A Fire Inquest Adjourned
Mr. J. C. Woore, the City Coroner, this morning opened an inquest, the object of which was to inquire into the circumstances connected with the fire discovered on…
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Fire in New Brunswick
A large portion of the city of St. John, New Brunswick, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £60,000…
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LONDON, Friday.-- The town of St. John, capital of New Brunswick, has been partially destroyed by fire, the damage to property being estimated at £60,000…
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The City Coroner initiated an inquest this morning into the circumstances surrounding a fire which occurred on Thursday evening at No. 40 Victoria-street, Darlinghurst. The jury…
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A large portion of the city of St, John, New Brunswick, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated to amount to £60,000…
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A mob of drunken strikers at Riga, in Russia, attacked the police, and set fire with petroleum to a number of houses in a low quarter of the town. Several women…
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One of the most disastrous conflagrations that have evet occurred in this town broke out in a bootshop occupied by Mr. E. Anthe this afternoon. The building,which is of wood, blazed fiercely. The…
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BOURKE, Friday.-- A fire broke out at Mitchell street this afternoon, and in less than an hour three shops, occupied by E. Anther, bootmaker; Barnett and Barron, tailors; and G. Kaute,…
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BOURKE, Friday Afternoon.-A disastrous fire broke out shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon in Mitchell-street. Barnett and Barron's tailoring establishment was destroyed; also E. Anthe's boot…
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There was a good attendance at Granville Volunteer Fire Brigade competition on Saturday, and some very good work was done by the competing teams. Captain Broadhurst, of Waverley, was examiner, and generally…
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A disastrous fire has occurred at Coney Island, opposite New York Two hundred hotels. saloons bathing pavilions and other buildings. chiefly in the lower quarters were…
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The Mahinuapua, steamer, which left Hobart on Saturday evening: for Strahan, in hor forehold. It was soon extinguished,…
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LONDON, May 27.-A terrible fire has occurred at Coney Island, the popular watering place near New York. Before the flames could be extinguished 200 buildings,…
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A determined ease of suicide was reported to the Ashfield police yesterday afternoon, the victim being a man named Emanuel Mandelson, who had previously resided at No. 5 Avenue-road, Glebe Point, Mandelson arrived…
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LONDON, May 28, 3.14 p.m.-Six hundred families have been rendered homeless through the great fire which, recently devastated the town of St. John's, New…
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LONDON, Saturday.--A disastrous fire has occurred at Coney Island, opposite New York. Two hundred hotels, saloons, bathing-pavilions, and other buildings, chiefly in the lower quarters,…
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HOBART, Sunday.--The Union Company's steamer Mahinapua, Captain Suffran, left here last night for Strahan, with a full cargo of lumber and passengers. At 3 o'clock this morning, when…
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Six hundred families are homeless at St. John, New Brunswick, as a consequence of the recent disastrous fire…
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A fire brigade competition took place in Grauville on Saturday afternoon between members of the local br[?]gade for trop[?]ies presented by the tradespeople. There were large entries, and the trails were close…
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Six hundrd families have been rendered homeless by the fire which destroyed a large portion of St. John, New Brunswick…
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