Great Fire at Honolulu
Papers by the Mararoa give details of an extraordinarily destructive five at Honolulu on April 18, which resulted in the complete destruction of the Chinese quarters. The fire was…
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Fatal Fire at Auckland. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Friday. -- Yesterday a fire occurred in Borsboom's lodging-house, Auckland. While the fire was racing seven men jumped from the windows of the upper…
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At about 4 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in Honolulu The fire worked its way along Hotelstreet on bothsides, travelling steadily towards the river on the Ewa side and towards Fort-street on the…
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At 3.35 p.m. yesterday a fire broke out in the building opposite Anin's coffee shop of Hotel-street. China Company No. 5 was almost immediately to hand and got first water, No. 2…
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WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--Considerable alarm was felt in Maitland this evening when the report, spread that a fire had broken out on Messrs. Blair and Son's (stationer's) premises…
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The Insurance Institute of New South Wales met on Wednesday, the 12th instant, at the Royal Society's Rooms, Elizabeth-street. Mr. Teece, president, was in the chair. Mr. W. C. Goddard road a paper on "Fire…
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A large incendiary fire occurred on the night of April I in the southern portion of the town outside the walled city. A gang of about 60 dacoits attacked and attempled to loot a house in the town. The inmates resisted them pluckily…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--A fire occurred at the Terminus Hotel last night. It entirely destroyed the place. The damage amounted to £1800, and only one-third is covered by insurance…
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BRAIDWOOD, Monday.--To-day Terence Kennedy, of Ridsdale, reported to the police that at about 20min. to 4 o'clock this morning R. G. Catlin, a neighbour, sent for him. He…
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Sir,--I have read Mr. Goddard's paper on this question with much interest, but some statements appear in it which ought to be explained. I shall therefore take a few of these and…
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The fire, which broke out at Reedsdale in a Mr. Catlin's house, was noticed by his neighbours, who after a couple of hours work got the fire under. A lad named…
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NOUMEA, May 12.--A fire, unequalled in magnitude since the existence of Noumea, occurred on the 10th inst., when the stores occupied by Messrs. de Sonneville Freres were…
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NOUMEA, Friday, May 7.—The local Government has wired to France that it wilt welcome the thousand recidivistes, and have everything prepared for their arrival…
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The 14tlh annual meeting of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held at the offices of the institution corner of Pitt and King streets, to-day, a…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The ship Midlothian, 1086 tons burthen, caught fire early this morning while berthed at the Williams-town Railway Pier. About 4 o'clock smoke…
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At about 4 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in Honolulu. The fire worked its way along Hotel- street on bothsides, travelling steadily towards the river on the Ewa side and towards Fort-street on the…
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The following is a translation of the Latin inscription on the north side of the monument, erected to perpetuate the remembrance of this great calamity: —"In the year of Christ, 1666, the 2nd day of…
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The apparatus invented by Henry Guy Carleton, of New York, for indicating fire damp, is herewith shown, as illustrated and desoribed by the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. It consists, essentially, of one or…
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At about half-past 12 to-day a fire was discovered in a workshop constructed of galvanised iron, and belonging to Mr. Geo. Barr, tinsmith and galvanised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Edition. Globe Office, 5 P.m. Randwick Race Meeting. Queen's Birthday Review. Sir Henry Loch's Level. the Celebration in Melbourne. Good Tidings From Kimberley. Harriman and Edwards. the South Polar Expedition. Melbourne Hunt Club. Fire at Camperdown. Eastern Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club. Important Mining Discoveries at Marble Island. Sydney Turf Club
The day opened cloudy for the Birthday Meeting of the above club. The sky was everclad, and there was every sign of rain. In spite of this fact, however, a great…
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