Fire at Sidebottom. a House and Contents Burned
ON Thursday last, about 1 p.m., the residence of Mr. Anderson, at Sidebottom, was completely demolished by fire, with all its contents—including furniture, &c…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1898
79 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 4
In Case of Fire
YOUR house takes fire, What turns first? The lightest and most inflammable stuff, of course—furniture, doors shelves, floors, panelling, and other woodwork. If it is a stone or brick house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at Hankow. 10,000 Houses Destroyed and 1000 Lives Lost. London
A GREAT part of Hankow has been destroyed by fire —ten thousand houses having been burned down, and a thousand lives lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Redfern. Narrow Escapes of Life, and £30,000 DAMAGE. Sydney
BY a fire at Hodforn on Saturday twenty-five buildings were destroyed and gutted—most of them being old and of little value. The loss is said to amount to thirty thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Fire. Hudson's Timber Mills Destroyed. Great Damage at Redfern. 250 Firemen at Wore. a Number of Business Premises Destroyed. Sydney
Last Saturday afternoon Redfern was the scene of one of the largest tires that have occurred in the city for many years. The fire originated in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Redfern Fire
At the inquest on the Redfern fire there was no evidence to account for how the fire originated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →People Who Bathe in Fire
The most remarkable ceremonial of fire worship that survives in the world is practised ty the Navajos Indians. In preparation for the Festival, a gigantic heap of dry wood is gathered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Fires in Queensland
A Longreach message gives particulars of the sensational and disastrous fire there on Thursday afternoon. The Imperial Hotel, Great Western Hotel, Welcome Home…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Longreach Fire. Man Burned to Death, and Damages £60,000. Brisbane
FURTHER particulars of yesterday's disastrous fire at Longreach show that the Imperial, Great Western, Welcome Home, and Queen's hotels and 20 shops were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Public Building Burned. Caretaker Perishes in the Fire, Brisbane
NEWS has been received that the School of Arts, Charleville, a fine building to whisk two storeys additional were recently erected, was burned to the ground early this morning. The caretaker, an elderly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Gladstone
Early on Saturday morning last a serious fire occurred at Gladstone. Mr. Cassie's buggy factory and wheelwright's shop caught alight, and owing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Half Dawson City Destroyed by Fire
Half the business portion of Dawson City, the centre of the Klondyke goldfields, has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at 'Frisco. London
By a fire at a San Francisco hotel and theatre 20 lives were lost. One man who gallantly rescued four women perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train on Fire
The Western mail train caught fire near Bourke last night. For a time there was danger of total destruction. Two trucks, with contents, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What a Rapid-fire Gun Is Like
Rapid-fire guns are just now much talked about, but most people have only a vague idea of what they are People who take the Gattling gun as a type of 'rapid fire'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fire at Jones' Island. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES
DEAR SIR,—Kindly spate me a few lines in your valuable journal re the destruction of my residence by fire. Your informant left my young friend Mr. John M'Innes out of his list of helpers—and also the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. Great Fire in New York
The offices of the Home Life Insurance Company, Broadway, New York, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burnt Out
On Saturday morning last Mr. Dan Guinea, who has just been completing a road contract at Gap Creek, had the misfortune to be burnt out. It would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Grenfell
A great fire occurred at Grenfell. Several houses were destroyed, also the Grenfell Flour and Saw Mills. New machinery, a large quantity of wheat…
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