Fire at a Fruit Shop
Shortly after 10.30 yesterday morning a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. Bradbury, at 146 William-stret. The contents of the third floor were destroyed. The supposed…
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Fire at Dandaloo. The Royal Hotel Destroyed. DANDALO,.Tuesday
The Royal Hotel at Dandaloo was totally destroyed by fire last night, the occupants escaping almost in their night clothes, nothing being saved excepting the piano…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Present Position at St. Pierre. the Fire Dying Out. Wholesale Cremation Imperative
LONDON, Monday.--Landing parties have found the fire at St. Pierro dying out. The city is a heap of ruins, being mutilated beyond recognition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Volcanic Eruption. Devastation on Martinique. the Destruction of St. Pierre. a Whirlwind of Fire. Formation of a New Crater. Maelstrom of Red Hot Mud. the Town Engulfed. a Visit to the Scene. Horrible Sights. London, May 11
The following additional particulars have been received of the calamitous volcanic eruptions at the island of Martinique, West Indies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Disaster in the West Indies. an Appalling Catastrophe. a Whirlwind of Fire. Streams of Boiling Mud. Showers of Hot Cinders. Terrible Loss of Life. the Eruption at St. Vincent. Lakes Converted Into Steaming Pits. Sad Havoc Wrought. Three Great Communities Destroyed Besides St. Pierre
LONDON, Sunday Night--The Parisnal, "Le Temps," states that the whole of the north-eastern portion of Martinique is covered with waves of lava…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires. An Early Framing Blaze in Parramatta
Not long after three o'clock on Saturday morning, Mr. Butcher, draper, Church-street; was wakened by the crackling of burning timber. Rousing himself, he saw flames of fine…
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Yesterday afternoon a four-ro[?]ed weather-board house owned by Caldwell and Co., Lake Albert Vineyards, was totally destroyed by fire. The building was partly used as a residence for the…
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The Woollabra Council recently wrote to the Fire Brigades' Board, forwarding a copy of a resolution asking for improved fire brigade premises and buildings. A reply was received and…
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The Fire Brigades Board has informed the Wollabra Council, in replay to a communication sent bt that body asking for a better fire station for the borough, that it fully recognises that the…
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The Mayor of Forbes recently brought under the notice of the State Minister for Works the practice prevalent amongst travellers and others of camping and lighting fires underneath, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Geelong Fire. Melbourne
The fire at Harding's store at Geelong,which broke out last night, was still bruning at[?] p.m., but there is at present no danger to the adjacent property…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--General Kitchener notifies the Federal Commandant Army Orders from Pretoria that Warrant-officer M'Coll, of the Third New South Wales Mounted Rifles,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Dandaloo. Trangie
Shortly before 2 a.m. to-day a fire occurred in the hotel recently erected at Dandaloo by Mr. F. J. Martel, and occupied by Mr. T. M. Fogarty. In about an hour everything was consumed. Plenty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Inmates Narrowly Escape
DANDALOO, Tuesday.--The Royal Hotel, Dandaldoo. was totally destroyed by fire last night, the occupants escaping almost in their night clothes. Nothing was saved except the piano…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Visit to the Dunmore. Beached in Botany Bay. Narrowly Escaped Foundering. the Fires Put Out
With the object of obtaining what information was possible, and of ascertaining the position of the Dunmore, an "Evening News" reporter paid a visit to the beached vessel yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Great Volcanoes. a Mountain of Perpetual Fire. a Record of Eruptions
Among the earliest record of eruptions and earthquakes is the tradition recorded by Pliny that Sicily was torn from Italy. VESUVIUS…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Ryde Fire. Coroner's Inquest Resumed. Further Interesting Evidence. An Open Verdict. The Foreman's Narrow Escape
The Coroner's inquest, by Mr. T. E. MacNevin, District Coroner, and a jury of twelve into the circumstances surrounding the great ire which, on the 12th March last, destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] Extraordinary Disaster. Naptha Train on Fire. Spreading of the Flames. Twenty Killed, 200 INJURED
LONDON, May 13, 2.10 p.m.—While a train laden with naptha was shunting at Sheridan, near Pittsburg (U.S.), the rear cars telescoped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cables. (Received This Morning.) .Naphtha Train Explodes. Fire Near Pittsburg. Many Lives Lost. Flames Sweep the S[?] London, May 13, 2.10 p.m
An extraordinary disaster has occurred in the United States. The scene of the catastrophe was a place called Sheridan, near Pittsburg, where a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Stockton
Early this morning a three—roomed wooden cottage at Stockton was destroyed by fire. The house was [?]pied by a man named Kendrick and owned by Mr. W. Ball, of Steekton. The building was insu[?]ed in the Mer[?]…
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