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Shortly before 3.30 this morning a fire was discovered in Church-street, Parramatta, in some old buildings at the rear of shops occupied by Prank H. Hughes, grocer, E. Butcher, draper, and P…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, May 9, 7.55 p.m.—The commander of the French cruiser Suchet has telegraphed to the French Government, stating that a mass of fire fell on St. Pierre at 8 o'clock in the morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A coroner's inquest into the circumstances surrounding the great fire, which. in March last, resulted in the total destruction of the Ryde emporium and the Ryde School of Arts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the afternoon of March 31 an explosion of gas in the Nelson mine of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company at Dayton, Tenn., ignited the dry coal dust in the mine and caused a terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Peasants raided the State granary at Turkalinsk, in the province of Tomsk, Siberia. The police attempted to prevent them, but the officers were dispersed and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Tuesday night an unoccupied four-roomed cottage belonging to Mr. Bray was burnt to the ground, and the contents, including some hives of bees and other goods, were destroyed. The sheds,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Granville Volunteer Fire Brigade received a call shortly after 10 o'clock on Saturday evening from the local exchange to a fire at the Clyde shunting yards, the property of the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At about quarter to 4 o'clock on Saturday morning a fire was discovered in some outbuildings at the rear of the premises occupied by Messrs. F. H. Hughes, grocer, E. Butcher, draper, and P…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquest respecting the recent fire at Ryde was concluded at the Ryde Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. M'Nevin and a jury. There was a certain mystery about the fire, but no evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred on Saturday night at the Granville railway shunting yards, by which a truck of flax was burned and a truck of timber partly destroyed. A call was received by the local volunteer fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A. fire occurred at 3.30 this morning in the back premises of Mr. Hughes, grocer, corner of Church and Argyle streets, and extended to the rear of Mr. Bowman's bakery in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The adjourned inquest into the circumstances concerning the fire at Ryde on March 12. when the store of Messrs. E. Swords and Company was destroyed, and also the School of Arts building,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Inquest concerning the fire which destroyed Messrs. Swords and Co.'s stores and the Ryde School of Arts on the night of March 12 was continued before the Coroner,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The commander of the French cruiser Suchet has telegraphed to the French Government, stating that a mass of fire fell on St. Pierre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The survlvors of the British steamer Ro raima, who have arrived at Dominica, one of the Leeward Group, supply further details regarding the Martinique disaster. They, state…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A St. Thomas cablegram states that thousands of people were killed at St. Pierre, Martinique, by the eruption of Mount Pelee. A stream of boiling mud, which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The test arbitration case Dennis v. the Railway Commissioner, that will settle claims by landowners for about £6600 arising out of the Birregurra bush fires of last year, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The test arbitration case, Dennis v. the Railway Commissioners, to settle claims by landowners for nearly £7000 arising out of the Birregurra bush fires last year, when large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A four-roomed wood and iron house with the contents was totally destroyed by fire at South Broken Hill to-day. The premises were owned by Susanna P[?]yor, and occupied by W. Opie. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A call was received at a quarter to 11 a.m. yesterday to a fire which had broken out in premises at No. 146 William-street, City, occupied by Mr. S. W. Bradbury, fruiterer, and owned by…
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