Fire on a Steamer
The steamer Colonial, bound from Adelaide to London via Durban, arrived at Fremantle at 2 p.m. on Friday with a fire on board. The vessel is owned by the…
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Fatal Fire in New Zealand. Three Persons Perish
A fire occurred on Sunday night at Port Chalmers in a two-story, wooden building occupied by Mr. William Haberfield, his wife, a four-year-old chid, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Corowa Volunteer Fire Brigade
The monthly meeting of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station on Monday evening 15th inst. There were present:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Crockery Store
A fire broke out at George-street west this afternoon in a crockery store belonging to Francis Gillett, crockery importer. The flames were confined to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire in Canada
A terrific fire has occurred at Victoria, the capita] of British Columbia. One hundred and fifty buildings, including two churches, were destroyed during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney
A fire occurred in a block of buildings in George-street, near Market-street, early on Saturday morning, in which four shops were almost destroyed. They…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Steamer on Fire. the Damage Small
By the fire on the Ville de La Ci[?]tat, belonging to the Messageries Maritimes, which has just arrived from Noumea, but little damage has been done. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Coney Island Quarter of a Million Damages. London
A disastrous fire has occurred at Coney Island, the popular New York seaside resort and one of the largest and most magnificent pleasure ground in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Is Cheap. Two-thirds of the Money Spent in Matches Is Wasted
Cheap as matches have now become they are still, from one point of view the best example of modern waste. The industry of making them has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coney island Devastated by Fire
Coney Island, the famous pleasure resort of New York, has been devastated by fire. The damage done is estimated at £250,000. Two thousand persons have been rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Outbreak of Fire
At about 6.30 o'clock yesterday morning an outbreak of fire occurred in some outbuildings in close proximity to Mr. E. A. Heath's Private residence in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Extraordinary Fire
Mrs. M'Callum, sen., a resident of Apsley, who was in the habit of using hot bricks to warm her bed, was badly burnt on Wednesday night. She placed a brick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Peace Conference Farce. the "Contraband of War" Vote. Only a Fire Work
The relative importance of the powers who formed the minority when the Fourth Committee of the Hague Peace Conference divided on the British proposal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at a Flour Mill [?] Damage Done. Singleton
A large are occured here to-day at the Old Flour Mills, which were entirely destroyed. The mills were used as a bulk store, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saved Two Children's Lives. Two Plucky Youths. Burgle a House and Extinguish a Fire
An act of great courage is reported from Darlinghurst. Two youths, while passing a cottage in Chapman-street last night noticed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire at Great Southern
Mr. Beaven, District Coroner held an inquest at Great Southern, near Rutherglen, on Monday, on the body of an infant that had been burnt to death in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A False Alarm of Fire. and Its Consequence
A valuable draught horse, known as Negro, was killed on Monday night. The animal was one of two attached to a heavy fire engine. The horse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →False Alarm of Fire
The bell at the Albury fire station was runs at about 9 o'clock last night, but it was found that the rail was occasioned by a chimney on fire in Swift street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disastrous Fire. Nineteen Horses Roasted
At Red Head, near New castle a terrible fire Occurred in the stables of the Lambton B. colfiery, in which nineteen horses were roasted to death. The animals…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Mutiny! How a Skipper Lost His Ship
From the Pacific coast comes the story of how one man's will saved the lives entrusted to his keeping in the face of fire, mutiny, and storm. It [?]…
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