Checking the Fires
Except between 'Nob's Hill and the north-eastern strip of the water-front the fires have at last been checked. This work has been accomplished by…
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397 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 20
Latest Details Possibility of Checking Fires at Last. London
It is reported that there is a prospect at last of checking the fires raging throughout the stricken city, and the latent reports tend to confirm the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. the Frisco Disaster 25 Square Miles Burnt Out. Fires Conquered at Last. Famine Prices For, "Tucker." London
From latest accounts it would appear that the famous. "Cliff House," which the earthquake caused to slip into the sea, was not very seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's Latest Cables. The Fires Extinguished. Twenty-five Square Miles Burnt Famine Prices Ruling for Food. President Roosevelt Declines Outside Assistance. LONDON
The fires at San Francisco have been extinguished. An area of twenty-five square miles was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →San Francisco. Sufferings of the Homeless. Shortage of Food and Water. Progress of the Fire Stayed. LONDON
No reliable estimate of the number of people killed in the great disaster at San Francisco can as yet be formed, and it is still impossible, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Townsend Street. Indian's Shop Gutted
Some excitement was caused in Townsend-street at about a quarter to eight last evening when an alarm of fire was raised by an Indian hawker,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreak of Fires
Thus bad began, but worse remained behind. Gas-mains had been broken on every hand, and the fires alight here and there in buildings were sufficient to start…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade
The monthly meeting of the Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Monday evening. There were present--Captain Ritchie and eight firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →INTERCOLONIAL. Big Fire at Narrabri
A Narrabri correspondent writes:—The biggest fire experienced at Narrabri broke out on Friday morning at 1.30 a.m. An entire block of buildings, numbering 14,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The American Calamity. Fires Extinguished. Refugees' Tales of Horror. London, 23rd April
The latest, news from San Francisco conveys the welcome intelligence that at last the devastating fires which followed on the earthquake have been extinguished,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woolwich Arsenal. Threatened Fire Disaster. London, April 19
A serious disaster from tire at Woolwich Arsenal, was narrowly averted. The building containing the ordnance stores was burned down, and it was only by great exertions that…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Fire Subdued. 25 Square Miles Swept. London April 23
The fire which has devastated San Francisco has at last been subdued. The accounts received to-day stated that the flames had been extinguished, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Fearful Earthquake at San Francisco. Great City Half Ruined. Frightful Loss of Life. Huge Fires in Affected Area. Damage over £60,000,000. London, April 19
San Francisco, the great western gate way or America, has been visited by one of the most appalling disasters which has fallen in recent times on any important…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Fire at Mittagong
The office of the "Berrima District Leader" was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour on Saturday morning. The building, weather board, was situated…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Recent Fire
The fire which occurred last week on the premises of Kuhda Bukhsh, storekeeper, Townsend-street, was the subject of an inquiry by…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Bush Memories. the Fire
"R. L. O." writes in the "Westminister Gazette":-- "Districts in Victoria are being swept by bush fires. Many lives have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Careless Use of Fire
At the Moulamein Police Court on Thursday, 86th April, before the Police Magistrate, H. Vinecombe, being the occupier of certain land, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →San Francisco. British Fire Losses—£6,000.000. London
The contents of about seventy-five per cent, of the safes which have been opened in San Francisco since the [?] have been found to consist solely of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Kyogle
A disastrous fire broke out last night at Kyogle, on the Richmond River. Several buildings were destroyed, including the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Eruptions. Vesuvius Bursts Out. an Awe-inspiring Sight. Rivers of Fire. Indescribable Scenes. London, April 13
Until Friday it was supposed that the present eruption of Vesuvius was of the ordinary kind. It then assumed awe-Inspiring proportions. The…
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