Great Fire in New York
London, April 20.—A great conflagration has occurred in New York. The fire broke out at Wilcox's lard refinery and rapidly extended to other buildings, consisting of warehouses and…
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Australian. Victoria. The Bijou Fire
MELBOURNE, This Day. -- Messrs. Brough and Boucicault deny the statement that the employees were smoking on the stage the day of the fire at the Bijou. The…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday.-Messrs. Fleming and Gekinson's large flour mill was partially destroyed by fire at Invercargill on Friday. It is estimated that the total damage Trill exceed£30,000, but…
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Sir.—With deep sympathy and regret 1 read the sad news of the burning of the Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, where able volunteer firemen lost their lives and several were seriously injured. It is a sad way of purchasing…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—The R.M.S. Mariposa, after being 220 miles out, has had to return to port, in consequence of her cargo of flax taking fire. The fire, which was with difficulty…
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AUCKLAND, This Day. -- Messrs. Fleming and Gekinson's large; flour mill at Invercargill has been burned. The cause of the fire is not known, but the damage is…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The inquest into the circumstances connected with the destruction of the Bijou Theatre by fire was formally opened to-day before a special jury, and…
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Shortly before 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when 220 miles from Auckland, a fire was discovered iu the forehatch of the mail steamer Mariposa. It had broken out among the cargo of 500…
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A great conflagration has occurred in New York. The fire broke out at Wilcox's lard refinery and rapidly extended to other buildings, consisting of warehouses and…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.--An extensive fire has occurred at Invercargill, partially destroying Messrs. Fleming and Gekinson's large flour mill. The total damage is estimated at…
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We resume the description of the childish papal ceremonies preceding Easter Day, from the place where we left them in our last issue, at the striking of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Theatres. Defective Fire Appliances--lessees to Be Prosecuted. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Friday.--In consequence of the fatal fire at the Bijou Theatre, the health authorities have decided to prosecute the lessees of the Theatre Royal and Opera House for…
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THE passengers travelling by the express train from Melbourne last Tuesday night arrived in Albury in n great state of excitement. Inquiries showed that when the train was a few miles from…
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A fire broke out on the premises occupied by John Bourke, a baker, carrying on business at the rear of 182 Oxfork-street, Paddington, at 4.45 a.m. yesterday. The metropolitan firemen…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-A serious fire broke out in the premises of D. G. Child, draper, Elizabeth-street, on Sunday morning. The family retired at midnight, and shortly after the fire was…
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ABOUT half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the watchman at the STAR office, Charles Gardiner, discovered that a box of rubbish in an alley at the rear of the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.-The Central Board of Health, at its meeting this afternoon, discussed at length the fire at the Bijou Theatre. It was unanimously decided that the police should be…
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MELBOURNE, This Day. -- The theory has been propounded that the Bijou fire might have been occasioned by the crossing of the telephone and electric light wires,…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A serious fire broke out in the premises of D. G. Child, draper, Elizabeth-street, this morning. The family retired at midnight, and shortly after the fire was…
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