Fatal Fire
BROKEN HILL.—Harris' Duke of Cornwall Hotel was burned down here this morning, at 2 o'clock. The bodies of three men have already been taken from the debris, and possibly others remain…
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Fatal Fire at Broken Hill. Two Men Burnt to Death. (By Telegraph.)
BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A fire, attended with fatal results, occurred hero last night or early this morning. The Duke of Cornwall Hotel, owned by Mr. Barney Horris, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Broken Hill. Two Men Roasted to Death. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Broken Hill
This morning at 1 a.m. the night watchman raised a cry of fire. He noticed flames bursting from Barnett Harris's Duke of Cornwall Hotel, a one-storied building situated at the south of the main street of the town,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fatal Fire at Broken-hill. (By Telegraph.)
BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The inquest on the bodies of the two men who were burned to death at the fire which took place at B. Harris' Hotel early on Monday morning took place…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatal Fire at Broken Hill. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Broken Hill
An inquest was held by Warden Brown, Police Magistrate, this afternoon on the bodies of the two men burned on Monday morning in the Duke of Cornwall Hotel. The evidence adduced proved that the men were Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Disaster at a Theatre. Fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter. Over 200 Lives Supposed to Be Lost. Recovery of 130 Bodies. a Fearful Panic Among the Audience
LONDON, Tuesday.--A terrible disaster occured at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, last night during the performance of "Romany Rye." In the fourth act a fire occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. Herald Office, 4.15 a.m. Fire at a Theatre. Destruction of the Theatre Royal, Exeter. Terrible Loss of Life. 130 Bodies Recovered. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 6
A disastrous fire occured at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, during the performance last night. The fire broke out on the stage. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Fatal Fire at Exeter Theatre. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Surely we have had enough warning, and yet nothing has been done in our Sydney theatres to prevent an equally fatal calamity to the above. I have lately noticed that the iron gates leading from the hall of one of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Disaster at a Theatre. Fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter. About 140 Lives Lost. a Fearful Panic Among the Audience
LONDON, Tuesday.--A terrible disaster occured at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, last night during the performance of "Romany Rye." In the fourth act a fire occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Railway Smash Train on Fire. a Strange Scene
PETERSHAM.—One of the greatest smashes that have occurred in the colony since the terrible occasion when two goods trains ran into each other at Emu plains in January…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Fatal Fire at Silverton. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Broken Hill
Another fire occurred at Silverton early this morning [?] a small hut near ths Chinese Camp, resulting in loss of life. The occupant was a woman known as "Old Crutchy," and her charred body was found amongst the debris. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire at Exeter Theatre. 150 Lives Lost. Immediate Legislation Promised. the Prevention of Such Disasters
LONDON, Wednesday.--The latest intelligence from Exeter shows that, so far as can be ascertained, the total number of deaths through the fire at the Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lays of the Ancient Squatter. Ii. the Bush Fire
In days when breath comes short and fast, And birds are still because of heat; While clouds of dust are upwards cast By weary cattle's lagging feet;…
Continued on Trove, page 551 →Fearfully Fatal Fire
LONDON, September 8.—It has now been ascertained that 190 persons peris bed in the burning of the Exeter Theatre. Sixty of the dead are not identified, being represented merely by a mass…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Fire at Silverton
Early on Thursday morning, our correspondent telegraphs, a fire broke out in a small hut near the Chinese camp at Silverton. The occupant, a woman known by the name of…
Continued on Trove, page 550 →Fatal Fire at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
This morning at 1 a.m. the night watchman raised a cry of fire. He noticed flames bursting from Barnett Harris's Duke of Cornwall Hotel, a one-storied building situated at the south of the main street of the town,…
Continued on Trove, page 547 →Serious Railway Accident Near Petersham. a Train Destroyed by Fire. No Lives Lost
Shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday morning a serious railway disaster, but, happily, accompanied by no fatal results, occurred between Lewisham and Petersham, and resulted in the wreck of a goods-train and its partial destruction by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Accident at Petersham. a Goods Train Wrecked. the Greater Part of It Rolls Over the Viaduct. Fire in the Wreckage--a Magnificent Sight. No Lives Lost. Cause of Accident--a Broken Axle
Within a few minutes of the 4.10 goods train having Sydney yesterday morning, 13 of the 20 vehicles which comprised it were precipitated over the Petersham viaduct…
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Early yesterday morning a fire was discovered at the Railway Hotel, 825 George-street. On the alarm being given, the members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were quickly on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive Fire
This morning a fire was discovered in an unoccupied dwelling, No. 31, Chambers-street, Glebe. The Glebe volunteer company called the Metropolitan Brigade, and in a few minutes the firemen…
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