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The following items of news are gleaned from Hongkong files just to hand:-- Excitement ran high in Lamangkang, a small Chinese village about 10 miles below…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →YOUNG, Tuesday.--An inquest was held at Calabash yesterday, touching the death of a boy named O'Connor, aged four years, who died on Sunday from the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The police are engaged in investigating the circumstances connected with the burning of the ship Habitant. An inquest will probably be held at the instance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This council met on 7th June. The Mayor (Alderman J. G. Griffin, J.P.) occupied the chair. The Public Works Department wrote, in reply to the council's claim for an extra £50 to that already voted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand files to hand include the following items of news:-- Captain Keys, of the schooner Alert, which went ashore at Lyell Bay, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A fire broke out In an unoccupied house in Railway street, near Park street, about half-past 2 o'clock this morning. The house was one of a terrace of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest into the fire which occurred mat week at Yeager's packing -case factory at Pyrmont will be held on Wednesday next at the Pyrmont Royal Exchange Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →in consequence of a request by the proprietors of the premises known as Yeager's Wharf, Pyrmont, where a destructive fire occurred on the 5th instant, the city coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A most disastrous fire has occurred at the city of Panama, in Columbia, Central America. All attempts to check the progress of the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--All unoccupied house in Railway-street, one of a terrace of three weatherboard buildings, was destroyed by fire this morning, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At 7.30 this morning a fire broke out in a terrace of houses in Railway-street, Newcastle, It originated in an unoccupied house, which was totally destroyed. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 5.15 last evening a fire took place at the residence of Mr. E. Newton, 92 Elizabeth Bay road. The Paddington Brewery V.F.B. and the M.F.B. responded to the call given by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A good supply of kindling wood should be used in starting the fire. The coal used should be in small pieces, thereby giving more surface for the fire to act on. If…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shortly before half-past 2 o'clock this morning there was a scare that the Lyceum Theatre was well alight and burning fiercely. Such an alarming rumor very naturally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 2.30 this morning, a fire was discovered in a restaurant occupied by Mr. Kelly, and situated above Mr. A. Kurts's furniture warehouse, 228 Pitt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, June 15.—A great fire has taken place at Panama, Central America. One third of the city was destroyed. The damage amounts to £600,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An explosion of a most disastrous nature, involving appalling loss of life, has occurred at a colliery at Karwin, Austria. The explosion was occasioned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The American ship, Habitant, which lies alongside the South Wharf, just below the steam ferry at Spencer-street, caught fire this morning before 5 o'clock, and, though every effort…
Continued on Trove, page 1238 →Panama, has been the scene of a most disastrous fire. All attempts to check the progress of the flames were unavailing, and the fire quickly burnt itself out after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a quarter to 7 lost evening the alarm of fire was raised upon premises on Peter sham-road, Marrickville, occupied by Maurice Handley, a laborer. A liberal…
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