Pigs Cause a Fire
A FIRE occurred at the farm of T. Tobin, Winslow (Vic.) under singular circumstances. Harvesting operations were in progress and while carting in the bay one of the hands dropped a box of was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
140 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 7
Destructive Fire
A disastrous fire broke out at Christchurch last night. A block of the finest warehouses in the heart of the city was destroyed, the damage…
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A fire has completely destroyed the Farmers Co- operative Stores at Timaru, New Zealand. The damage is estimated at £70,000…
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MR. SAMUEL MOORE, of North Guyra, suffered a heavy loss last week, when his wheat crop, estimated at 100 hags, and stacked in barn, was destroyed by fire…
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Bush fires, thirty feet high and half a mile wide, are raging at Haunted Hills (Vic.), and are expected to do heayv damage in the…
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Serious bush firs are raging in the Waimarino forest, New Zealand. The flames cover a large area, and many buildings have already been…
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Destructive bush fires continue in various parts of New Zealand. During a fire at Manyip, Victoria, three children named Wilson, aged…
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Three business places were partially destroyed by fire at Goulburn last night…
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A fire was discovered at the head office of the E, S. and A. Bank at an early hour this morning, but was extinguished before any serious…
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The New Zealand State Insurance Manager estimates that 500 settlers are homeless through bush fires, which are still devastating parts of the country, but are…
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BUSH fires continue to rage in parts of New Zealand. Settlers and their families at Taumaranui had narrow escapes from death, being forced to take refuge in creeks…
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A GREAT fire has taken place at Marseilles, in warehouses belonging to the Chamber of Commerce. The conflagration covered an area of…
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THE Luke View school, Ohio, U S.A., a six-storey building, containing 360 pupils, has been burned by fire. It commenced in the basement. The children stampeded, and…
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The Lake View school, Ohio, U.S.A., a six-storey building, containing 369 pupils, has been burnt by fire It commenced in the basement The…
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A SERIOUS fire broke out in a Drury Lane theatre. The conflagration was confined to the stage, where the safetycurtain and much scenery was…
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The top storey of the premises of Goodcarls, Limited, tent and tarpanlin makers, Kent-Street, was gatted by fire last night. The damage is…
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A life broke out this morning on the premises occupied by John O'Neil, importer of Clarence Street but fortunately was discovered before it obtained too…
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Lightning struck a shed near Junee, setting fire to it and desstroying large quantities of produce…
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A fire at Lexington, Kentucky, destroyed vulaable etud horses…
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Fourteen bodies have been recovered from the Boston fire. Eighty persons are still missing…
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