A Town in Flames. Big Blaze in Alaska. Vancouver, March 10
Douglas Town, situated on Douglas Island, Alaska, is in flames, though the temperature is below zero. The volunteer firemen are unable to cope…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
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A Town in Flames. Big Blaze in Alaska. Vancouver, March 10
Douglas Town, situated on Douglas Island. Alaska, is in flames, through the temperature is below zero. The volunteer firemen are unable to cope…
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During a fire this morning at a home at Granville Mabel Patten, aged 2 ½ years, was burned to death…
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MeKeawn's stables, at the Glebe, were partially destroyed by fire this morning. The horses were liberated. but not before several had injured themselves in their desperate…
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Hithor[?]o the horses used for drawing the Fire Brigade manual were quartered some distance at the rear of the premises with the result that when a call was received some little time was occupied in…
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One of the Cus[?] bonded warehouses filled with merchandise has been burned, and damages are estimated at £250,000…
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A disastrous fire broke out at Darey's milling works pyrmont, this morning. When the brigades arrived the flames were shooting form the roof and by the time the horses were…
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The damage at the Custom House the is now estimated at £500,000. The repeated fires at the docks are causing [?]casiness…
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A fire occurred at a cinematograph theatre at Lille, after a performance. A family of five, who dwelt on the premises, perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Pyrmont Milling Premises Destroyed. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred this morning at the milling works of Messrs Edwin Davey and Sons, Pyrmont. The fire spread very rapidly, and though…
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James Hunter, a groom, built a petroleum mine, and set fire to it, at Charlton, Northumberland, burning himself to death…
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A steamer as afire off the Californian coast. A wireless call for help has been received, and steamers have been sent from San Francisco to render assistance…
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A terrific confiagration, resulting in the death of 150 persons, mostly girls, has occurred in the heart at the city. The fire was in the triangle occupied by a shirt-waist company's…
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A terrific conflagration, resulting in the death of 150 persons, mostly girls, has occurred in the heart of the city. The fire was in the triangle occupied by a…
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A terrible conflagration, resulting in the death of 150 persons, mostly girls, has occurred in the heart of the city. The fire was in the…
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Both the City Attorney and the Chief of the Fire Department declare that the Building Department is responsible for the loss of 142 lives in Saturday's fire, through sweat shop…
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The annual dinner in connection with the Weston Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Saturday. Mr. J. Garratt presided, and included in large attendance…
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New York, Tuesday,—The City Attorney and the Chief of the Fire Brigade both dectore that the Oity Building DePartmonth is Responsible for the loss of…
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At about 4 p.m. yesterday a three-roomed weather loard cottage in Aberdare-street, Kurri, occupied by Mr. E. Tiplady and family, was, with its contents, destroyed…
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At half-past eleven o'clok last night the fire alarm at East Greta was sounded and the captain of the local fire brigade with four men quickly got out a real and…
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