Fire at a Cable Station. Building and Instruments Destroyed. Wellington
The Wakapuaga cable station was burned down early on Monday morning, nothing being saved in the Eastern Extension Company's building…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
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A Singular Spectacle. Embankment on Fire
A railway embankment which was constructed between Ben Bullen and Cullen Bullen 33 years ago with material from a seam of coal and two seams…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable. (Reuter's Messages.) Fires in Indian Cotton. Delhi (India)
Six tubes filled with gunpowder and petrol and sulphur match heads have been found in bales of jute at Kidderpore. This, it is thought, suggests an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Female Fire Fiends. Causing Anxiety to British Legislators
Under the heading "Women Fire Fiends," "The People" (London), in its issue of April 26, remarks:—Although he agrees, of course, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Bombay Cotton Fire. Bombay
Another lot of 500 bales of cotton, Valued at £20,0OO was burned on the wharves last nights…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Railway Town. Curtains Catch Alight
A fire occurred in a three-roomed wood-and-iron house, owned by Mr. J. O'Neill and occupied by Mr. R. H. Williams, in Creedon-street, off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Bombay Cotton Fire. Bombay
Another lot of 500 bales of cotton, valued at £20,000, was burned on the wharves lost night. Gave Instant Relief.—"My little…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on a Steamer. London, Tuesday Afternoon
About 3500 carcases of Australian mutton were slightly affected by the fire on the steamer Surrey at Avonmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on a Steamer. Two Hours' Battle with Flames. Darwin
The steamer Montoro, which arrived at Darwin yesterday, reports that a fire occurred aboard the vessel when 12 hours out from Singapore. Work in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Steamer's Hold. London, Tuesday Night
A fire occurred in the hold of the White Star liner Medic at Liverpool, the hold had to be flooded before the fire was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer. London, Tuesday Afternoon
About 3500 carcases of Australian mutton were slightly affected by the fire on the steamer Surrey at Avonmouth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenement House Ablaze. a New York Fire. Seven Killed, 20 INJURED. (Reuter's Message.) New York
Seven persons were killed in a tenement house fire last night, including four women, whilst 20 were, injured. The fire started in a locker room under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Wolfram Street. an Early Morning Blaze
A fire broke out this morning at 12.50 o'clock in a house owned by Mr. Henry White, in Wolfram-street, Central division. The fire brigade got the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Blaze in Brisbane. a Queen-street Fire. Brisbane
Zoeller's Chambers, in Queen-street, Brisbane, occupied by Mr. Carl Zoeller, surgical instrument manufacturer; Mr. M'Guffie, chemist; and several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exciting Fire Scene. Jumped Through Glass Verandah. Wellington (N.Z.)
A fire which broke out in a Dunedin photographer's studio yesterday was attended with exciting occurrences. Two families resided in rooms above, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Sydney. Wharf and Wharf Buildings Destroyed. Harbor Trust Machinery Burnt. Sydney
The Nord Deutcher Lloyd Company's cargo wharf and buildings in Darling Harbor, near Miller's Point, caught ablaze on Saturday night, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Broken Hill Fire. a House Gutted
A fire broke out last night in a fourroomed wood-and-iron house at the corner of Eyre and South streets, South Broken Hill. The premise[?] were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Fire. £41,800 INSURANCES. Sydney
The ruins caused by the big fire on the Nord Deutscher Lloyd wharf on Saturday night were still smouldering yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Fire. Eighty Men Trapped Tn Building. Eight Dead and Many Injured. (Reuter's Message.) Milford (Mass.)
A fire destroyed an Armenian roominghouse, and 80 laborers were trapped in the building. Eight are dead and 20 injured. The men rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →False Alarm of Fire
About 8.30 o'clock last night the Fire Brigade received a call by phone to a fire that had broken out in Murray's Buildings, Argent-street. The brigade…
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