Curious Causes of Fire
MOISTENED tin turnings and chips have been known to take fire. A rat gnawing at a box of greasedipped friction matches ignited the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1894
66 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4
Fire on a Steamer
A fire took place on board the steamer Nairnshire yesterday morning. The ship was uninjured, but about 200 carcases of frozen mutton were destroyed. The remain…
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A large fire occurred in Junce this morning, in Lorn-street, by which Raymund, storekeepers, and two other shops were gutted, and Burgess and Pentylyn, jewellers, partly…
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An outbreak of fire on the third floor of the Royal Hotel yesterday was suppressed after some damage had been done. The stock in Dymock's bookshop and Toose's,…
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A great crowd asset [?] ground on Thursday [?]…
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By a great fire at Shanghai, China, 1000 houses were destroyed…
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FIRE requires air; therefore, on its appearance every effort should be made to exclude air, shut all doors and windows. By this means fire…
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A block of buildings at South Kensington, owned by the Tankard Malting Company, were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The damage is estimated at [?]25,000…
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A fire in the Imperial Hotel, Wynyard Square, last night, was extinguished by the inmates before much damage was done. A gentleman named Mack, who occupied a…
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A disastrous fire broke out in the navy yard, Bermuda, and destroyed the armoury. The magazine was saved by Blue Jackets. The damage is estimated at £100,000…
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A DISASTROUS fire has occurred at the navy yard, Bermuda, which destroyed the armoury. The magazine was saved by blue jackets. The damage is estimated at…
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The Premier stated it was not intended to give a grant to country fire brigades till after the general elections…
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A fire, originating in a baseball stand at Boston, America, destroyed the property, covering 12 acres, and rendered 500 people homeless, the damage amounting to a quarter…
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THE most disastrous fire ever known in Tamworth occurred yesterday morning, resulting in great destruction of property at Messrs. Cohen and Levy's…
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The premises occupied by Joseph Williamson, hairdresser, Oxford-street, Paddington, were destroyed by fire yesterday…
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MESSRS. Chas. N. Romaine and John B. Bland, manufacturers and members of the City Council, and Captain James T. Tosh, a prominent…
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A fire at Rockdale on Saturday afternoon, caused by the upsetting of a tin of boiling tar, resulted in the death of a boy named James Graham, and serious injuries to his father…
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The residence of Mr. J. R. Crooke, proprietor of the Aspendale racecourse, was destroyed by fire this morning…
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The Wellington Meat Export Company's boiling down works have been burned down, but the freezing works were saved…
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A fire occurred to-night in the upper floor of the Works Department. It is now got under, but a lot of damage has been done, especially from water…
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