Disastrous Fire in Melbourne
A big fire took place in Melbourne last sight. The big block of buildings at the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth streets, known as Beehive…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
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A Gun to Fire 30,000 Bullets a Minute
It is reported that Mr James Judge, managing partner of the Walker Engineering and Galvanising Company, has patented a gun which he believes, when perfected, will…
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A fire occurred in a house in Adelaide this morning, and subsequenntly the body of a man was found in the ruins roasted to cinders…
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A big fire has occurred at Croydon, in Queensland. A large block was completely destroyed, including two hotels and a number of other…
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A fire at North Botany yesterday morning destroyed the premises of the Sydney Wool Scouring Company…
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A COAL mine in Scotland which caught fire over fifty years ago, and has been burning ever since, has at last burnt itself out. The mine is on the Dalqubarron Estate, Dailly. It was set…
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A CIRCUS menagerie at Liverpool has been burned, and 80 animals perished in the flames…
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Colstan Hall, Bristol, was destroyed by fire and the grand organ rained…
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THERE is a lake in Kansas, which, when frozen, can be set on fire. One has only to break the ice and apply a lighted match to get a flame as high as a man, which will burn for a minute or two…
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A VERY alarming accident happened to the West Cross express between Penrith and Shap on the afternoon of July 21st. Soon after passing Rosgill…
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By a fire in a grain elevator at Toledo, U S.A„ eight persons were burned death and nine others fatally injured…
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At the Lend Court Room on Wednesday an inquiry was held as to the cause of the fire which destroyed the cottage owned by Mrs Wingfield,…
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Robert's grocery establishment In Oxford-street was destroyed by fire this morning…
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FOREST fires at Wisconsin have done damage amounting to 3,000,000 dollars…
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Broken Hill residents seem anxious to distinguish themselves on original lines. After some of them agreeing to boycott France, the fire brigade…
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A rough estimate slates the loss by the fire at Redfern to be £30,000. The Colonial Secretary has instructed the police to afford temporary assistance to…
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A fire at Hankow, China, destroyed 10.000 homes and caused the loss of 1000 lives…
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REDFERN was the scene on Saturday afternoon of one of the largest conflagrations that have occurred in Sydney for some time past, and great as is the damage caused…
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A ROUGH estimate of the loss by the fire at Redfern places it at.£30,GOO. The Colonial Secretary has instructed the police to afford temporary assistance to…
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A GREAT part of the city of Hankow has been destroyed by fire. Ten thousand houses have been burnt, and 1000 lives lost…
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