A Fatal Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire at Wellington last night destroyed a large boarding house. Twenty-five boarders escaped through the windows, but two men perished in the fiames—they are Edward Crombie and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 27
Fire in Oklahoma City
A fire wiped out a large men of tho business Section of Oklahoma. City. of Oklahoma was the cold that the water froze in tho hydrants, and this proved an obstacle to the efforts of the fire brigade…
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Early on Monday morning a fire occurred at a dairy farm on the Ascot Estate, about half a mile from Muswellrook on the road to Kayuga. The property belongs to Mr…
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The building took fire in the afternoon, who their from rifle fire is unknown, and half an hour later a rattling fire was directed on the building with a view of drawing the besieged,…
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Seven hundred police are surrounding the buildings behind the Anarchist Club in Jubilee-street and Commercial-road. Reinforce-ments for the police are continually arriving…
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Vancouver, Tuesday.—A blizzard has occurred in the middle-west States of America. The temperature is at zero, and railway traffic is at a standstill in places…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Church on Fire. People Crushed and Burned. Vancouver, Jan. 4
A dis[?] accident occurred at St. [?] Mexico. on New Year's Day. While a New Year's service was being held in a church the upsetting of a candle set fire to the…
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A barrel of wood alcohol exploded in the analytical department of the Inland Revenue office at Ottawa. Sixteen employees narrowly escaped injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Occurrence in London. Anarchists at Bay. Building Besieged and Catches Fire. London, Jan. 3
Seven hundred police are surrounding the buildings behind the Anarchist Club in Jubilee-street and Commercial-street. Reinforcements…
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A fire gutted St. Joseph's College, [?] Quebec. The Father Superior and the assistant superior aided 30 students and teachers to escape. The Superior…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer on Fire. Supposed Spontaneous Combustion. (By Telegraph ). Sydney
A private eable states that the ste[?]mor Nowby Hall, while on a voyage from Sydney to South Africa, put into Loronze Marques, Poringuese East…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£200,000 Country House Fire. Fate of Earl Sondes's Historic Home
Lees Court, near Faversham, Kent, the ancestral home of Earl Sondes, and a splendid specimen of the genius of Inigo Jones, was completely. destroyed by fire during the…
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An outbreak of fire occurred carly this morning at a pawnbroker's shop in Goul-burn-street. It was due to a light being dropped on the floor, but the flames were…
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A five-story lodging-house in the Chinatown of New York took fire. Six of the inmates were burned. When the outbreak started 100 Chinese dashed terror-stricken…
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A fire destroyed the Chamber of Commerce building at Cincinnati. Several firemen are dead or missing. Forty occupants of the building were rescued, and in an…
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The Fire Brigades' inquiry will open next week. and will be held in public. Some interesting disclosures are promised…
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A most disastrous bush fire is raging on the back country of Malice Cliffs suition. near Wentworth. The fire is 30 miles long and 20 miles wide, and is…
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Bush fires of an extensive character have been sweeping the south-eastern corner of Riverina, between Euston and Gol Gol, extending, a considerable distance also north-easterly,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overdue Parisiana. Fears of Fire. London, Jan. 12
The "Times" writes that the balance of opinion at Lloyd's is that the Parisiana, which to overdue on the voyage from New York to Melbourne, has taken fire, and with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Bush Fires. In Riverina District
Bush fires of an extensive character have been sweeping the south-eastern corner of Riverina. between Euston and Gol Gol during the past fortnight. On…
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