Big Fire in Adelaide
THE biggest fire that has occurred in Adelaide for many years broke out in the large drapery establishment of John Martin and Co., Rundle-street, at 11…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
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Fire at Nowra Father and Son Burnt to Death. Sydney, Thursday Night
A DISASTROUS and fatal fire occurred at Nowra, on the Illawarra line, at an early hour this morning. The Prince of Wales hotel was totally destroyed…
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Two Americans in London inspected a contain fire engine station. One of them remarked to the chief engineer, "Do you know, in New York we use a 9in. those, not…
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EARLY on Saturday morning last the shop aud residence occupied by Mr. E. J. Williams, of South Grafton, was burned to the ground. The building in question adjoined…
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Between 2 and 3 a.m. on Saturday the buildings containing 16 rooms, known, as the old Steam Ferry hotel, but lately in the occupation of Mr. E. J. Williams as jeweller, hairdresser and tobacconist,…
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LAST Tuesday evening a coronial inquiry was held into the cause of the recent fire at South Grafton. The proceedings were held in the South…
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An inquest on the recent fire in Skinnerstreet, South Grafton, was held at the Council Chambers, South Grafton, on Tuesday, before Mr. T. M'Kell, P.M., and a jury…
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LONDON, May 5.--Later news of the fire at Jacksonville, Florida, go to show no fewer than 148 blocks of buildings covering a space of two miles long by…
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It is rotated of President M'Kinley that during one of his political campaigns he was followed about from place to place by a reporter for a paper of opposition politics—…
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THE recent catastrophe at Baku, whereby four of the richest naptha springs in the vicinity have been set on fire and 500 lives lost, will probably have to be classified among those conflagrations that can…
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The Grand lotel, one of the finest buildings in Auckland, New Zealand, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The flames spread with appalling rapicity. Occupants were aroused…
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ABOUT four o'clock this morning an outbreak of fire was discovered in Mason Bros. premises, Lower Pitt- street…
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We understand that negotiations are in course of progress for the purchase of a steam fire engine for the Grafton Fire Brigade. The engine is one that was formerly…
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AN area two miles in circumference has been consumed by fire at St. Petersburg. The fire is still raging, and is now…
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SHORTLY after dusk on Tuesday last a fire was discovered in a large barn on Messrs. Baker Bros.'farm, on the Raleigh Estate, at Raleigh, and before any of the contents could…
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A steam fire engine, recently the property of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, arrives today by the Kallatina for the Grafton Volunteer Fire Brigade. The engine is a vast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Auckland Fire. Sensational Disclosures. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Saturday Night
A CABLE from Auckland (N Z) states that sensational disclosures were made at the inquest into the cause of the fire at the Grand Hotel, by which five…
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A CABLE from Auckland (N.Z.) states that sensational disclosures were made at the inquest into the cause of the fire at the Grand Hotel, by which five persons lost their lives…
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Another big and disastrous fire occurred in Kent-street at midnight last night, the Imperial Manufacturing Company's premises, with its huge…
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THE Urge warehouse of the Imperial Manufacturing Company in Kent-street was gutted about midnight. The adjoining buildings were saved after a great fight with the flames. At…
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