Fire in Young. YOUNG
Yesterday evening a fire occurred in a large wooden house in Main-street, Young, occupied jointly by Messrs. Stone and Cassin. Mrs. Cassin had just lit a fire to prepare for tea when she was…
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The Dubbo Fire
On Sunday morning, about 4 o'clock, the alarm of fire was raised, and in a short time large crowds gathered in Macquarie-street, near Serisier and Co.'s Dubbo Stores, where the fire had broken out. At this part of the street…
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LONDON, April 27.—A disastrous fire broke out last night in the Queen's-road, Bayswater, on the premises of Mr. Whiteley, universal provider. The efforts of the firemen to subdue the…
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in Dubbo on Sunday morning, involving loss of property amounting to about £25,000. The fire originated in the drapery store of…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--A fire occurred this afternoon in Felton, Grimwade, and Co.'s vault (stored with explosive chemicals) situated at the back of Flinders-lane, in the heart of the city. A…
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A fire occurred yesterday afternoon in Messrs. Felton, Grimwade, and Co.'s vault (stored with explosive chemicals) situated at the back of Flinders-lane, in the heart of the city. A dense…
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About half-past 4 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. T. .Stewart, hay and corn and produce dealer, of Cleveland-street, between Crown and Bourke streets…
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Yesterday afternoon a trial was made of a new fire-resisting paint called cyanite, of which the patentee is represented in Australia by Mr Louis Samuel. Messrs. Cunningham and Co., of…
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Now York, March 23.--"Let me die! Keep away from me 1" shrieked a young woman whose clothing was ablaze as she sprang to the pavement from the doorway of 318 Pearl-street this…
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LONDON, April 3. -- The fire yesterday originated in the printing house of Pardon and Sons, Lovell's-court, Paternoster-row. From there it quickly extended to the famous old "Dolly's…
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ECFAULA, Ala., April 3, 1884. -- The steamer Rebecca Eve[?]ngham, of the Central line, plying between Columbus, Gs., and Apalachicola, Fla., on the Chattahoochee River, was burnt to the water's…
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On Sunday morning about 4 o'clock; when the town was enwrapped in slumber, the alarm of "fire" was raised, and, in a abort time, large crowds gathered in Macquarie-street, near…
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A fire occurred in St. John's Presbyterian Church, Wellington, on Thursday night. The building was destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown, but incendiarism is suspected. The…
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AUCKLAND, Friday. -- St. John's Presbyterian Church, Wellington, was burnt down to-day, and the adjoining houses damaged by the fire. The fire is attributed to incendiarism. The church…
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On Saturday morning, about half, ast 1, kerosene lamp burst in a bedroom of a hours in Kent-street, igniting a table cloth, carpet and some wearing apparel, The M[?]ropoliton…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday. -- A fire of a very destructive character occurred in Commercial-street. Mount Gambier, to-day, when a store belonging to Mr Urne was completely gutted. The fire was not…
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A fire of a very destructive character occurred in Commercial-street, Mount Gambier, yesterday, when a store, which belonged to Mr. Urne, was gutted. The building was owned by Mr…
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About, midnight, yesterday, a serious fire broke out on the premises of Mr S[?]unders, auctioneer, Harris-street Ultim[?]. The fire originated at the north side of the shop in close proxim[?]y to a ca[?]…
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GOULBURN, Friday. -- This afternoon a fire broke out in a shed at the rear of a two-storied house belonging to Mr Edwin Butler, North Goulburn. The fire brigade arrived in time to extinguish it…
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THE London correspondent of the BIRMINGHAM DAILY POST states that the lady students of Girton College, having lately had canee for alarm by the everheating of one of the stove-pipes of the building…
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