Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1904

22 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

Fire at Bega. Business Premises Destroyed. Bega

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

A serious fire occurred about 3 o'clock this morning, when Mrs. E. A. Evans' promises, a general store, in Church-street were totally destroyed…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Terrible Theatre Fire. a Chicago Horror. London, Dec. 31

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 8

A TERRIBLE calamity is reported from Chicago. The Iroquois Theatre was burned yesterday during a performance, and many of the spectators and actors…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Fire at a flour mill

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred on Sunday evening at the flour mills of Messrs. Kimpson and Sons, Kensington, a suburb of Melbourne…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Chicago Fire. Details by Mail. Awful Scenes of Agony and Torture. Auckland

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

A despatch, to the San Francisco papers from Chicago, on December 30, stated:— "More than 500 men, women, and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Gigantic Fire in America. Loss of Hant Millions. Dynamite Employed. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 1

A tremendous fire is raging at Baltimore in the United States, and despite all efforts to combat it, has devasted a large area of the business…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Terrible Fire at Baltimore. a Tidal Wave of Flames. Damage £8,000,000. LONDON, February 8

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

A tremendous fire is raging at Baltimore, United States, A large wholesale dry goods establishment and 70 other business houses have been…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bushfires in New South Wales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 2

Bushfire have done much damage in the Dungog, Glon[?], Lismore, and Inverell districts…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Short Story The Fire Fiend

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 3

Fire! Fire! Fire! A whole street ablaze with it, the heavens lit with it, the air acorching with it, bodies of men and women and children manned, warred, destroyed with…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Precautions Against Fire. Demonstration at the London Alhambra

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1904 · page 4

The appalling catastrophe at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago has naturally drawn pointed attention in England and elsewhere to the best…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

SYDNEY, Monday. Fire on the s.s. Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 2

The fire on the R.M.S. Australia has burnt itself out. The whole of the woodwork has been burnt, and the marble baths reduced to fine powder, and a [?] fitting mel[?] There is no trace of the saloons or cabine. The cargo, worth £40,0000, is in the holds…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Destructive forest fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1904 · page 2

Forest fires in British Columbia, Canada, destroyed timer of the value of a million pounds…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Great fire at Antwerp

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1904 · page 2

A great fire has occurred amongst the oil steamships at Antwerp which has extended to the large oil supplies there. Several…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Liao-yang

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 5 September 1904 · page 2

A conflagation is raging at Liao-yang. It is believed enormous qualities of Russian stores are being…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire Inquiry at Royalls

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 2

At the inquiry into the fire which destroyed the stables and out houses, the property of Mr. Archie McDonald, at a Royalls, a verdict was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Wellington, New Zealand

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1904 · page 2

A fire at Wellington, New Zealand, destroyed the Colonial Oil Coy's. kerosene store, and Kempthorne Prosser and Coy s. druggists…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Boulder city

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1904 · page 2

A fire at Boulder city, caused by a keros[?] explosion, resulted in three children being burned to death…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Candelo

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

A cottage occupied by Mis. J. Keye, seur., of [?] was destroyed by fire. Nothing was [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Outbreak of Fire in Cooma.0 Serious Results Averted

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 2

A serious conflagration was, on Sunday evening, averted by the pro[?]pitious of those who assisted in stemming an outbreak of fire which…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Outbreak of Fire in Cooma

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 9

A SERIOUS conflagration was, on Sunday evening, averted by tho promptitude of those who assisted in stemming an outbreak of fire which was discovered at…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The Fire Problem. an Invention to Facilitate Escape From Burning Buildings

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 4

The death-roll of London fires has in the last twenty years increased rapidly, and this in spite of the aids that science has offered. In 1980, for instance, the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →