Great Fire in America. London, Jan. 2
A great fire has occurred in Boston, United States. An entire block of buildings, including the Globe Theatre, was destroyed…
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A great fire has occurred in Boston, United States. An entire block of buildings, including the Globe Theatre, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →By a fire at a lodging-house at Buffalo, in New York State, 16 persons were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A sad accident occurred late last night: A fire broke out in a four-roomed wood and iron house in Crystal-street, occupied by a miner named James Davey, his wife and seven children. The occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →"Nothing will give me greater pleasure." "Will Thursday evening suit your lordship ?"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, January 2— It is officially an nounced that the Duke and Duchess of York regret their inability to visit Australia this year, but there is a probability that the visit…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Yesterday morning at a few minutes to 11 the chief engineer of the steamer Nairnshire, lying at M'llwraith's Wharf, Darling Harbor, discovered that the ship was on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting for the election of officers was held on Wednesday night, when the following were selected:—Captain, W. Sayers; 1st lieutenant, E. J. Dunleary; 2nd lieutenant, James Lane; treasurer,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A fire broke out at 2 a.m. to-day in the centre block of Pall Mall, Bendigo. It originated in Greenburgh's tobacconist's shop and spread along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was an outbreak of fire in a rag warehouse in May -street, off George- street West, yesterday. The building, which was of two floors and contained old rags, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly before 11 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the afterpart of the forehold of the steamer Nairnshire at M'Ilwraith's Wharf, Darling Harbor. About…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 9 minutes to 11 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the after part of the forehold of the steamer Nairnshire, lying at M'[?]wraith's Wharf, Darling Harbour. About 200 carcases of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday morning, shortly before 11 o'clock, a fire was discovered by the chief engineer on board the steamer Nairnshire, lying at present at Macllwraith's Wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When some twenty minutes had been wasted on such thoughts, Samuel Gubbs rang the bell furiously. "Is Mr. Lechmere in ?" he asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A partial survey of the steamship Nairnshire was yesterday made by Captains J. Hall Laidman (of the Sydney Underwriters' Association) and Captain J. Vine Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The origin of the fire on board the frozen meat-carrying steamer Nairnshire lias not yet been discovered. Yesterday Captains J. Hall and T. Laidman, of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Though filled with great crowds the world was an empty place to him ; he was a stranger to all men, and all men were strangers to him. Every day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FERNMOUNT, Monday.--An inquest was held to-day on the bodies of the two men, Argue and Rees, who were killed at Nana Creek on Friday last by a dynamite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first thing yesterday forenoon Captain Vine Hall (representing the ship) and Captain Lardman (for the underwriters) made a preliminary survey of the fire on board the steamer Nairnshire. They found that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The insurance on the contents of the building amounted to £1500 with the United Insurance Co., and on the building £2000 with the Australian Alliance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, January 9.— A fire has occurred at the Chicago Casino and the Liberal Arts section of the Exhibition. Exhibits of the value of 100,000dol were destroyed. The…
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