Church Set on Fire
Suffragettes set fire to Chipstead Church early on Friday morning, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. The fire was discovered by some…
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Fire Fiend on Sydney's Waterfront. £120,000 Goes Up in Sparks and Smoke. Big Cargo Wharf Destroyed. a Spectacle of Awful Magnificence. Sydney Lighted for Miles at Night As If by the Sun. Sydney. Sunday, Night
The highest fare that has ever occurred on the Sydney waterfront broke out shortly before, 9 o'clock last night at the North German Lloyd Company's new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Matters. Erection of New Station. Money All Spent; Hard to Say Where
The Albury Municipal Council, at its meeting last [?] received the following letter from the secretary to the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italian Strike Riots. Troops Fire on Mobs. Rome, June 11
The strike that spread through the principal cities as a protest against the action of the police in having fired on a gathering at Ancona of Socialists and…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Big Fire in Glasgow. Quays and Wharves Collapse Yachts and Schooners Destroyed LONDON, June 19
A big fore has occurred at Glasgow, and a number of quays and wharves near Kingston Dock has collapsed. The fire originated accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire in Glasgow, Wharves Destroyed—three Sailors Missing. Damage Estimated at £300,000. LONDON
A great fire raged all yesterday in [?]gow. The seene of the conflagration was the Kingston Dock. It is feared that the fire has been responsible for loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery on Fire. Two Hundred Men Entombed. Their Fate in Doubt Brussels
A fire, which may cause the loss of a great number of lives, has broken out in the [?] Marihaye colliery, near [?] There were 100 miners below when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing. Blunder by a Referee. a Wrong Decision Given. the Audience in Uproar. Stadium Set on Fire. Sydney
At the Stadium last night Joe Welding, of America, gained the decision on points over Sapper O'Neill, of England, at the end of a 20-rounds contest. The weights…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Leonard Street. Mrs Chandler's House Destroyed
A few minutes after six o'clock last night a boy accosted Captain Manifold of the fire brigade in the street, and said that a house was on fire in Leonard-street just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Grimsby. Half an Acre Swept by Flames. Damage Fstimated at £200,000. LONDON
A great lire occurred at the Grimsby docks on Friday morning. Half an area of buildings, including grain warebouse and wool stores, were swept away. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in the City of Salem. Damage Estimated at £2,000,000. Government Supplies Tents. Broom-armed Residents Chase the Flying Sparks. New York
Over 1000 buildings have been destroyed and 10,000 people made homeless by a fire that swept through the city of Salem, the port of entry of a peninsula in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salem Destroyed by Fire. Loss Stated at £4,000,000. New York, June 26
A disastrous fire yesterday swept through the city of Salem in Massachusetts, and did an immense amount of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grimsby Dock Blaze. Wool Stores Destroyed. London, June 27
An extensive and disastrous fire occurred on Friday at the Grimsby Docks. Half an acre of buildings was destroyed, including several grain warehouses and…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Fires That Never Go Out. One Has Been Burning in Siam for Centuries
In Slam is a fire that not only lasts for years, but has what have been aptly termed "[?]al descenddants." It is to be found in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Swept by Fire. Flames Half a Mile Wide. New York, June 26
A terrible conflagration has swept through the city of Salem, the port of entry on a peninsula in Massachusetts Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →A Wreath of Fire
A wreath catching fire at a funeral service at Carmoux, Southern France, the other day. caused the mourners to rush madly from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Mid-atlantic
No one who has not witnessed it can realise the basic grandeur of a fire at sea, To-night at the Theater Royal, in the famous Pathe color picture. "A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Salem Fire. Government Aid Probable. President Urges a Grant. Washington
It is probable that a Government grant will be made for the relief of the 10,000 people rendered homeless by the fire which passaged the city of Salem last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on S.S. Ayrshire. Vessel Making for Port. London, July 5
It is announced by the Scottish Shire Line Company that their steamer Ayrshire (7763 tons), has sent a wireless message stating that there is a fire in the No. 3…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →A Popular Fire Insurance Company. "The Liverpool London and Globe." Figures Which Speak for Themselves
The name of the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company is a familiar one to most of our readers, and in every country town of…
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