A Disastrous Fire. Cold Hamper Brigades. Vancouver, Tuesday Night
A fire has wiped out a large area in the business section of Oklahoma City. So intense was the cold that the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
228 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 12
Fire in Boarding House. Two Men Burnt. Sydney, Tuesday Night
A fire last night destroyed a boarding house in Wellington (N.Z.) The 25 boarders escaped through the windows, but two men were burned…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday:—A boarding house in Wellington (N.Z.) was burned. The occupants, about 30, escaped, in their night attire. Many had narrow escapes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Train on Fire. People Burnt to Death. London
The carelessness of a passenger who was carrying some benzine set fire to a train near Grovno, Russia. Many of the passengers were burned…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Church of St. Luis, at Potozi, in Mexico, has been burned to the ground, through a candle setting fire to the New Year decorations…
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LONDON, Thursday.—St. Joseph's College, Granby, Quebec, was destroyed by fire. Of the 340 boys who board at the college, 300 were away on holidays. How…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Chinatown. Six Chinese Burnt. Vancouver, Saturday Night
A lodging-house in Chinatown, New York, was demolished by fire. Hundreds of Chinese jumped out of the house, terror stricken…
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The losses by fire in Canada and the United States during the last year amounted to £46,000,000…
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The Central Railway Station at Santiago was partially burned. The sleeping restaurant cars were destroyed. Damage to the extent of £150,000 was done…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A fire broke out on the steamer Newby Hall, at Loureuqo Marques, from Australian ports, and is reported to have been caused by…
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A most disastrous bush fire is raging on the back country of Mallee Cliffs Station, near Wentworth. The fire is thirty miles long, twenty miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Railway" Fires. Claims for Compensation. Sydney
In 1909 much damage was done in the country districts of Victoria by fires caused by sparks from engines. So far, 55 land owners have made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades Inquiry. Royal Commission Appointed. Sydney, Tuesday Night
At to-day's meeting of the Executive Council, Mr. Walter Edmunds, the barrister, was appointed as a Royal Commission to inquire into certain…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Wentworth the bush is on fire on the back country. It is the biggest fire seen here for 50 yours. If prompt action had not been…
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While 150 leading citizens were banquetting at Cincinnatti, on the fourth floor of the Chamber of Commerce, the building caught fire. All these…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Chamber of Commerce building in Cincinnati, U.S.A., has been destroyed by fire. Forty occupants were rescued. In…
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In the River Darling districts, bush fires have practically taken possession of and are devastating the country without hindrance. In many…
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A great fire has occurred in Winnipeg. Nine business houses were destroyed, the damage being estimated at £60,000…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. Churchill, the Home Secretary, replying to critics on the part he took in the Sidney-street siege of anarchists, denied overruling or…
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Mystery surrounds the fire which occurred some time on Thursday evening at the residence of Mr. T. Geraghty, sen., on the [?] road. At about 11 o'clock that…
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