Blaze Among Gas Fittings
A cottage belonging to a Mrs. Watson caught on fire last night through some trouble with the gas. The residence is only a few doors from the fire station…
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Forest Fires in America Rain-making Proposals. London
In view of the enormous damage done by the forest fires on the North Western borders of the United States, the authorities at Washington are conferring with the…
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The extensive forest fires which have been sweeping many States of America for several weeks past, inflicting great destruction in their march, are being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menlough Castle Historic Irish Mansion. Destroyed by Fire
Says the London "Daily Mail" of July 30 Menlough Castle, near Glaway, the seat of Sir Valentine Blake, Bart., was burned to the ground on Tuesday morning, July 26…
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An explosion in the gas works attached to a Hospital at Henares, Portugal, caused a fire which rapidly extended to the main building. Ninety women and girls ran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unfrocked Friar. Fires' Revolver in St. Peter's Sensation at Vespers. London, August 29
While vespers were being sung in a side chapel within the vast basilica of St. Poter's, in Rome, last night, three revolver shots rang out in rapid succession…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Rain-making Guns. Fighting the Forest Fires. Use of Artillery. London, August 27
Resort to a remarkable expedient has been suggested in connection with the desperate efforts being made to the groat forest fires raging in Western…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Two Days of Lightning. Wandering Thunderstorms. Death and Fire
A remarkable series of wanderiag thunderstorms raged throughout the South of England and on parts of the Continent early in the week (said…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telephone Fire Alarms
Captain P. K. Ritchie, of the local Fire Brigade, has been advised by the Fire Brigade Board that it is intended to erect four telephone fire alarms in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital on Fire
The hospital at Rock Bay British Columbia caught fire last night and was burnt to the ground. The nurses showed great courage and carried all the patients…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Footscray Tannery Destroyed by Fire
A fire, the cause of which has not been ascertained, broke out on Friday night, at 11 o'clock, at Gibbs's tannery, Sims-street Footscray. The tannery, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Paris Milliners. Attack Police with Hat-pins. Dispersed by Fire Hose. London, September 2
A strike of milliners in Paris has been marked by extraordinarily disorderly scenes and furious fighting between the gendarmes and the strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Fire on a Battleship
News has been, received, of a naval disaster in Lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. A fire broke out in the bunkers of the United States battleship North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brussels Exhibition Fire
The loss sustained by British exhibitors through the recent fire at the Brussels Exhibition was at first variously estimated, but was eventually said to have been fully…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Russia
A great fire has occurred at Kaukas, a suburb of Zarizyu, in Russia. 300 houses being burnt, and 4000 persons being driven out of their homes. The fire is still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vancouver Forest Fires
Fierce forest fees are raging in Vancouver. The small township of Whiterock has been destroyed and a similar fate has fallen many farm houses 30 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Racing. Queensland Estates Swept
Stock Inspector Laven, of Queensland, has just returned to Normanton from a trip to Camooweal, covering a distance of 751 miles. He reports that the country…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Sensational Fire. Girls Jump for Life. One Killed, Three Injured. London, September 11
A fire in the large drapery premises of Mr. Wallace Hughes at 464, 466, and 470 Brixton-road, was attended by sensational incidents…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Heroine of Forest Fires
The area swept by the recent forest fires in the States of Montana and Idaho is estimated at fifteen thousand acres. During the recent forest [?] in the State of…
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