Fire
A disastrous fire occurred at Murrumburrah early on Friday morning, resulting in the total destruction of the post office and three adjoining…
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Big Fire at Harden
A disastrous fire occurred at Harden on Friday morning, Miss M'Leod's shop and dwelling catching fire owing to a piece of wood falling on the kitchen floor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Explosion and Fire at Pharmacy. a Man Arrested
A mysterious explosion occurred late on Wednesday night at Edmunds Brothers' pharmacy at 91 Oxford street, Sydney. It resulted in a shop and its contents being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Fire in Tokio. 15,000 People Homeless. Tokio
A great fire occurred in this city yesterday which destroyed 3300 buildings. Over 15,000 people have been rendered homeles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shell Fire in Capital. Rebels Demand Surrender. Mexico City, February 14
Fierce fighting still rages in Mexico. The Federal troops are fighting against a strong rebel army, led by Felix Diaz, nephew of the ex-President, Porfirio Diaz…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Destructive Fire
A fire at Tokio original in a Salvation Amy hall. Many schools and institutions were destroyed. The damage is estimated at £1,500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Kempton Park Racecourse
A fire occurred at Kempton Park racecourse in the ladies' waiting room adjoining the Royal pavillion. The fire brigade speedily extinguished the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Suffragettes Use "Greek Fire." Action Against Leaders Pro Proposed. London
The Suffragettes, in addition to more serious offences, still continue in their orgy of Window smashing and letter burning. Some women placed tubes of "Greek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Yarrawonga. Benzine the Cause. Yarrawonga
A disastrous fire occurred here shortly after nine o'clock last night, which resulted in the destruction of two business establishments in the centre of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Yarrawonga
A disastrous fire occurred here shortly after nine o'clock on Monday night, which resulted in the destruction of two business establishments in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire in Tokio. 15,000 Japanese Homeless. London, February 20
A fire of enormous proportions is raging in Tokio. A message received from the Japanese capital this morning states that 3300…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Code Northern Territory. Prof. Gilruth "Going to Blaze the Track."
Professor Gilruth, the new Administrator of the Northern Territory, speaking in Sydney prior to his departure for Darwin, said that whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Terrible Fires. Twenty Persons Incinerated. Two Others Insane. Chicago
A fire occurred at Omaha, in Nebraska, attended with shocking loss of life. A large hotel in the city caught alight. It was a wooden structure, and the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at San Sebastian. Municipal Buildings Destroyed Madrid
A great fire broke out at San Sebastian, a fishing town on the north coast of Spain, late on Thursday night. The conflagration started in the theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Escape From Fire. Neighbor Arrested. Melbourne
A fire attended by circumstances which en[?]minated in an arrest was reported to the Footsoray fire station at 1.51 a.m. to-day. The s[?]ue was a six-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mayor at the Fires
The Lord Mayor and 60 other volunteers went on duty at the Australian Gas works in Kent street at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Lord Mayor, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cooking Without Fire. The "Econocooker."
Every person concerned in the cooking of food knows how much time is spent in watching the food and guarding against burning, boiling over, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Steamer on Fire. Turakina in Grave Peril. Rio De Janeiro
The fire on board the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Turakina is defying all attempts to get it under control. The steamer, which left Wellington for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Anecdotes of Mark Twain. His Version of "Presence of Mind" at a Fire. Mother a Real Humorist
A new three-volume biography of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine, has a fascinating store of anecdotes which illustrate the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.S. Turakina. the Fire Extingished. London
Good news was received from Rio De Janeiro yesterday morning in regard to the N.Z. Shipping Company's steamer Turukina, which, two days ago, put into the…
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