The Geelong Fire
Owing to the presence of 20,000 bales of compressed hay in the building, the fire which broke out in Harding's large store at Geelong on Monday night is still burning…
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Fire at Stockton
Early yesterday morning a three-roomed cottage in Little Maitland-street, Stockton, occupied by Mr. Kendrick, a miner, was destroyed by fire, together with the contents. Mr. Kendrick states…
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The fire at Harding's store, Geelong, is still burning. Twenty thousand bales of hay are on fire, and it will take three days to extinguish the burning mass…
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A small cottage at Stockton was destroyed by fire at about 1 o'clock this morning. The tenement was occupied by a man named Kernick, and the outbreak is supposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Hamilton. a Brave Mother Burned. NEWCASTLE
A fire occurred in a small weather-board, house at Hamilton last evening. The building was occupied by a Mrs. Stanford, one of whose children held a lighted candle near a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The United States. Naphtha Train on Fire. Disastrous Explosions. London, May 13
"While a train, loaded with naphtha was being shunted at Sheridan, near Pittsburg, the rear cars telescoped. A switch light ignited the leaking naphtha, causing a series…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Explosion. a Naptha Train on Fire. Flames Spread for a Mile. Three Buildings Exploded. Many Persons Killed and Injured
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon,--A fearful accident has occurred in the United States of America through an explosion of naptha. While a train, carrying naptha in bulk,…
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A fire broke out at 1.30 o'clock this morning in a small cottage in Blayney West, occupied by Mr. Traveller. Everything was destroyed. KEMPSEY, Thursday…
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A camp fire concert will be held this evening at the Royal Agricultural Grounds, for the purpose of providing amusements for the officers and men on the voyage to South Africa. The ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sutherland. a Family's Narrow Escape. SUTHERLAND
A three-roomed cottage, the property of Mr. E. Dwyer, was destroyed by fire last night. The building, being of wood, was soon consumed, and the family just escaped with their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Vincent. a Mass of Travelling Fire. Two Thousand Lives Lost
LONDON, May 15.—It is officially stated that the northern aud eastern portions of St. Vinceut have been devastated by the eruption of La Souffriere. All the people within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Situation at St. Vincent. a Mass of Travelling Fire. Island Almost Unapproachable
LONDON, Wednesday Afternon.--It is now stated that the number of dead at St. Vincent is 2000, mostly Caribi. A stream of molten lava, half a mile in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Terrible Eruptions. Pelee Still Active. the Rain of Fire
LONDON, May 14, 3.10 p.m.—Latest reports from Martinique state that the rain of fire from Mont Pelee ceased 200 yards from Le Carbet. Mont Pelee is still erupting smoke and fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Eruptions. Further Disaster Presaged. Devastation of St. Vincent a Mass of Travelling Fire. Millionaires, to the Reseue. LONDON, May 15
Three luminous points have appeared in the lower slopes of Mount Pelee, and these are said to presage a further calamity. Sir Frederick Hodgson. Governor of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Outburst on St. Vincent. Devastation of Whole Districts. a Mass of Travelling Fire. Two Thousand Lives Lost. London, May 14
Two thousand persons have perished at St. Vincent. Most of the deaths occurred at Caribi. A stream of stone and mud half a mile wide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Eruptions. Bain of Fire. 2000 Dead at St. Vincent. Mont Pelee Still Belching. LONDON, May 14, 3.10 p.m
One despatch from the scene of the disaster states that the rain of lire ceased 200 yards short of Le Corbet. There were 2000 dead bodies at St. Vincent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Disaster in the West Indies. a Further Calamity Feared. Eruption at Martinique Continues. Lava Like Boiling Sealing Wax. Deposits Covering Sixty Square Miles. Military Prevent Looting. Mass of Fire on St. Vincent. the Island Likely to Be Abandoned
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Further particulars of the eruptions at Martinique show that the rain of fire ceased 200 yards short of the village of Le Carbet, where…
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ABOUT ten o’clock on Thursday night a weatherboard cottage, together with its contents, at Sutherland, occpied by Mr. Ted Dwyer, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country News. Fires. Hillgrove
An inquest was held yesterday on the fire at the property of Mr. W. R. Sims, hotelkeeper. The jury returned a verdict that the property was wilfully set on fire by some person or persons unknown…
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Shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday night, an alarm of fire was given at the Granville station; and nine men proceeded, on the manual, to the Clyde marshalling yards, where it truck…
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