Disastrous Fire
The main cable station at Wakapuaka, New Zealand, together with some of the living quarters, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The instruments belonged…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
559 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 28
Disastrous Fire
A disastrous fire occurred at 4 o' clock on Saturday morning at Raw son street, Auburn, resulting in three shops and a dwelling being…
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Usually the services of the fire brigade are required in connection with fires outside their own actual domain, but by a strange decree of Fate the West Maitland…
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Mr. Capper Gehrig, who owned the house destroyed by fire recently on the Maitland Road, was a heavy looser by the fire. The house was…
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A three-roomed weatherboard house and contents at Heddon-Greta, the properly of Mr. A. J. Bristow, was destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning. The house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bombay Cotton Fires. Startling Explanation. Delhi, June 4
Six tubes filled with gunpowder, petrol, sulphur, and match-heads were found in some bales of jute at Kidderpore (Calcutta), some bales of jute at Kidderpore (Calcutta), which suggests an explanation of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Aberdeen. Presbyterian Church Saved. Good Work by the Police
THE Presbyterian folk . of Aberdeen can well thank the police that they had on Wednesday a church (says the Aberdeen "Advance.")…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires. Railway Station Burnt. Detroit (Mich.), May 29
Fire destroyed Fort-street, Union Railway Station. Forty-seven people, including passengers, firemen, and policemen, narrowly escaped death. Dense smoke overwhelmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Waimate. Much Damage. London, Thursday evening
The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waimate a few days ago put in at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, because the flax in her cargo was on fire…
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Rev. Father Kiernan, in St. Helen's Church, East Gresford, on Sunday morning made reference to the heavy loss incurred by the McCloy family in the destruction of…
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A are has occurred in the forehold of the steamer Surrey at Avonmouth in a consignment of mutton for Liverpool and Bristol. The damage was not serious…
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Zoeller's Buildings, Brisbane, were, gutted, by fire early this morning. They were occupied by several well-known firms. Two firemen had narrow escapes. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Medic. London. June 10
A outbreak of fire occurred on the steamer Medic at Liverpool, and the hold had to be flooded before it was extinguished…
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The fire on the steamer Medic originated among the copra cargo. Smoke and water affected No. 2 hold, and a quantity of meat and 500 crates of rabbits were damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire. Seven Lives Lost. New York, June 11
Seven people, including four women, lost their lives owing to a fire which occurred in a tenement building and a score of others were injured…
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The fire brigade at Cessnock has been increased by the addition of two men, brining the complement up to 12. The two new members reside at Aberdare, where a…
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An alarm of fire was received at the Fire Brigade Station last evening and the firemen turned out with the motor and proceeded to the scene, a cottage in…
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A huge waterside conflagration broke out in Sydney shortly before out in Sydney shortly before 9 o'clock on Saturday night. Before the flames were finally subdued the whole of the wharfs and stores…
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A big fire took place on Saturday night at the Norddeutscher-Llloyd cargo wharf, Miller's Point. The alarm was given shortly beforo 9 o'clock, and by…
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A fire broke out at the North German. Lioyd Company's cargo wharf at Miller's Point shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night…
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