Fire aC Walgett. WALGETT
The office and plant of the Walgett "Mail" were totally destroyed by fire this morning…
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Fire in Alexandria. Alexandria, Dec 16
A fire took place m the grand square of this city last night, by which a number of temporary buildings which, had been erected since, the bombardment were totally destroyed…
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Some sensation was caused in town yesterday by an alarm of fire, but as an urchin remarked to the firemen who gathered at the spot, "it was only a chimley." The chimney of Trickett's hotel…
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A large fire occurred in the Grand Square in this city last night, by which a number of temporary buildings, which had been erected since the bombardment, were totally destroyed…
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LISBON, December 18.—On Tuesday a very destructive fire broke out in one of the buildings connected with the dockyard. The flames spread with great rapidity, and before the conflagration…
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On Tuesday a very destructive fire broke out in one of the buildings connected with the dockyard. The flames spread with great rapidity, and before the conflagration could…
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A destructive fire broke out to-day, in one of the buildings connected with the Lisbon dockyard. The flames spread with great rapidity, and before they could be subdued a…
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A destructive fire (writes a correspondent) raged through Hornsby, Lane Cove, yesterday, doing a deal or damage to fences and property of different kinds. The fire started about four miles from the…
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Says the London Correspondent of the "Argot":—One of the most destructive fires that has perhaps ever occurred in Glasgow, commenced on Saturday evening, November 3. in the immense upholstery…
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At about 1 o clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in a house occupied by Mr. Jas. Tedd, Pittwater-road, Manly, and the building was completely destroyed. Fortunately, however, a portion of the…
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Bush fires are spreading with alarming rapidity in the Stroud district. Yesterday five homesteads, together with the barns and outhouses and their contents, were completely destroyed,…
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A large fire broke out to-day in Symond-street, Auckland, which resulted in the destruction of eight buildings. The damage done is estimated at £5000…
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The Yale of Clwydd Company's principal engine house was destroyed by fire this morning. The cause is unknown. The colliery manager is absent in Newcastle. No particulars can be…
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Large bosh fires prevailed all yesterday about the North Rocks. Hundreds of tons of wood, besides a quantity of fencing, were destroyed. With much difficulty the fire was prevented from…
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On Saturday afternoon a fire commenced in the bush to the eastward of the Cabramatta Station, in the district known to the local residents as " Moonshine," which afterwards assumed very serious…
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The Vale of Clwydd Company's principal engine house was destroyed by fire this morning. The cause is unknown. The colliery manager is absent in Newcastle. No particulars can be…
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A disastrous fire occurred at an early hour this morning on the works of the Vale of Clwydd Coal-mining and Copper Smolting Company. About 10 minutes after midnight a young man named Ellis, returning…
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Intelligence is to hand of a disastrous fire, involving considerable loss of life, which occurred at Malata. The Je[?] wish School caught fire, and the flames spread with such rapidity…
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The Catania s.s., from Sydney to Antwerp, via Valparaiso, has arrived at Antwerp with her cargo on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous and Fatal Fire at a School. London, Dec. 24
Intelligence is to hand of a disastrous fire, involving considerable loss of life, which occurred at Malata (?). A Jewish school caught fire, and the flames spread with…
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