Destructive Fire in Germany
A fire has occurred in the town of Douauchingen, Germany, which destroyed 150 houses and rendered 10,000 people homeless…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
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Another Fire in Gloucester
Gloucester is making history fast. Already this year we have had two floods and three fires. The last catastrophe was the burning of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Newcastle. Large Sawmill Gone
Andrew Cook's large sawmills and planing works, situated, between Church-street west and Burwood-street. Cooks-hill, were destroyed by fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cables. LONDON, Saturday. Canadian Fires
Heavy rains have extinguished the Canadian bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dancers Set on Fire
During a ball a ball at Madeleine, near Lille, seven persons dressed as cats caused great amusement. As they were dancing together a spark…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Noiseless Rifle. Fires in Silence. Astonished Spectators
Mr. Hiram Percy Maxim, son of the famous Sir Hiram Maxim, has made himself the talk of America by inventing a rifle attachment that makes the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in California
Forest fires are sweeping along the famous Yosemite Valley, California, and threaten, to oat up the giant redwood trees in the valley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Constantinople
A huge conflagration has taken place in Constantinople, 1,500 shops having been destroyed. LATER…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Stratford
Fires are becoming epidemic. We have to report one which occured at Stratford, by which Mr. Haviland Yate's general store was burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires in Queensland
Large areas of Queensland are being devastated by bush fires. Several hundred sheep have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Set on Fire
LATE on Saturday afternoon some would-be jocular person set a lighted match to a boy of 13 who had wrapped himself in paper, flags and decorations,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mine on Fire
A fire, which broke out in the main shaft of the Shadfield Mine, Lanarkshire (Scotland), demolished the pithead and the framework of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minnesota Forest Fires
Twelve thousand people have been rendered homeless by forest fires in Minnesota. The fires have now been checked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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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Fires are raging in the pine forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The town of Chisholm was destroyed, and Duluth is threatened. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire From Heaven
Prometheous has the reputation of bringing fire down from heaven, and the connection with lightning is obvious ; but this may have arisen from the early men having recognised that fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Found After a Fire
A DISCOVERY was made on Friday morning by Fireman R. Hogg at the boot factory of Messrs. Ferguson Bros., 40 Budd-street Collingwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Slept in a Furnace. Tramps Dash Through Fire
Seeking a night's shelter in a furnace belonging to the Midland Coal, Coke, and Iron Company, at Apedale, Staffordshire, a young fellow named…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires in Queensland
INFORMATION has been received of [?]n enormous bush fire, which d[?]sted an area of country in the vicinity of Kymuna. From the particulars to hand the fire appears to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Haytown. Cain's Mills Destroyed
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Haytown early on Friday morning, when the extensive sawmilling plant, including both mills, belonging to Mr. N. Cain, were totally…
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