Camp Fire
On the night preceding the Tournament a "camp-fire" was held The Band led a procession to the Show Ground, and subsequently discoursed [?]le for the delectation…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
140 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 7
How a Prairie Was Set on Fire
Those who have seen a bushfire will know how the fame leaps from clump to clump, defying all efforts to extinguish it. Imagine a common…
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A 13-storey "skyscraper" in New York, known as P[?]rker's Buildings, has been destroyed by fire; damages £300,000 By the falling walls three firemen were killed…
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Dramatic scenes were witnessed at the New York fire.' Firemen were rescued by life-lines fired from adjacent buildings, upon which they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. Terrible Fire.—167 People Burnt Alive. London
A TERRTBI.E fire broke out at the Rhodes Opera House, in Boyertown, Pennsylvania (U.S.), whilst a performance was in course of progress. The Opera House was filled…
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A DISASTROUS tire occurred at three o'clock this morning at Messrs. David Cohen and Co's, big warehouse, at the corner of Scott and Keightley streets, Newcastle. In a…
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Tremendous busb fires, having 40 mites width, are ranging in the Edin[?]owe district. Great quantities of gras hava been destroyed, and sheep…
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Two more fires have occurred at Wyalong, making six within three weeks…
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The Walley Brewery, Brisbane, was partially destroyed by fire last night. During the outbreak a terrific explosion occurred which shook the…
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A New York newspaper states that the fire at Parker's building was the work of an American Revolutionary Society, after a fruitless attempt to…
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One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Newcastle occurred on Monday morning, in the block of buildings bounded on the south by…
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BUSH fires are still raging all over Victoria. Three more victims have been claimed by the flames. Two men were burnt alive in a tent, while a little boy also died from…
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THE newer portion of Christchurch Hospital (N.Z.) was destroyed by fire yesterday, all the patients being removed without difficulty…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred about 3 o'clock on Monday morning, when Messrs. David Cohen and Co.'s big warehouse, in Scott and Keightley streets, together with a varied…
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Destructive bush fires still continue to rage in the South Coast district, a number of families have been burnt out at Tilba Tilba. There were…
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ON Wednesday evening, at about 9.30 [?] two-storey wooden building at the rear of the back premises known as "Brooks store," at corner of Grey and F[?]rgusson…
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A MANUFACTURER in Kent Street was yesterday fined £10 for neglecting to provide sufficient means of fire-escape from his premises…
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Four business premises were destroyed by fire at Finley on Wednesday night. The loss is estimated at £1500…
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The Germanton 'Reminder' office, together with the plant, has been destroyed by fire…
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