Curiosities of Draft. How Fire Purifies Air and the Way Mines Are Ventilated
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 33
A carious piece of apparatus used by Prof. John F. Woodhull, of the New York teachers' college, to illustrate the principle ol ventilation consists of two…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Terrible Fire. in Chicago. Goo Perish. Mostly Women and Children. Dead Bodies Piled Twelve Feet. Hundreds Trampled to Death. Damage £210,000. Water in Fire Engines Frozen Two Gas Reservoirs Explode. the Morgue Refuses More Bodies. the Principal Actors Escape. the Audience [?] Twelve Hundred. As[?] Curtain Refused to Act
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 3
The Iromankis Theatre, Chicago, a most magnificent triumph of architecture, which cost two hundred and ten thousands pounds (£210,000 to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Friday. THE Terrible Fire. in Chicago. Damnable Holocaust. Through Uncompleted Theatre. 600 Perish. Mostly Women and Children. Dead Bodies Piled to the Ceilings. Hundreds Trampled to Death. 564 Dead Bodies Recovered. Whole Families Wiped Out. 47 Dead Girls Unidentified. People Escape Over Heads of Fugitives. Bodies Fearfully Mutilated. Faces Trampled to Pulp. Sights More Bloody Than Battlefields. Ghoulish Thieves at Work. Bishop Absolves the Dying. the Unfinished Building, Causes Many Deaths. Bursting Calcium Tanks. Responsible for the Disaster. Amateur Craven Hearted Firemen. Do Deadly Damage and Flee. Hundreds Escape Over Dead Bodies. Used As Stepping Stones
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 3
Five hundred and sixty-four dead bodies have been recovered from the smouldering debris of the remains of the Iroquois Theatre at Chicago,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Fire in Chicago. a New Theatre Burnt. A Thousand Casualties. LONDON
The Riverine Grazier · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2
A fearful fire catastrophe occurred in the Irquois Theatre, Chicago, on Thursday night, resulting in the death of over 600 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alarm in England. Ware British Theatres Perfect ? Some Modern Theatres Considered Safe. Conflict of Opinion. Death Traps and Fire Boxes
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3
The disastrous conflagration in Chicago has been the means of causing a widespread discussion as to the safety of English theatres…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Sunday THE Terrible Fire. in Chicago. Through Uncompleted Theatre. 878 Perish. Arrest of Officials Nineteen Theatres Are Closed. Mere Death Traps. Sham Asbestos Curtain. Reckless Disregard of Public Safety. Evidences of Grave Neglect
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3
Concerning the ghastly holocaust in the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, by which 564 persons were killed, and their bodies recovered, 314 are still…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local, Effects of the Chicago Fire. Melbourne
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3
The recept fire at the Iroquois Theatre, Chieago, has been genorally discussed throughout the world, and learn have been expressed as to the liability…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Thousand Feet of Oiled Rope Cau[?] Fire. Alson One Hundred and Eighty Drop Scenes
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3
The [?] fell, with a crash like that of an explosion, and the heat form the great wood of light ignited the [?] borders the great [?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Monday, THE Terrible Fire in Chicago Cause of Conflagration Theatre Should Not Have Been Opened. Guilty to Be Punished. Drastic Reforms. Funerals Without End. Shortage of Coffins. a Draugut Blew Down a Scene, Covered with Incandescent Lights
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3
At the inquest held upon the appalling fire at the Iroquois Theatre in Chioago evidence has been given that the draught from the [?] which had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Theatre Fire. All Chicago Theatres Except One Closed. for Non-compliance with City Ordinances. Also 400 Public Halls Pending Inspection
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 2
The Mayor of Chicago has issued instruction ordering all the Chicago theatres, with one exception to be closed, owing to thier respective…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chiltern Fire Brigade
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3
The ordinary monthly meeting was held in their hall on Thursday night Captain Seaton in the chair, and Firemen J. J. Tauner, J. Spence. T…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Newspaper Office
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 29
A fire broke out fa the engine-room at the Richmond River Titties newspaper office, and did considerable damage, destroying the woodwork of the machine. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Chicago Fire. Great Loss of Life
The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3
The preliminary investigation at Chicago into the circumstances of the terrible fire at the Iroquois Theatre, in which over 600 persons killed and some hundreds more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire in Chicago. a Theatre in Flames. Over 1000 Persons Perish
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 4
On Wednesday week a disastrous fire occurred at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, during a performance of the pantomime "Blue[?]arl" A panic caused,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrible Fire at Chicago a New Theatre Bunni. a Thousand Casualties. London
The Independent · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 2
A fearful fire catastrophe occurred in the Irquois Theatre, Chicago, on Thursday night, resulting in the death of over 600 persons. There were 1,200 people in the Theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Iroquois Theatre Fire. Scandalous Disregard for Public Safety. Escape Doors Kept Locked
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 3
The managers of the [?] Theatre admit that they had not instructed their employers how to net in event of an [?] of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Wodonga
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2
At 5.30 yesterday afternoon a fire occurred at Beechworth-road, Wodonga, in the stables of Mr. Chauncey, horse dealer. The fire did considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire at Woollahra
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2
A fire broke at yesterday at the residence of Mr. Geolirey Fanfax, at Wollahra. A great amount of damage was done by water and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Alarm of Fire. Nearly a Parallel to the Iroquois Emeute. in Hungary. All Escape Doors Locked, Keys Unavailable. Searching Investigation. Locked Escape Doors No Good
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2
Telegrams from Buda Posth report the occurrence of a theatre fire In Hungary which might readily have furnished a parallel to the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Fire
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3
Messrs. Kimpton and Sons, whose premised and plant were almost complately destroyed by fire on Sunday night are still carrying on business…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →