Short Story The Fire Fiend
Fire ! Fire ! Fire ! A whole street ablate with it, the heavens lit with it, the air scorching with it, bodies of men and women and children maimed, scarred, destroyed with…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
7 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
At a Hospital Fire Plucky Surgeons
While a hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, was on fire on April 18th, three surgeons, of the risk of their lives, were performing an operation upon an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Tramway Fire. Ladies' Dresses Alight on a Burning Vehicle
An alarming accident, disclosing the possibility of danger from a hitherto unsuspected source, occurred on Saturday evening, July 9th, on the electric…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children and Fire. Fatal Burning Case at Medlow Bath
A seven-year-old girl named Doris Richardson, residing at Medlow Bath, was playing in a paddock with a number of children on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Life for a Love Token Two Girls Perish. Pathetic Fire Tragedies
Two young girls lost their lives in a fire at Crouch End on Saturday afternoon, August 27, in the most deplorable circumstances. Both had ample notice of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Mr Mark Foy's Sanatorium Threatened. a Narrow Escape
Bush fires have taken a good hold on the Mountains just flow and every where there are evidences of this destroying element. Right along the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr Mark Foy's Establishment Surrounded by Fire
The fire which broke out in Kanimbla on Tuesday, assisted by a stiff breeze, soon made its way up the cliffs and threatened the Hydro. On Wednesday afternoon Mr…
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