Grass Fire at Coreen
A grass fire occurred in Mr. C. J. Selley's property, Coreen, on Friday last, and consumed about 300 acres of grass, including a quantity in Mr. J. F…
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A Mansion Set on Fire
A Suffragette outrage was committed at Edgebaston (Birmingham) in the early hours of yesterday morning. Women poured petroleum over the woodwork of Park…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fire. (To the Editor)
Sir,--One or two inaccuracies crept into your report of the late fife on Mr. Buggy's property, through your informant not having been possessed of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Training Ship on Fire. 290 Boys Rescued. London
The training ship Wellesley, which is stationed at North Shields, caught fire yesterday, and in a very short space of time the vessel was blazing furiously. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. Disastrous Fires. 100 Persons Missing. St. Louis City Disaster. New York, March 9
At a late hour last night a fire in the heart of St. Louis (Missouri) practically destroyed an entire block. It is feared, that there has been great…
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As a further protest against the arrest of their leader, Suffragettes early yesterday morning set fire to a mansion at Stewarton, North Ayrshire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Tragedy in U.S.A. Panic Among Italians. New York
Remarkable scenes took place early on Friday during a fire at an Hallan apartment house in Bridgeport. Con. There were fifty lodgers in the house…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ancient Cathedral on Fire. Berlin
The cathedral at Neuss (3 1/2 miles from Dusseldorf), which is one of the finest speciments of mediaeval archliceture in Germany, has been very severely damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Fire a Store a Wanton Outrage
A determined effort was made last night to set fire to Oswald's bonded and free stone in the City. The lock was wrenched, off the door…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Fire. Fumes Overcome Firemen. Port Pirie
A serious fire has broken out among the bunker coal of the steamer Bolamhall, which is lying at the wharf. It was discovered smouldering on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Fire at Girl's Co Lege 350 Persons Escape. Absence of Panic Saves Everyone. New York
Exciting scenes occurred in connection with a fire at Wellesley, in Massachusetts, early yesterday. Fire broke out in a hall of a large college…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Fire at Lake Albert
A serious fired occurred, at Lake Albert on Monday morning, when the post office and the residence of Mrs. Port, post mistress, were completely demolished. News…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Fire and Flood. Hill View, Germanton
Dear Uncle Jeff,—Did you like writing letters when you were a little boy? I don't like it very much. There was a very big flood in the creek here recently. It…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boarding—house Fire. Panic Among Occupants. Bridgeport (U.S.A.), March 13
When a fire broke out in an Italian boarding-house in which there were 50 occupants a panic resulted. The police had to use clubs to drive the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Rescued From Fire. Parents and Child Saved. Geelong
Their of escape cut off by a burning staircase. Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Townhill and their infant child were rescued from death by the prompitude of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wodonga
Pell mell a number of lads and lasses raced to Mr. Chas. 8. G. Gordon's Wodonga Estate orchard between 7.30 and 8.30 o'clock on Thursday night. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. Playing with Fire
Sir John Simon, the Attorney-General, speaking at Eccles, said that Sir Edward Carson had gone to Belfast to curb the feelings which be himself had done so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Leaps From a Window. to Escape From Fire. Swan, Hill
His escape from fire cut off by the Hames an assistant employed in a shop in Swan Hill jumped from an upstairs window to the street, a distance of 20 feet, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. the Suffragettes. Hold Service Outside Abbey. Another Body Set Fire to a Vestry. London
The East End Suffragettes yesterday marched to Westminster Abbey, but on arrival there they were informed that the building was full. They then held a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Axle-box of Albury Express on Fire. Three Trains Delayed. Kilmore
Owing to an axle-box on the Albury express becoming on fire last evening a second-class carriage had to be detached, and the passengers transferred to another…
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