The Late Fire at Wallendbeen
COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday. -- At the inquest on the fire at Wa[?]endbeen, the jury returned a ver[?]ct of no evidence to show how the fire originated. The insurances are very slight, the…
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The Late Fire at the Wallendbeen Flourmill. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Cootamundra
The fire at Wallendbeen mill has been burning all day, and it will probably continue to burn for a week. An inquest was held to-day before the coroner, Mr. T. Barnos, of Murrumburrah, and a jury. Evidence was given by…
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The Wellington Post and Telegraph Office, a new handsome brick building, which was erected at a cost of £26,000, was destroyed by fire on the 28th ultimo. The fire is supposed to have originated in the…
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Terrible forest fires have occurred in Hungary, and thousands of people have been rendered homeless…
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TUMUT, Wednesday.--Yesterday morning a four-room cottage belonging to Mr. O. J. Miller was burnt to the ground, evidently having been set on fire by some person…
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A ship on fire at sea is a grand yet terrible spectacle, especially to those who view it with doubts as to the safety of the crew. Fortunately, it is not often that we have to record…
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COWRA, Monday.--Messrs. Boxa[?]l and Conlon's lemonade factory was burnt to the ground on Saturday night. The structure being built of wood, the fire got too great a hold on the…
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Melbourne. Tuesday.--The drapery establishment of Mrs. Finlay Anderson, of Benalla (Vic.), has been destroyed by fire. The damages are estimated at £2300…
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About half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Bourke and M'Namarie, tobacco merchants and hairdressers, 129, George-street West, through the bursting of a kerosene…
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Shortly after 12 o'clock noon yesterday a fire occurred at No. 206, Botany-road, Waterloo, on the premises occupied by Mr. James H. Gourlay, confectioner, who was absent at the time holiday-making. The origin of the fire is at…
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A fire occurred during the performance of " Mignon " at the Opera Comique last night. The theatre was completely burnt, and 20 persons connected with the company were…
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Last evening, at about half-past 11 o'clock, considerable alarm was occasioned in George-street by the outbreak of a fire in Messrs. Atkinson and Co.'s photographic gallery…
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Paris, Thursday.--Sixty persons are known to have been injured in the fire at the Opera Comique yesterday, and it is feared that more bodies are in the…
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Paris, May 26.—A fire occurred during the performance of "Mignon" at the Opera Comique last night. The theatre was completely burnt, and 20 persons connected with the company were…
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Further particulars in reference to the burning of the Opera Comique in Paris show that the total number of casualties was 60. On the outbreak of the fire a panic seized the…
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What was formerly the No. 4 South Sydney Fire Brigade has been reorganised and reconstituted, and is now known as the Darlington Volunteer Fire Brigade. New premises are being erected for them at the corner of…
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The inauguration of the Darlington Fire Brigade, originally known as No. 4 South Sydney, in Darlington, and the opening of the temporary station by the Mayor of that…
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Paris, Friday.--Fifty-six bodies in all have now been extracted from the ruins of the Opera Comique, and more remain buried under the debris…
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New York, Friday.--A fire of great magnitude occurred last night in the stables of the Tramcar Company. The flumes spread with such rapidity that…
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