Disastrous Fire
A fire at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, destroyed 400 buildings, including the courthouse, prison, and arsenal. The fire in the latter exploded the ammunition…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 19
Oil Wells on Fire
Lightning ignited six oil wells at Boryslav, Galicia. The flames rose 600 feet, but the fire was prevented spreading to the West oilfield…
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A Reuter's message states that 300 houses and the whole of the southern part of Port-au-Prince, Hayti, have been destroyed by fire. Thousands of the residents are without food or…
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Three thousand houses and the whole of the south part of the city of Port-auPrince, the capital of Hayti, has been destroyed by fire. Thousands of…
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A fire at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, destroyed four hundred buildings, including the courthouse, prison, and arsenal, where the ammunition exploded…
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The bedclothes in a room, in the boarding-house of Robert Dolman, Upper Fort-street, Sydney, were found to be burning about 8 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. London, Monday. Oil Wells on Fire
Lightning ignited six oil wells at Boryslav, Galicia. The flames rose 600 feet, but the fire was prevented spreading to the West oilfield…
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The looses caused by the fire at Port-an-Prince, Hayti, are estimated at £2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cables London, Friday. a Destructive Fire
The losses by the late destructive fire at Port-au-Prince. Hayti, West Indies, are now estimated at two millions of pounds sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl Heroine at a Fire. Rescue of Eight Persons
A thirteen-year-old girl, Miss Margaret Euler, is to be made an honorary member of the New York fire brigade in recognition of her unexampled heroism during a fire in the east side…
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Alma Baulkham, aged 3 ½ years, was playing with a fire at her parents residence last night when her clothes ignited. The child was burned all over the body and face, and her condition is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Fire Extinguishing Demonstration
A practical demonstration of the Minimax land fire extinguisher is to be given at Largs to-morrow (Friday) afternoon at 2.15 o'clock, when the public are invited to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Demonstration Three Children Killed. (By Cable). London
Three chilldren were killed while the seamen of the Hennes flagship ana Durban, firemen, at Durban, were giving a display of fire-saving apparatus. The…
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A successful demonstration of the fire extinguishing capabilities of the Minimax Fire Extinguisher took place at Largs yesterday. Seven big packing cases were tarred, filled…
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A thirteon-year-old girl, Miss Margaret Eule[?] is to be made an honorary member of the New York fire brigade in recognition of her unexampled heroism during a fire in the east side…
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An old fire axiom says, "A minute saved at the beginning of a fire is worth an hour afterwards," and a practical proof of the truth of the saying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Fire Brigade. Retirement of Deputy-superintendent Taylor
Owing to continued ill-health and the consequent inability to carry out the duties of deputy-superintendent and secretary of the West Maitland Fire Brigade as he would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Very Latest Cables. London, Thursday afternoon. Fire at Scottish Colliery
A fire that broke on in the framework of two shafts at the High House Colliery, Auchenleck, Scotland, imprisoned 60 miners. After tremendous labour the fire was extinguished, and all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Midnight Chase. Constable Fires on Fugitive
Police-constable Mann, whiles on duty at Walgett at 12.30 a.m. on Friday morning, observed a light in the back promises of Pedley and Haigh's store. He kept watch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minimax Fire Extinguisher. Successful Exhibition
An old fire axiom says, "A minute saved at the beginning of a fire is worth an hour afterwards," and a practical proof of the truth of the saying was…
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