Fire near Peats Ferry
PEATS PERRY, This Day.-- A fire broke out between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning on Dangar's Island in a wedtherboard building belonging to Messrs. Ryland and…
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Fire at Peats Ferry
PEAT'S FERRY, Thursday.--A fire broke out between 1 and 2 o'clock the morning on Dangar's Island in a weatherboard building belonging to Messrs. Ryaan and Morse,…
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LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Baquet Theatre, a handsome structure at Oporto, Portugal, was destroyed by fire last night. The fire occurred during the performance,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Dangar Island. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peat's Ferry
A fire broke out between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, on Dangar Island, in a weatherboard building belonging to Messrs. Ryland and Morse. sub-contractors for the superstructure of the Hawkesbury bridge. The building…
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ABOUT 4.35 a.m, to-day a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. W. Johnson, Market-lane, Manly. The Manly Volunteer Fire Co. were soon in…
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The Scandinavian township of Nersewood, situated in a bush clearing in tho Hawkes Bay district, was almost wholly destroyed, by fire on the 16th during a violent gale. Owing to the great heat and the terrific force of the…
Continued on Trove, page 650 →Incendiary Fires in Burmah. London, March 22
The settlement of Myiugyan, in Upper Burmah, has been burned to the ground. The fire was the work of incendiaries. Fifteen thousand Burmese have been rendered…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Coroner Martin commenced an enquiry this afternoon into the fire on board the Bhip Aristomone on Monday last. The evidence of Captain Attridge and the…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.— The fire which caused such devastation in the Hawke's Bay district and destroyed the village of Norsewood, originated in some sparks from a clearing being blown by the…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The inquiry into the cause of the fire on board the Aristomene was commenced yesterday, when the captain and steward were…
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The settlement of Myingan, in Upper Burmah, has been totally destroyed by fire. Fifteen thousand persons are reported to be homeless, and the atmost…
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On Sunday morning a fire broke out on board the ship Aristomene, Captain Attridge. 750 tons register, loaded with 2730 tons of Wallsend coal for San Francisco, lying in the Horseshoe Bend ready to go to sea on Monday morning…
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London, March 19.— Faction fighting of a very serious character took place at Longford, on Saturday (St. Patrick's Day). A large body of police were called out, and being…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Fire on the Ship Aristomene. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Nescastle
Mr. Thomas Brooks, J.P., Lloyd's marine surveyor for the port of Newcastle, has made a survey of the ship Aristomene, which was found to bo on fire on Sunday last. He estimates that it will cost about £400 to put the vessel in…
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Our Forbes correspondent telegraphed on Monday:— Bush fires between Forbes and Grenfell have destroyed many miles of fencing. Mr. Dent, of Ooma, had 1000 sheep burned…
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AEOUT 4.35 a.m. to-day a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. W. Johnson, Market-late, Manly. The Manly Volunteer Fire Co. were soon in…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At a place called Wyee, a station on the Newcastle-Sydney line, there stood an old saw-mill, one that had not been used for years…
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PEAT'S FERRY, This Day.—The Navvies' Friend Hotel, Mullet Creek, was entirely destroyed by fire yesterday morning with all its contents. The inmates saved…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The inquiry into the cause, of the fire on board the Aristomene was commenced yesterday, when the captain and steward were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Death by Lightning. a House Set on Fire. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Barranjoey
This afternoon, during the close of a severe storm which passed over Barrenjoey, ending about 6 p.m., a small tworoomed house near the lighthouse was struck by lightning, and instantly enveloped in flames from end to end. Within…
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