Fire at Harbor Works
A fire at the Rosyth Harbor Works, Firth of Forth, has destroyed an electrical power station, valued at £20,000…
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363 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 19
Chained to a Stake a Cotton Planter on Fire. Dies Without Making an Accusation. London
A shocking tragedy has been perpetrated in Louisiana, U.S.A. In a clearing of a wood near Lake Charles, a wealthy white, cotton planter, named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams Whitehaven Disaster Fire Swept Pit Re-opened. Search for the Bodies of the Miners. London
The Wellington, pit at Whitehaven, the mouth of which, owing to a fire last month, was bricked up in order to quench the flames, thus leaving 133 miners to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collapse of a Water Tower Disaster in Montreal. a Tragic Fire. 40 Lives Lost. London
A terrible disaster attended a conflagration on the premises of the "Daily Herald" newspaper in Montreal yesterday. The fire gained a strong bold and in some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claim on a Fire Policy
In the High Court in Melbourne an application was made on behalf of a plaintiff, for love to appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court of Now South…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Nurse and the Fires Commuted for Trial. Remarkable Defence. Tatura
The cases in connection with the alleged attempt to destroy a grocery shop and private dwelling house in Hogan-st., Tatura on May 3 were before the Tatura Police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire at Niagara Fifteen Lives Lost. London
Telegrams from New York state that a conflagration involving serious loss of life, occurred last night near Niagara Falls. A wooden building used as a messroom…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Seattle. Ten Blocks Destroyed. London, June 12
A destructive fire swept the water front at Scattle yesterday. Ten blocks were destroyed, and 500 people rendered homeless. The damage is estimated at 1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Victoria. Girl's Clothes Catch Fire. Melbourne
A 15-year-old girl, named Inez Elkington, died in the Melbourne Hospital to-day from the effect of burns. The deceased was brought from her home in Evans-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision in France Telescoped Carriages Catch Fire. Ten Corpses Recovered. London
A terrible railway disaster occurred in France yesterday when the Paris to Ganvile express collided with, a slow train standing at the platform at Ville Preux…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dangers of the Electric Current. Fall of a Telephone Cable Sets Buildings on Fire. Fremantle
One of the overhead telephone cables in High-street, the principal street of Fremantle, fell across the high pressure electric tramway cable on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Express Wrecked. Carriages on Fire. Passengers Roasted Alive. Driver Makes Up Lost Time. London, June 20
Scenes of anguish and despair were witnessed on Saturday at the Villepreux station, near Versailles, whore a slow train standing in the station was run into by…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Scientific Notes. Motor Tricycle Fire Apparatus
Fire extinguishing authorities are constantly agitating for new and improved forms of emergency fire engines for narrow city streets; but it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire at Darlington Point. Beaumont's Store Destroyed. Darlington Point
Messrs Beaumont Bros.' store was gutted by fire at 2.30 this morning. No lives were lost. The owners arc covered by insurance to the extent of £1900 in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Mississippi Steamer
A Mississippi boat caught fire and burned to the water's edge after being beached. Four people were killed and dozens of others burned. Some were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Newtown Presbytery Destroyed
The Presbytery opposite the Newtown Orphanage was destroyed by fire last night. The building was partly brick and partly weatherboard an contained about five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades' Act
Some of the municipal and shire bodies who, under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act, which recently came into operation, have to contribute their quota…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Fire Brigades’ Act. Duty and Responsibility of Councils
Some of the municipal and shire bodies who, under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act which recently came into operation, have to contribute their quota towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Defects of Fire Brigades Act
In its 26th, and final, report, laid before Parliament last week, the Fire Brigades Board, referring to the 1909 Act, says:--"It is a more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finley. FIRE
Yesterday morning about six o'clock the residents of the Tuppal Hotel were suddenly aroused by the cries of fireemanatingfrom abedroom…
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