Train on Fire in Russia
A fire occurred in a train between St. Petersburg and Moscow yesterday owing to spontaneous combustion among consignments from abroad. Mail packets valued at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
239 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 12
A Destructive Fire
The theatre attached to Woolwich Barracks has been burned, with the reading and recreation rooms. The fire brigade was helped by 5000 troops, and saved the whole…
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A fire occurred at Goolmangar, near Lismore early this morning, when the post office, butter factory, and F. McPherson's residence were totally destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Are We to Have Another "Black Thursday ?" a Timely Warning
Now that the warm weather is coming on us, and with such an extraordinary growth of everything throughout the State, grave fears are entertained of…
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A fire broke out in a Board School at Eastham, where there were 2000 children. All were rescued unhurt owing to the coolness of the headmaster and the teachers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ball of Fire From the Sky
One of the strangest freaks in electrical phenomena that has ever been reported occurred in northern California recently. During the day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Greta Mine Sealed Down Coping With the Fire Outbreak
IN consequence of the increase of gas, work ban had to bo discontinued in the old workings of the No. 1 tunnel at the East Greta Colliery. Sealing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at a School. Children Saved Through Coolness. [Br Cable.] London
A GREAT fire has occurred in a board school at Eastham, London, and the damage done is estimated at £50,000. Two thousand children were rescued…
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FRIES are making an appearance in the Grenfell distrist, doing considerable damage, and in several cases inflicting heavy loss. There is much…
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A disastrous fire occurred late on Friday night, at Dunoliy, at Mrs Clayworth's place. A building on the roadside, which formerly was used as a dwelling house…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Precautions Against Bush Fires. [ by Telegraph.] Sydney
THE Minister for Public Instruction has forwarded a circular to the public school teachers of the State, directing them to take all precautions to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire at Dunolly
In referonce to a paragraph which appeared in our last issue relative to a fire at Dunolly at Mrs Clayworth's residence, whereby a building filled with wheaton…
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AN overhead tramway wire broke in George-street Sydney on Monday night, and the broken ends carried the current to an iron verandah in front…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →East Greta Colliery. Fighting the Fire. An Anxious Time
REPORTS from East Greta are not of an encouraging nature, and the outlook is a very gloomy one. The temperature at the seat of the trouble in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Singleton Argus Thursday, December 3Rd, 1903. the Fire Fiend
WE have emerged from a season of prolonged drought, a season that has brought disaster after disaster upon this State, and, in a comparatively…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook. Precautions Against Bush Fires
At a meeting of, the Pastures Protection Board, to-day, Mr, R. T. Keys said to protect pastures from bush fires land owners throughout the State will have to largely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Tooth's Brewery. OVER £15,000 DAMAGES
Shortly after 6 o'clock on Thursday evening a fire broke out at Tooth's brewery, situated near the railway station, at George-street west, Sydney. The fire brigades were…
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The most disastrous occurrence which could happen to this State during the next few months would be a repetition of the sweeping and wide-spreading fires which…
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At a meeting of the Pastures Protection Board at Muswellbrook yesterday. Mr R. T. Keys said to protect pastures from bush fires land owners…
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Sir,—Having always taken an interest in the Morpeth Volunteer Fire Brigade, and knowing that they were making an effort to raise money to help pay their expenses to…
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