c., &c. Home Rule, Via Gulgong. Wednesday, 3.16 p.m
Messrs. Church, Joseph Graham, O'Connor, and Arthur Alfred O'Connor, addressed the electors last night. There were about 2000 persons present, and…
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LAST night (Wednesday) as a half-past 11 o'clock as some passers by were coming up Hunter-street, they observed smoke in[?]g from the front shutters of Mr. E. D. Cleary's promises, at the corner of new…
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LAST night (Wednesday) abush [?] 11 o'clock. as some passere-by were coming up Hanter-street, they observed amoke issuing from the front shutter of Mr. E D. Cleary's premises, at the corner of New…
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