Fires Haystack Destroyed
There is an old saying about fire that it is a good servant but a bad master. The latter is what was proved on Monday afternoon on Mr…
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Latest Telegrams. Fire at Wentworth. Sydney
The projection room and machinery at the Wentworth picture theatre was destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. The damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Lowesdale Store and Post Office Gutted Damage Estimated at £3000
Early on Tuesday morning the building occupied by M. Vernon at Lowesdale as a general store, was completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Balranald Fire Brigade
Some of the members of the Balranald Fire Brigade visited Swan Hill on hospital fete day and competed in the various brigade events. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Wentworth Picture Theatre
A fire broke out in the National Picture Theatre, Wentworth, at 11.30 p.m. on Saturday last, 12th inst., after the night's performance had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hall Fire at Rotoura. Interesting Discovery After Blaze Was Put Out. Wellington (N.z.)
After a fire in the public hall ac Rotoura had been extinguished, it was found that a candle had been arranged under a long length of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Roumanian Fire Disaster The Victims Buried. BUCHAREST
One hundred and ten victims of the Good Friday fire, at Kosti were buried in 40 separate trenches, members of various families lying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Jerilderie Timber Shed Destroyed
A slight sensation occurred here on Easter Monday afternoon, the cause being an outbreak of fire which broke out in Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bakehouse Destroyed
Fire destroyed Mr. M. M. Thomson’s bakehouse in Henry Street on Tuesday night. The ringing of the firebell at about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Howlong Shed and Motors Destroyed
An outbreak of fire occurred in a shed at the rear of Mr. J. Cameron's residence at about 1.30 a.m. on Saturday last, writes our How…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bake House Fire M. M. Thomson's Loss 140 Bags of Flour Destroyed
About 10.30 o'clock on Tuesday night last the bakehouse owned and occupied by Mr. M. M. Thomson was gutted by a which broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in New Zealand. Two Hotels Destroyed. Wellington (N.z.)
Trapped by a fire which spread rapidly through the Royal Hotel at Greymouth, early this morning, a young bride had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Convicts in Revolt. Warders Fire on Them. COLUMBUS (Ohio)
The State Penitentiary, where 322 convicts were burned to death recently, was the scene of new violence, to-day, when the guards, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stony Crossing Hotel Destroyed by Fire
ANOTHER old landmark, the Stony Crossing Hotel, occupied by Mrs. C. Henderson, was destroyed by fire at about midnight on Tuesday, 29th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Widespread Fires in U.S.A. Five Million Dollars' Damage. New York
A widespread portion of the Eastern United States is threatened by timber fires, in which the damage to property is great. Farms, homes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Redfern Shop. Nearly Causes Fatality. SYDNEY, Monday Night
A family named Champion had a narrow escape from death, early this morning, when they were trapped by a fire in an upstairs room of a shop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berrigan Fire Brigade
The secretary of the Berrigan Fire Brigade acknowledges the following donations towards the funds of the brigade:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Queensland Fire. Chinese Loses His Life. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon
In a fire which destroyed a shop at East Ingham, North Queensland, an elderly Chinese was burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Trouble in Ohio Penitentiary. Prisoners Set Fire to Tents. COLUMBUS (Ohio)
Following a tense night, in which several minor riots occurred while 650 unruly prisoners, who had been isolated in a high wire stockade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sholapur Horror Courthouse on Fire Police Cast Into Flames Calcutta, May 9
The story of how seven policemen were burned to death by a maddened mob in the riots at Sholapur, near Bombay, was told by European and…
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