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To-night some alarm was caused at the Opera House during the performance of Gaylord and Silbon's troupe by several pieces of lighted material coming down upon the porformers. Presently an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--During the performance of the Gaylord Silbon Co. at the Opera Haute last night, one of the borders on the stage caught fire, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Wiseman's Ferry correspondent writes:—Not without regret I have to report a lose sustained by the Rev. J. King Brown, of St. Albans, whilst discharging pastoral duties. He had to conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 462 →Shortly after 10 o'clock last night the alarm of fire rang through the city, and it was found that the flames had secured a hold in the top storey of a ?warehouse. No. 28. Market-street. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after 10 o'clock last night a fire was discovered in the premises situated at No. 26 Market-street, occupied by Messrs. Bruce aud Johns, on the first and second floors as general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A destructive fire occurred in Sydney-street Mackay, early last Saturday morning. It is supposed to bare started at the rear of Barnes' saddler's shop. The flames spread with great rapidity until…
Continued on Trove, page 443 →NEWCASTLE, This Day.—A small fire broke out in the Lambton Post-office last night among some wearing apparel, but was speedily extinguished, and before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About half-past 7 to-night a fire was discovered in R. Harper and Co.'s oat and rice mills at Fort Melbourne. The mill is a large four-storey brick building. The fire broke out in the second storey…
Continued on Trove, page 431 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-To-night some alarm was caused at the Opera House during the performance of Gaylord and Silbon's troupe by several pieces lightod material coming down upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CAMPBELLTOWN, This Day.--The recent bush fire at Moreton Park burnt 500 acres of grass. Mr. M'Mullen, the owner, is a heavy loser…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest from home about the fire, or, rather, fires, on board Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons' steamship Essex, homeward bound from Australia, is that the spontaneous ignition of glue pieces is suspected of having happened on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At half-past 7 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire was discovered at 29, Bligh-street, in premises occupied by Mr. C. A. Sherwin as Tarkish baths. The outbreak was caused by the overheating of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Monday.—The steamer Investigator, lying at Port Adelaide, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Saturday, by the bursting of a lamp left alight in the forecastle. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, March 4.—A destructive fire has occurred at the military depot at Weedon Beck, in Northamptonshire. A large quantity of army small arm and stores were destroyed. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a lecture before the Society of Arts, Mr. A. W. C. Ghean gave the following concise and simple directions how to act on the occurrence of fires. Fire requires air; therefore on its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A destructive fire has occurred at the military depot at Weedon Beck, in Northamptonshire. A large quantity of army small arms and stores were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mr. A. Pettigrave, at North Fitzroy, early this morning, which partially destroyed the building. The loss is covered by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A disastrous fire broke out in Mr. T. Clarke's bakery, alongside Mr. Crouch's Trade Palace, at 2 o'clock this morning. The fire had possession of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Tuesday. -- About midnight on Monday a fire broke out in Bond's Bark Mills, Gladstone-street, Hobart, adjacent to the wharves, and speedily spread until it became…
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