Disastrous Fire at Pitt Town
THE correspondent of the Hawkesbury Times says .—A most disastrous fire occurred in Pitt Town on Monday evening, August 31st, on the farm of Mr. James Gillespie, sen. The fire was…
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Sad Tragedy.—i Whole Family Destroyed by Fire. (From [?] Me[?]([?]) Times, July 12.)
On Monday morning. June 29 at twenty minutes before [?] there oc[?]rred the [?] terrible and [?] rending [?] this has ever happered in this part of the country. An entire t[?] eu[?]…
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On Friday morning, 22nd May, a fire broke out in the chapel of the Congregational Nuns, St. Jean Baptiste-street, Montreal. The Salvage Corps, being in the immediate vicinity…
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An epidemic of fires is raging in various countries, large towns being the chief sufferers, Simultaneously with the Chicago fire a great fire occurred at Oshkosh, in Wisconsin, entailing loss…
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An epidemic of fires is raging in various countries, large towns being the chief sufferers. Sunultaneously with the Chicago fire a great fire occurred at Oshkosh, in Wisconsin, entailing loss…
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There has been another great [?]re at Chicago, which has destroyed sixty acres of buildings, and rendered several hundreds of familles homeless. Four firemen have been killed, and the loss of…
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An epidemic of fires is raging in various countries, large towns being the chief sufferers. Simultaneously with the Chicago fire a great fire occurred at Oshkosh, in Wisconsin, entailing loss…
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A serious fire at Chicago began at 5 o'clook on Tuesday afternoon, July 14, in a wooden building in State-street, north of Twelfth-street. This is about 400 yards west of Lake Michigan. The fire bur[?]t…
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The New York papers of the 11th July report a destructive fire on the previous evening at the Weehawken Oil-yards, New Jersey, two immense tanks of oil having been struck by lightning…
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The New York papers of the 11th July report a destructive fire on the previous evening at the Weehawken Oil-yards, New Jersey, two immense tanks of oil having been struck by lightning…
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The New York papers of the 11th July report a destructive fire on the previous evening at the Weehawken Oil-yards, New Jersey, two immense tanks of oil having been struck by lightning…
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ON Saturday night, about ten minutes past eight o'clock, a fire was reported to have broken out on the premises of Mr. William Felmiongham, chemist, 84, King-street. Smoke was first observed outside the front of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extensire Fire. Gympie Escort. Australian and European Bank. Public Works in Western Australia. Large Failure. Fire Brigades Conference. Inebriates Asylum for Females. Feud Between Larrikins, Apprentices, and Midshipmen. Maryborough and Dunollt Railway. Dr. Steel's Letter on the South Sea Labour Traffic. Strange Suicide. &C &c, &c. TERRARA. Wednesday, 11.36 a.m
In the libel case, Moss v. Watson, proprietor of the Shoalhaven News, tried at the present sittings of the District Court, before Mr. District Judge M'Farland, a verdict was given for plaintiff in the…
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Shortly after 5 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, an alarm of fire was given at the fire station, at the Haymarket The engine from that station immediately stalled oat, followed by two engines from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Day. Opening Museums, &C, on Sundays. Marriage in High Life. Retirement Op the Victorian Commissioner of Customs. the Kensington Races. Upsetting of a Mail-coach. Fire in Latrobe-street—woman and Two Children Burned. Resignation of Mr. Francis. Rifle Matches. Parkes. Monday, 10.57 a.m
There was exhibited to-day a splendid nugget, weighing 20 ounces, from F. Hall and party's claim,McGuigan's Lead. Perry and party obtained a nugget weighing about 12-ounces, to-day. Reed's…
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On Saturday, August 22, the great hosiery factory of Messrs. Morley and Son, near Tottenham, was burnt down, and £100,000 worth of property destroyed; 500 persons were thrown out of…
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On Saturday, August 22, the great hosiery factory of Messrs. Morley and Son, near Tottenham, was burnt down, and £1,000,000 worth of property destroyed; 500 persons were thrown out of…
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This morning, between the hours of 12 and 1, a policeman observed smoke issuing from the premises of Messrs. Lassetter and Co. By the aid of a crowbar an entrance was effected, and the fire subdued without…
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