When on Fire
DR. KENNY, of the Gympie Hospital, writes:--"I am desirous of calling the attention of fathers and mothers and schoolmistresses to the heading, "When on fire lie down and roll." When the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
157 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 8
An Automatic Fire Lighter
A very clever idea just patented in America in an automatic fire kindler, the operation of which is regulated by an ordinary alarm clock…
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THE northern end of Grey-street was the some of considerable excitement about noon on Tuesday, when a fire broke out in Mr. J. J. Whyte's Boot Factory, which, had it not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire-proof Ballet Girls
REAL flames on the stage will soon have no terrors for the most nervous theatre-goers, for the age of fireproof actors and plays has dawned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Traveller. Crimean Simpson. His Baptism of Fire
HE arrived in the Crimea in November, '54, shortly after the battle of Inkerman had been fought, and received his 'Baptism of Fire' in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wellington, N.Z. Damage Estimated at £50,000
The warehouse of Kempthorne and Prosser at Wellington New Zealand, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire at Grafton Five Children Burnt to Death
News is to hand of a most disastrous fire at Grafton on Saturday night, in which five people perished. The information, so far, is most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Race with Fire
The Bishop was sitting on the Post Office verandah, waiting for his mail. There had been no rain for ten months, and the day was stiflingly hot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Grafton. Five Lives Lost
THE populace of Grafton were rudely awakened shortly after 2 o'clock on Sunday morning by the vigorous ringing of the fire bell. The fire was not hard to locate, for,…
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Further particulars received in regard to the recent fire in Grafton show that Mrs. Long so soon as she became aware of the fire rushed down…
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THE funeral of the remains of the five unfortunate children who met their death in the fire on Easter Sunday morning took place on Wednesday afternoon (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Story The Fire Fiend
Fire! Fire! Fire! A whole street ablaze with it, the heavens lit with it, the air scorching with it, bodies of men and women and children maimed, scarred, destroyed with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theatre Fires Programme of Precautions. a Manchester Example
A Birmlgham correspondent sends the London " Daily Telegraph" copies of the interesting set oi rules which are in force at Bordesley…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Townsville Fire Brigade
The Fire Brigade of Townsville, Queensland, has just received a new fire escape, of Messrs. Merry weather's patent "Sliding Carriage" pattern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Coonamble
A big fire occurred at Coonamble at 4.30 on Tuesday morning in Herbert G. Cobb's stationery and tobacconist department, spreading to the…
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A Toronto fire destroyed 130 buildings. Six thousand workers have been thrown idle. The damage is estimated at over £3,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire in London. 300 Firemen Engaged. LONDON
A GREAT fire occurred last night at the Government Depot, of the London and North Western Railway Company at Aldgate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Short Story The Fire Fiend
Fire! Fire! Fire! A whole street ablate with it the heavens lit with it the air scorching with it, bodies of men and women and children maimed, warred, destroyed with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horror of Shell Fire. St. Petersburg, March 21
The officer who commanded the battery on Electric Cliff during the bombardment of Port Arthur, has sent the following vivid account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Fire. Auckland, Thursday Night
A wholesale hardware warehouse (Morrini's) in the heart of Auckland was totally destroyed by fire last night. Three firemen were injured…
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