Lighting a Fire
A correspondent referring to the frequency of serious disasters form the practice of lighting fires with kerosene writes as follows:—A perfectly safe and by far…
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413 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 21
Ill-fated Dayton. Flooded City on Fire. People Leap to Death. Later
The plight of the city of Dayton, in Ohio, is now almost indescribable.- First came the tornado and flood, then the explosion of an oil tank brought fire, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Later Details. A Disaster of Appalling Magnitude A Fearful Death Roll. Flood and Fire Combined. Enormous Destruction of Property
Two hundred thousand persons are homeless as a result of the floods in the United States. Many people spent the night in trees and housetops, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire and Floods
The renewal of a blizzard is adding to the horrors of the situation at Dayton, U.S.A., where appalling losses have occurred this week through floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Flood and Fire. Horrors at Dayton. Death Roll Placed at 1600. Reservours Collapsing. New York
The news from the flood centres yesterday only adds to the distress and anxiety created by the terrible calamity. Dayton is still experiencing fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Auckland. Arckland
One of the most disastrous fires that has occurred for many years here broke out this morning. A block, known as Endean's Buildings, in Queen street, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Devastate in Ohio. Floods, Fires, and Blizzards. Awful, Loss of Life. New York, March 218
The unhappy prospect is that the disasters in the States of Ohio and Indiana will eclipse the grim record of the San Francisco earthquake seven years ago, when…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Tornado, Cloudburst aad Fire. One Thousand Dead. 200,000 HOMELESS
Two hundred thousand people have been rendered homeless by the great floods in the Middle West of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Fires at Police
Ernest Barry [?] aged 21 years, was charged at the Central police court this morning with having shot at Constable Kammell with intent to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempt to Burn a Whitfield Hotel. Fire in Several Rooms
A sensation, was caused in the Whitfield district on Saturday when a well-known resident named Henry Herbert Smith, baker, was arrested and charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Mine. Three Lives Lost. London
Three officials of the Bluenavon Colliery, in Monmouthshire, lost their lives yesterday. A fire occurred in the mine, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Mail Room. Auckland
A fire occurred in the mail room of te steamer Makura, when 50 miles cast of Sydney. The ship was have to, Hands get to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sulky on Fire. Woman Seriously Injured. Warwick (Q.)
A sensational driving accident occurred last night the vicinity of the bridge spanning tho Condamine River at East Grafton street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Severely Burned. Playing with Fire
Jean, the little [?]-year-old daughter of Mr. Robert Sharp, cycle agent of Albury, was victim of a distressing accident yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp live…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Near Bowna. Riverine House Destroyed
An old landmark in the shape of a building known as the Riverine House, Eight Mile Creek, was destroyed by fire at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Near Bowna
Riverina. House, Eight-mile Creek, near Bowna, was destroyed by fire at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. The building was recently purchased from Mr. John Hanlon…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Fire at South Yathong
On Saturday last it was reported here that the residence of Mr. Alexander Davey, on South Yathong, had early that morning been burnt to tho ground and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Thurgoona. the Inquiry Adjourned
A magisterial inquiry was opened by the deputy coroner (Mr. D. H. Mott, J.P.), at Thurgoona yesterday afternoon, concerning the at Smithenbeeker's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chiltern Fire Brigade
At the monthly meeting of the Chiltern Fire Brigade there were present: Captain La Franchi (in the chair), and six firemen. Correspondence.—From secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Hotel Seven People Incinerated. Woman's Leap for Life. New York
A tragic confl[?]gration occurred in Now York city in the early hours of yesterday mornings. The Hotel Malone caught [?] and seven people were overcome by the…
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