Fire in a Colliery Thrilling Escapes. London
What might have proved a terrible mining catastrophe was very narrowly averted yesterday. An electric cable in the Pinkton…
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Factory on Fire. 200 Girls Rescued. St. Louis (Missouri), April 15
The fearful disaster which attended the Triangle Shirt Waist Company's fire in New York was nearly repeated here yesterday. A shirt waist factory took fire, but…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Fire in a Village. Caused by Mischievous Children. Berlin, April 17
Children playing with matches started a fire in the village of Lindau, rear Duderstadt, Hanover, yesterday. Fifty peasant farmsteads were destroyed, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Fire at a Wharf. Paris
A fire occurred on Thursday at a wharf at Dunkirk the well known seaport in the North of France. Before it was got under control the fire had seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Incendiarism. the Recent Savernake Fire. a Woman Committed for Trial
At the Mulwala Police Court on Thursday last, Messrs. Jas. Sloane (chairman), R. M'Geoch, W. Murchison, W. G. Cross and J. Lonsdale, J's.P., were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Concerning a Savernake Fire
At the Mulwala Police Court on Thursday Messrs Sloane (chairman), R. M‘Geoch, W. Murchison, W. G. Cross and J. Lonsdale, J’s.P., were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Wharf. Australian Wool Destroyed Paris, April 21
Through an outbreak of fire on the wharf at Dunkirk, the cargo of two steamers was seriously damaged by fire. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Colliery Mishap. Fire in the Shaft. London, April 19
A serious disaster has been narrowly averted at the Pinkton colliery. Through the fusing of an electric cable, some woodwork at the bottom of the shaft became…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Big Fire at Camperdown Loss Estimated at £10,000. SYDNEY
The furniture factory of Forbes and Co. at Camperdown was destroyed by fire to-night. The flames rose to a height of 60 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exciting Scenes at Fire Terror-stricken Lodgers Sydney
A fire broke oat at the Crescent Coffee Palace HoteL George street, early this morning. When the alarm was raised, panis seized the boarders, many of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire at Crewe House Incendiarism Suspected. London
Another fare has occurred at Crewe House, the London residence of the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for India. It is suspected that the fires are the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Maine Thousands Homeless. Serious Casualty List. Vancouver
The town of Bangor, in Maine. U.S.A., has been the scene of a great conflagration. The damage is roughly estimated at one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chiltern. Fire Brigade
The ordinary meeting was held last Monday. Present—Lieut. Blanchard (in the chair), and 12 members. Correspondence…
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Cabinet having approved Mr. Carmichael's scheme for the establishment of a State buildings insurance fund, a board has now been appointed to administer it…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Fire on Western Hill Generous Act by Mr. Abe Nathan
Just before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the tire bell at Albury rang out the alarm of tire. The scene of the outbreal. was a four roomed W.B. house on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at the Lake
A disastrous fire occurred on Sunday at Lake Moodemers, resulting in the total destruction of Mr. John Hines' residence, together with its contents. Exactly how…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opaque Darkness. Fire in a Mine
I had known darkness before— darkness of the mine, darkness meant a complete absence of li[?] but here was an opaque darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fire in Canada
A great forest fire is in progress at Port Albert a thickly settled centre in Saskatchewan. Scores of settlers have been rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Fire Brigade Appliances Capt. Ryan Critical
Captain Ryan, of the Albury Fire Brigade, addressed to last night's meeting of the Albury Municipal Council a lengthy-letter on the subject of the inefficiency of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Towns on Fire Thousands of Buildings Gutted Tokio
Another great conflagration has broken out in Japan, where the conditions in the towns make fires particularly to be dreaded…
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