19 Hours in Pit Fire. Man's Life to Save Mates. Three Brothers Perish
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 8
Many heroic deeds were performed in the attempts to rescue the twenty-six miners who were imprisoned by fire in one of the pits of the Carron Company at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →By Storm and Fire. a Town Wiped Out. New York
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 2
The small town of Home, in Alaska, has been wiped out of existence by a heavy storm. The seas broke over the water front and carried everything before their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Disastrous Fire. Damage Estimated at £100,000. BERLIN
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 2
Owing to the explosion of a powder mill at Hamburg, a fire was originated, and the flames spread to Michaclles' sugar and honey factory, which was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men Who Live by Big Fires
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 7
Our American cousins are fond of boasting about their fire brigade. It is the most efficient in the world, they say; and there is certainly good ground for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suffragettes Fire Houses. London
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2
Two houses were set on tire by suffragettes at Bedford. The suffragettes sent a post card to the authorities declaring the damage done, to every town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suffragettes. Another Fire Outrage. London, October 6
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 43
Suffragettes on Saturday destroyed by fire a large unoccupied residence at Hampton-on-Thames, Two women have been arrested on suspicion. They are Rachel…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Suffragette Activity. Houses Set on Fire. Mrs. Drummond Rearrested London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2
There has been a sudden revival of activity on the part of the militant Suffragettes, after a period of quietude, following the flight to Paris of Mrs. Pankhurst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrors of Aviation. Monoplane on Fire. When 2000 Feet From Ground. Berlin
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 2
A thrilling adventure befol an Austrian airman and a passenger, who ascon[?], in a menoplane on Friday at New[?]endorf, a village in Brandenburg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Fire at Sea Steamer Volturno Abandoned in Mid-atlantic. 510 Saved; 236 Missing, Wireless Telegraphy Brings Help. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 2
The British steamer Volturno, which is owned by the Canadian Northern Steamship Company, bound from Rotterdam to New York, caught fire in mid-Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Bright District. Three Buildings Destroyed
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 4
A serious fire, ending in the destruction of an hotel, store, and dwelling at Lower Buckland, occurred about midnight on Saturday. The property is owned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Caused the Fire. Fatal Ex[?]losion Forward. Bremen
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 2
A wireless message received here from the N.D.L. timer Grosser Kurfurst gives some info[?]atk in as to the origin of the fire on the Volturno…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire and Explosion on an Ocean Liner. a Heavy Death Roll. Wireless Brings Succour at the Last Moment. LONDON
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 2
A wireless message has been received from the steamer Grosser Kurfurst, which states that a fire on board the Volturno caused an explosion in the forward part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Fire at Sea "Help Us or We Perish." Volturno's Despairing Message. 136 Supposed to Be Dead. Miraculous Escape of Others. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 2
The latest news in respect to the dis[?]trous fire on the Canadian Northern Steamship Company's steamer Volturno indicates that the loss of life is not as heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams, Fire at Sea Burning of the Volturno. Further Details by Ethergrams. the Tragedy of the Century. Captain Incits Agonising Messages. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 2
Additional details of the fire on the immigrant steamer Volturno in mid-Atlantic have been received by wireless. Captain Inch, of the Volturno, sent continuous and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Theory of the Fire. Chemicals Amongst the Cargo. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 October 1913 · page 2
The explosion on the S.S. Volturno which preceded the fire has been attributed to the smashing of some boxes of chemicals in one of the holds. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Burning Volturno. How the Fire Originated. a Cigarette the Cause. Dropped on Immigrants' Luggage. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 October 1913 · page 2
Batches of the survivors of the deserted and burning steamer Volturno have reached Havre, Rotterdam, and Liverpool, according to the destinations of the several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Horror Grim Catastrophe in a Colliery Explosion and Fire. 418/ Men Entombed. Slight Hopes of Rescue. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 October 1913 · page 2
A profound sensation has been created throughout the country by an explosion at the Universal Colliery at Sengheydd, near Cardiff (Wales)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town's Short Life. Nome Swept by Fire. San Francisco, October 6
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 43
The small town of Nome, in Alaska, has been wiped out. During a heavy storm, a fire broke out in the business section, which was soon a…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Terrible Colliery Disaster in England. Over 400 Men Entombed. The Mine Catches Fire. London
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 2
An explosion occurred at the Universal colliery, Senghenydd, near Cardiff, in Wales, last night. The whole of the machinery at the pit mouth was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. Appalling Fire at Sea. Disaster in Mid-atlantic. 236 People Missing. London, October 11
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 42
An appalling marine disaster—the worst since the loss of the Titanic—has occurred. It is feared that over 230 people have perished…
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