Fires at Manchester. The Work of Armed Incendiarism
Mysterious fires took place in the Manchester area last evening. Seven are reported. They are believed to be the work of Sinn Feiners. Four…
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Convictions for Liverpool Fires
At their trial at Liverpool, Kerr and M'Caughay, two labourers, were found guilty of having conspired to murder police and of having set fire to warehouses…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Big Fire at Delhi. Motor Cars Destroyed. DELHI
The motor show was destroyed by fire today. Many splendid cars were burnt and heavy damage occasioned. Petrol apparently caused the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cables. Incendiary Fires at Manchester. Widespread Farms Set Alight. Alleged Sinn Fein Complicity. LONDON
For the second successive weekend incendiary fires were started in the Manchester district yesterday night. The miscreants are believed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Stanmore Fire
The destruction by the fire at the Stanmore Preserving Company's works is now estimated at over £100,000. Half the immense factory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Depot Fire
At the trial of the three men accused of complicity in the attempt to burn the Vacuum Oil Company's depot, at Wandsworth, on January 14, and of having shot…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Bush Fires in Gippsland. Tuesday Afternoon
Bush fires continue to burn furiously on three sides of Foster, in the Gippsland district of Victoria. Thousands of pounds worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at South Hay. Cottage Property Destroyed
About nine o'clock on Friday night the firebell sounded its unwelcome warning, and there was the usual hurried rushing to and fro by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train on Fire. Truck of Lucerne Destroyed
When the Deniliquin-Echuca train was about eight miles from Deniliquin on its return journey last Saturday smoke was seen to be issuing from a 15-ton iron truck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The District. Destructive Fire at Gunbar. Sylvanham Homestead Destroyed
Sylvanham, the residence of Mr A. McArthur, was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday morning between 1 and 2 a.m. Mr McArthur was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Careless Use of Fire. Mathoura Case Dismissed
At Mathoura Police Court on 11th inst., before Mr. S. J. Hamblin, P.M., Richard Frederick George, of Bunaloo, grazier, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Coreen
On Thursday last a destructive fire occurred at Coreen, resulting in the total destruction of the house and furniture of Mr. Walter Stoll. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat on Fire
A serious fire broke out in the wheat stacks at Weedallion railway station on the Stockinbingal-Forbes line. The fire was confined to one stack of about 7000…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat on Fire. Food Bags Destroyed
A serious fire broke out in the wheat slack at Weednllion railway station on the Stockinbingal Factors line about [?] on Wednesday week. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sinn Fein in England. Serious Plots Alleged. Week-end Fires at Tyneside and on London's Outskirts. LONDON
The authorities are taking a serious view of the Sinn Fein organised campaign in England, whereof 60 fires at Tyneside and the outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Setting the Thames on Fire
The phrase "He'll never set the Thames on fire," arose in connection with the temse, a corn sieve which was worked in former times over the receiver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Fire in Tokio Tokio, March 28
A fire-which threatened to consume the whole city destroyed 1000 houses in the Totsuya district, Tokio, the damage being estimated at between £3,000,000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Great Fire in Tokio. a Thousand Houses Burned
A great fire has taken place at Tokio, where 1000 houses were burned down. The damage is placed at from £3,000,000 to £5,000,000. Over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in a Mail Boat
A fire in the hold of the mail steamer Tainhiti was extinguished without damage to the vessel, but the cargo was seriously damaged. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Manchester Club Raided. London, April 3
Following upon attempted incendiarism at hotels in Manchester the police raided a club in Ergkine Street. They were met with a fusilade of…
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