Fatal Fire at an Industrial School
FOREST GATE, an eastern suburb of London, was the scene of a sad calamity at an early hour on Now Year's Day, when 26 boys lost their…
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Fires & bushfires, 1890
115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 6
Snakes and Forest Fires
The Victoria conservator of for[?]ts in carrying out his system of burning strips th[?]ugh state forests in order to afford a place at which fire[?] may be checked, has been met by a curious difficul[?]y in…
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At half-past 12 o'clock Saturday morning a fire broke out at Irwin's Provincial Hotel, adjacent to the Western railway station, at Ballarat, and although the firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. London, Monday. Great Fire at Grenwich
A destructive fire occurred at the Greenwich Chemical Works last night. A thousand casks of petroleum were destroyed. The amount of damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Contrasted. Melbourne and Sydney
The leading insurance expert, who was interviewed at Melbourne on 'Friday by the Herald representative, speaks in very high terms of the fire-brigade system in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extensive Bush Fires in New Zealand
EXTENSIVE bush fires are still raging in Taranaki, N.Z., on the west coast of the North Island, and there are no signs of their abatement. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Enraged Husband. Fires a Revolver in the Street
CONSIDERABLE commotion was caused in Stanley-street, Brisbane, on Thursday night. A man named Michael M'luerney became enraged at the conduct of his wife and…
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The latest reports from central Riverina state that the extensive bush, fire which started at Tuppal station last week ib still burning. It is estimated that up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Morfa Colliery Disaster. Colliery on Fire
London, Tuesday.—Fire mere men. have been got out of Morfa colliery, but, owing to the subsidence of the earth, the greatest difficulty is experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire. most destructive fire broke on out last night at Narrandera whereby Miles's store, the Salvation Army Barracks
A most destructive firo broko out last night at Narrandora whereby Milea's store, the Salvation Army Barracks, Dunn's fruit shop, and Gordon's boot…
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Up to Monday last bush fires continued to rage in most of the districts from which reports had had been recived during the previous fortnight. From Camperdown came intelligence of a serious…
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THE most destructive fire that has eve occurred at Nagambie (Vie.) too place on Monday morning, when the the premises of G. R. Vale,…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.—A disastrous fire occurred in Revell-street, Hokitiks. Use night, destroying the following buildings: —Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, Levy's store,…
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About 1 o'clock an Monday, while the town was almost desertod through the residents being away holiday-making, an outbreak of fire was discovered in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Fire at Lochend. Committal of the Accused Person
It will be remembered that on the morning of the 3rd instant a shed the property of Dr. Morson, situated at Lochend, a few hundred yards from the East Maitland Road, was destroyed by fire, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Fire in America
A terrible fire is reported from Indianapolis, U.S., resulting in the death of 13 firemen and the serious injury of 19 more. The explanation of the serious character of the disaster is to be found in the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lunatic Asylum Fire Fearful Scenes. Inmates Outraged. London
LATER details that 50 inmates of the [?]n at Mo[?]real are known to have [?] in the flames. Some fearful scenes are being enacted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lunatic Asylum Fires. Another Disaster
LONDON, FRIDAY FOLLOWING close upon the disaster at the Longue Pointe Lunatic Asylum at Montreal, in Canada, comes the news…
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An extensive confiagration broke out at the oil mills of Sir W. A. Rose and Co., Bankside, Southwark, early on the morning of April 24, and was not entirely subdued until late the next evening. Long…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Fires in Russia
Terrible fires have taken place throughout the Ural district, a province of Eastern Russia. It is estimated that 1000 houres have been destroyed in these conflagrations…
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