15 Known Dead in Hotel Fire Six Storey Building Destroyed New York
Fifteen persons are known to be dead and it is feared that several others perished in an early morning fire which destroyed the…
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61 Deaths in Chicago Fire CHICAGO
The toll of La Salle Hotel Are last Wednesday rose to 61 with the death in hospital last night of a man whose wife and 15 year old son also perished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →25 Guests Still Unaccounted for Panic Contributed To Hotel Fire Death-Roil DUBUQUE (Iowa)
American Associated Press states that like the tragedy in the La Salle Hotel, Chicago, panic contributed to the death roll in the Canfield Hotel fire, Dubuque’s greatest disaster…
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Quick action by an unknown person in telephoning the Are brigade last evening prevented a serious fire at the rear of Foy and Gibson’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dog Causes Fire; Wedding Presents Destroyed SYDNEY
Wedding presents, worth £5000 were destroyed by a fire caused by a dog knocking over a kerosene lamp last night. The goods were stored in a shed In which an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman’s Brave Rescue of Baby; House on Fire SYDNEY
When a fire broke out in the kitchen of her neighbor’s home at Oatley today. Mrs Elsie Higgins rushed in and saved a year old baby. With the child…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →8 Killed : 50 Wounded in Naples Street Battles City Calmer After Night of Fire and Bloodshed Tension Mounting In Rome LONDON
After a night of fire and bloodshed, Naples was much calmer this morning. Eight are believed to have been killed, and over 50 wounded in last night’s demonstrations by Royalists…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Albury Man’s Loss in College Fire Moth Balls All That Were Left
Mr Aubrey (“Toby”) Bowring, son of Mr and Mrs C. G. Bowring of Albury, besides clothing, lost £250 worth of text books and notes,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Remanded on Fire Charge Sydney
Axel Peterson, aged 48, pleaded not guilty and was remanded until June 21 on £200 bail at the Central Police Court today on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10,000 Fire Deaths in America New York
The New York “Times” states that fires in the United States cause the deaths of over 10,000 persons and a financial loss of 500,000,000 dollars, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Small Fire Last Night
Albury Fire Brigade was called to a small fire last night in some packing cases at the rear of Dean st., premises occupied by Paul’s G[?] Trading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wodonga Fire Br[?]gade Ball
Wod[?]ga Fire Brigade Ball was held on Friday in the Shire Hall. Man;, visitors were present [?]oluding the Foots[?]ay footballers. Fir[?]man J. Hore,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Midnight Fire in Dean Street
A group of sheds at the end of “The Block” Arcade, Dean St., was gutted by fire at midnight last night…
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The fire which gutted sheds at the end of “The Block” Arcade on Monday night caused damage conservatively estimated at £1100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Fire Shots in Roof-top Capture MELBOURNE
Two shots were fired by police last night in the capture of two men on a factory roof at North Richmond The police were told at 10.15[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Rioting at Trieste American Troops Open Fire Trieste
American troops fired several volleys in the air when rioting broke out again yesterday at the Adriatic seaport of Trieste, says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Leaves Sick Bed to Fight Fire SYDNEY
A bush fire, the flames of which readied a height of nearly 40 feet destroyed 80 acres of scrub and brackcn in the South Creek Road area at Dee…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Last Minute News Mother Drops Baby to Safety Fire in House Sydney
A mother dropped her baby 20 feet over a balcony to a man below to save it from being burnt to death in a fire in a house at St Peter’s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fire in Mildura Store MILDURA
Damage estimates at £5000 was done by fire which broke out in the grocery section of William Bowring and Company’s emporium today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire War Memorial Hall Gutted
ABOUT 4 a.m. on Saturday morning an alarm of fire was given for what proved to be the most spectacular fire seen in Hay for many years, and in which the town lost one of its major public utilities rand centre of much sentimental memory of…
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