Imprisoned by Fire. (By Cable). London
Sixty miners, imprisoned by fire in a mining shaft, at an Ayrshire colliery, in Scotland, have been rescued safely…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 19
Railway Truck on Fire
A truck containing two t[?] of time and a quantity of window sashes, doors, etc., consigned to Messrs. Gould Brothers and Co., was discovered on fire by the night officer at the railway station on…
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Jacob Weber, on remand from Scone, was charged with maliciously setting fire to a shed, the property of Colin M'Kenzie Logan, at Bunnan, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lightning Ringe Opal Fields. Royalty and Liquid Fire Opal. New Find of Precious Stone
Matters at the Lightning Ridge coal fields, near Collarenebri, are now quiet. There are about 300 men on the quiet. There are about 300 men on the field, and fully that many have left it to go shearing, most of…
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A bush fire destroyed the town of Fernie, British Columbia, rendering 5000 people homeless. Seventy people were killed and a hundred injured. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Fire and Explosion
A great fire is reported to have occurred at Tampico, a Mexican seaport. Millions of gallons of oil were burnt, culminating in a terrific explosion, which tore a vent hole in the earth 1500 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News by Cable. London, Aug. 4. Forest Fires in Canada
Great bush fires have done immense destruction in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, and are still raging. It in reported that 800 lives have been lost, that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very Latest Cables. London, Tuesday afternoon. the Fernie Fire
Further particulars received in regard to the destructive bush fire which destroyed the town of Fernie, in British Columbia, state that on Saturday morning a fire appeared on the crest of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Bush Fire's Spoil
Seventy persons killed, one hundred injured, and £250,000 worth of property destroyed—such is some of the dreadful havoe wrought by a bush fire with which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Columbian Fires
The whole of the country around Kootenay, British Columbia, away from the railway lines, is a mass of seething flames. The fire in the destroyed town of Fernie is still…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Chicago. (By Cable). London
Two elevators and 500,000 bushels of grain were destroyed Joy fire at Chicago, United States,…
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All the mines in the Crow's Nest region of British Columbia have shut down, and relays of miners are fighting the forest fires Many of the inhabitants of Fernic are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Columbian Fires
The total number of deaths through the forest fires which destroyed the town of Fernie, British Columbia, amount to 30. People are returning to the town to rebuild their houses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire
A fire that occurred at Donaueschingen, Baden, Germany, destroyed 150 houses, rendering 2000 people homeless and causing much distress…
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Mr. Churchill distinguished himself by conspicuous acts of bravery at the Burnley Hall fire. He first rescued the despatch-box…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fires in America. London
Further particulars regarding the great bush fires which have done immense destruction in the Kootenay valley, British Columbia, state that on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires in Canada. London, Aug, 4
Great bush fires have done immense destruction in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, and are still raging. It is reported that 800 lives have been lost, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fires in America Pestilence Feared. (By Cable). London
Great fires continue in British Columbia, and a pestilence is feared at Fernic, where there are 2000 women and children without provision. There are two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destruction of Airships. Thunderstorms and Fire. London
Count Zeppelin's airship started from Friedrichshafen, on Lake Constance, on Tuesday morning, passed over Basle, Strasburg, Darmstadt, and Mayence,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Overland Motorists. Through a Bush Fire
The following telegram was received at Adelaide on Monday from the overland motorists, Dutton and Aunger:—We left Powell's Creek at 2.30 Wednesday, and camped…
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