Mysterious Origins of Fire
Outbreaks of fire are often most mysterious in their origin. We are frequently confronted with problems concerning the cause of fires in houses, factories, and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 19
The Stamboul Fire
As the result of the fire on Sunday seven thousand people are homeless at Stamboul. Five thousand buildings were destroyed. A number of women and children perished before help could…
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A great fire has occurred in Constantinople, which has rendered 7000 people homeless. Five thousand buildings 'were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Fire in Adelaide. Wicker Factory Burnt Out. Exciting Scenes.—two Men Injured. Adelaide
A four-storey wicker work factory in Adelaide was burnt out to-day. The flames originated from a gas jet exploding it tin of varnish. Tho rush of the flames was so sudden that two of the employees…
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It will be noted by advertisement that the proprietors of the "Minimax" Fire Extinguisher have made arrangements with Mr B. Horwitz to give a…
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A fire at Hampton Valley Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, destroyed the pithead, and entombed 15 men, who escaped safely by the air roads to the surface. Two of them,…
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A fire occurred in the main shaft of the Shawfield mine in Lanarkshire. The fire demolished the pit-head framework and buildings. Eighty miners escaped by way of…
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A serious outbreak of fire occurred in Mr. Phillip Bible's tobacconists's shop, in Paskins' either late on Saturday night on early on Sunday morning, by which considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Set on Fire in Sydney. an Infamous Joke
Late yesterday afternoon some would-be jocular person set a lighted match to a boy of 13 who had wrapped himself in paper flags and decorations, with the result that the child is now lying in…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Gonzalez Byass's Sherry bodegas in Jeres de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain. No less than 25,000 dozen bottles of sherry were destroyed. The flaming wine escaped in…
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The lives of many miners at the Stunfield Colliery, in Lanarkshire, were seriously imperilled yesterday by a fire at the mine. The outbreak occurred in the…
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A great fire in Cadiz. Spain, has destroyed no less than 300,000 bottles of wine. The latter escaped in huge streams, and flooded an adja[?]nt orange…
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A fire at Hampton Valley' Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, destroyed the pithead, and entombed 15 men, who escaped safely by the air roads to the surface…
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Late on Friday afternoon some wouldbe jocular person set a lighted match to a boy of 13 who had wrapped himself in paper flags and decorations, with the…
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LATE on Friday afternoon some would-be jocular person set a lighted match to a boy of 3 who had wrapped himself in paper flags and decorations, with the…
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Information received at Winton concerning the bush fire which was observed from there in the direction of Sesbania states that the fire burned nearly a week, and swept portion of Manuka,…
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Information received at Winton states that a bush fire swept portion of Manuka. Sesbania. and Wyora, burning nearly a week and devastating a large…
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Forest fires have reached the mammoth grove of sequoia trees at Calveras, and there is little hope of saving them. One of the largest has already been destroyed…
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A fire occurred in No. 3 hold of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steammer Boon, from Sydney August 12, while lying at Colombo. The flames were quickly extinguished. Fire and water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Prairie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Terrible Experience
The possibility of a prairie fire is not a life in which life in modern Canada appeals to the ordinary reader A young settler in the Far West…
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