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It is reported from Fiume, a seaport town in Hungary, that a falling meteorite has caused a large fire in that town by falling upon and igniting a warehouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large fire has occurred at Fiume, the seaport in Hungary, on the shores of the Adriatic. Several warehouses were destroyed. The fire was caused by the fall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last evening a lavatory car was damaged at Redfern railway station under strange circumstances. The go reservoir was being filled, and a railway employee was standing by with a lamp. Suddenly one of the pipes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shortly after 7 o'clock last night, a fire occurred at a house at Burton-street, owned and occupied by Mr. James Lane, a dyer. The fire, which was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp, was extinguished by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A peculiar fire occurred at the Redfern Railway Station last evening in one of the lavatory cars. It seems that the gas reservoir was being filled, one of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MURRURUNDI, Thursday.—The stables end coachhouse of the White Hart Hotel, Haydonton (Mr. T. Rooney proprietor), were completely destroyed by fire at daylight this morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday Night.--The steamer Dahomey, belonging to the African Steamship Company, went ashore yesterday off Holyhead, North Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The above was heard in Sydney the other day from a constable who was chasing a man supposed to have committed a robbery, but we see people almost every day compelled to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COOLGARDIE, Monday.—Another large fire, destroying four shops and gutting two others, occurred in Hunt-street early yesterday morning. The flames were first observed issuing from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATHURST, Monday.—A serious fire occurred at the Acme Roller Flour Mills on Saturday night, doing damage estimated at £2000. When the brigade arrived the flames had a good hold on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ARMIDALE, Monday.—On Good Friday morning a large shed on the farm of G. Fittler, near Armidale, was burnt down. Sixty-five tons of hay and ten tons of potatoes were destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRANDERA, Saturday.—A six—roomed house occupied by John Hayward, and owned by Thomas Parlyon, was destroyed by fire last night. Nothing was saved. It is supposed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out on Saturday morning in the promises of Dunn and Co.'s milk depot, Yonng- street, Fitzroy. The premises were destrcyed, and eight horses stabled at the rear porished in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TAMWORTH, Saturday.—The large stables belonging to Mrs. Lynch were totally destroyed by fire on Thursday night; also a quantity of hay, a sulky, harness, and a quantity of fencing. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—A destructive fire occurred at the Concentrated Milk Company's Works, Young-street, Fitzroy, on Saturday morning. Fifteen valuable horses were roasted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large fire broke out at 3.30 this morning in Young-street, Fitzroy, and destroyed the large boot manufactory of Robert White and Charles Dunn and Co.'s stables and dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last night a fire broke out in the Acme Roller Flour Mills, owned by Mr. Harry C. Matthews, and did considerable damage. It was first noticed through the windows at the rear of the engine room…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DUNEDIN, Sunday.--The steamer Tekoa, which has arrived at Port Chalmers from London, reports that during a heavy gale a fire was discovered in the hold. The flames were extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COOLGARDIE, Sunday.--Another disastrous fire occurred at Coolgardie this morning, doing damage estimated at £5000. At 3 o'clock flames were observed issuing from the premises of J…
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