Fatal Fire in New Zealand. Sydney
In a big fire at a boarding-house at Carhope, New Zealand, a married woman named Mitchell was burned to death. Her husband was also…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
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An Ominous Fire. London
A factory at Marseilles where the plague originated, has been accidentally demolished by fire…
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"The temptation to stoop when under fire is almost irresistible," said a veteran, talking over the recent hot work in the Philippines, "and that accounts for so many…
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High on the ridge where the marines pi[?]ed their tents on the shore of Guantanamo Bay (says the Chicago "Evening Post"). the first Cuban soil taken by…
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Members of the G. V. Fire Brigade had wet practice with alarm on the Market Square last night. On the telephone sounding the alarm, the engine was…
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NEWS came to hand yesterday morning of the missing steamer Ovalau, over a week overdue on her voyage from the Solomon Islands to Sydney. The vessel had left Norfolk Island…
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A fire broke out on the express between St. Petersburg and Moscow and as a result mail packets valued at £700,000 were destroyed…
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WE have so often urged the advisability of establishing a fire brigade in Maclean without apparently impressing the townspeople, that we…
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OUR telegrams to-day make reference to the apprehension now being felt throughout the rural districts--as well as those in the metropolis…
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SIR,—I was glad to notice your recent reference to the necessity for forming a Fire Brigade in this town. And I think it is agreed on all sides that the absence of such is a positive danger. I am sure the…
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Bush fires are already making their appearance in the Grenfell district, where the country is described as one mass of inflammable…
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It was not exactly the minister's fault that the sermon which he delivered that morning was not entirely his own. He had copied a part of the original draft himself…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Special Messages. (From Our Sydney Editor.) Great Fire at Tooth's Brewery. SYDNEY
An extensive fire broke out at Tooth's Brewery shortly after 6 o'clock last night, and it was a considerable time before the flames were subdued. Great…
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THE Armidale Chronicle states that no fewer than 62 brigades have nominated for the great fire brigades' demonstration in that city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. A Disastrous Fire
A big fire occurred in the centre of the business part of Condobolin early Sunday morning, when the School of Arts, Bonser's baker's shop, Bollinger's fancy…
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An extensive fire occurred at Wee Waa on Monday, which practically destroyed a whole block of buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightful Suicides. Man Sets Fire to Himself. Sydney
A man named Thomas Forsney poured a cupful of kerosene over his head and then set fire to it at Michen, South Australia, yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Ingenious Fire Escape
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade of London has just received a most ingenious combination fire escape and water tower. It is in reality a telescopic…
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