Fire at Willoughby. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
BAILEY'S tannery at Willoughby was destroyed by fire yesterday, the damage being estimated at £4000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
112 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 6
Fire in New Zealand. New Zealand
A GREAT fire occurred at Waihi on Saturday, 13 shops being destroyed, the estimated damage being £3000. Quite a coincidence: A picnic party…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Auckland. Monday, 11.12 a.m. Another Fire
Thirteen shops were burnt to the ground at Wahihi on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] Destructive Fires. Sydney, Monday Morning
A GREAT fire has occurred at Melbourne, a whole block in Elizabeth, Flinders, and Swanston streets and Flinders Lane being destroyed. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Special Cables. [Reuter's Service.] Extensive Fire. [By Cable.] London
A DISASTROUS conflagration occurred on Saturday morning, resulting in immense destruction of propertyIt is stated to have been the most…
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A fire resulting in the total destruction of the tannery works belonging to Mr. Bailey occurred at North Willoughly on Saturday morning, the whole place being gutted before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Melbourne
When the fire in Melbourne was discovered on Sunday morning. the a'[?] was immediate given to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade station, and within a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in London. Ico Warehouses and Offices Destroyed. Damage, £2,000,000
A disastrous conflagration took place in London on Saturday mornig, resulting in immense destruction of property. The fire, which was the most extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney. Monday. Great Fire in Melbourne. a Whole Block Destroyed. Damage, £1,500,000
The most disastrous conflagration ever known in Melbourne broke out early on Sunday morning. It originated in the soft goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Sydney, Monday. Fire in London. Damage £2,000,000. 4000 Unemployed. a Mansion House Fund
A great fire has occurred in London. One hundred warehouses and offices were burnt. The damage is estimated at about…
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Bush fires are prevalent throughout the colony, and in the vicinity of Wagga Wagga twelve miles of country have been devastated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
BUSH fires are prevalent throughout the country, and in the vicinity of Wagga 12 miles of country have been devasted…
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Evidence continues to be volunteered by persons, who claim to have seen signs of fire nearly an hour before it was noticed from the fire brigade look-out tower. Chief Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Juvenile Fire Fiends
SOME time ago a great sensation was caused in London, as well as Berlin, by the suicide of schoolboy's of ten and twelve years of age. Now a still more monstrous case has occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire. New Zealand
A LARGE goodshed and its contents on the Queen's Wharf, Auckland, were destroyed by fire this morning. A large English steamer had just…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire From Heaven
Promethens has the reputation of bringing fire down from heaven, and the connnection with lightning in obvious; but this may have arisen from the early men having recognised that fire…
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YOUR house takes fire. What burns first ? The lightest and most inflammable stuff, of course-- furniture, doers, shelves, floors, panelling, and other woodwork. If it is a stone or brick house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Fire Extinguisher
ACCORDING to a statement published in a New York insurance journal, the hose and hydrant have found a formidable rival in their work of fire extinction. The new comer is a powder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Fire Insurance Company
IN advocating the establishment of a Fire Insurance Company on the Macleay River, the Kempsey 'Chronicle' has put forth an idea that is well worthy of serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Christiana. [By Cable.] London
A FIRE at Christiana, Norway, destroyed a publisher's premises, the damages being estimated at 400,000 kroners…
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