San Francisco Demolished. by Earthquake and Fire
The city of San Francisco has practically been destroyed by earthquake and by fire, the killed numbering thousands. The first shock tossed the city like a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
298 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 15
San Francisco Calamity. Fires' Progress Arrested. Artillery Play on Millionaires' Palaces. London, April 22
Latest reports confirm the statement that the progress of tile fires in San Francisco has been stayed, particularly on the water front. Brigadier-General Funston states that the water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The San Francisco Disaster London, April 23. Fires Extinguished
THE fire in San Francisco has been extinguished. Only smoking embers remain An area of 25 square miles has been burnt. The most distressing thing in the first few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ruined San Francisco. Fears of Further Fires. Insanitation and Sickness Brutal Looters Meet Swift Retribution. London, Sunday Afternoon
General Funston, the officer in charge of the Military Department of California reports that the five is not progressing west of the Van Ness-avenue in San Francisco, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious City Fire. Outbreak at Gibbs. Bright and Company’s. Several Offices Damaged
ERE the smoke from the recent Clarence-street conflagration had actually ceased to rise, the full strength of the fire-fighting brigades of the city had swung into action again…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →San Francisco Earthquake. Fires Extinguished. Conflict of Authority. Steel Resists Quakes. London, April 23
The fire in San Francisco has been extinguished. Only smoking embers remain. An area of 25 equate miles has been burnt…
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A small fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Chas. Gillespie, Cowper-street, about 7.30 p.m. on Monday. The fire bells clanged loudly for some time and in response to the call all the…
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Mr. George Fowler, local agent for the South British Fire Insurance Coy., has received the following circular from his company.—…
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ABOUT 7 o'clock on Monday evening a fire was discovered in a bedroom at Mr. Charles Gilleapie's residence, Church Hill. When the outbroak was first noticed, the room was full…
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A meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade Committee was held on Wednesday, May 2. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…
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The Paris Leather Market building have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £100,000…
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OF the several papers read before the Interstate Fire Brigades Conference in Sydney yesterday, probably the most interesting and instructive was that of Mr. J. M. Lamborne,…
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A tenement at Stratford, Essex, was destroyed by fire last sight. A family of six persons, including three generations, was killed. Other members of the family…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British and Foreign. London, Sunday afternoon. Devastating Fires
Eight towns in Northern Wisconsin, have been devastated by forest fires. Thirty persons were killed, and damage done to the extent of 1,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frisco Earthquake How the City Fared, Some of the Horrors of the Night. Many Died of Pure Fright. Fighting the Fire with Dynamite. Robbing the Dead and Dying.(daily Telegraph Special Correspondent.) Auckland
The mail steamer Moana arrived to-day, bringing American files. Passengers give vivid descriptions of the earthquake. VANCOUVER (B.C), April 27…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The San Francisco Fire. Graphic Account by a Lady Visitor
Miss EVELYN PHILLIPS, sister of Mr. It Phillips, chief clerk in the Goulburn Lands Office, who was in San Francisco when the great earthquake occurred, writes hurriedly…
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THE Metropolitan Fire Brigades (under the direction of Superintendent "Webb and Deputy-Superintendent Sparkes) made a special display in the Outer Domain on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pyrmont Fire
JUDGE MURRAY was asked to decide in the Sydney District Court yesterday whether Mr. H. M'Kenzie, timber merchant of Abattoir. road, Pyrmont, was liable for a sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Gothic. Serious Outbreak. London, June 7
After the steamer Gothic, which was on a voyage from Wellington, Now Zealand, to London, left Teneriffe two fires occurred among the cargo of wool…
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It is feared that the loss on account of the Gothic's fire will exceed £200,000. All the cabins have been destroyed, and the saloon has been ruined…
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