Fire at Nowra. Two Fatalities. Sydney
The Prince of Wales Hotel, Nowra, one of the best-known hostelries on the coast, was totally destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock his morning. A man and his son, sleeping…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 11
Steamer Abandoned on Fire
The British steamer Linnet, was abandoned on fire on March 2 in latitude 48n., longitude 7 W. All on board were saved and landed a Gibraltar by the British steamer Gwentland, The Linnet was…
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Sulphurous acid gas is used in a new British apparatus for extinguishing fires in ship's holds. A store of sulphur is carried in a generating chamber and is ignited by…
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The investigations of the Government inspector and other officials have disclosed the fact that the fire in the Greta mine is still not out. As…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International News. the Trouble in China. the Fire in Pekin Palace. Schwartzkopf's Death
LONDON, Friday.—General Schwartzkopf, who was a victim at the fire which destroyed the Place at Pekin occupied by Count von…
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LONDON, Friday.—On the outbreak of the fire at the chemical and smokeless powder works at Griesheim, near Frankfort-on-Main, the inhabitants of…
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Gwladys Oldham, aged 4 years, the daughter of Mr. W. Oldham, of Kendall-street was severely burnt about the head and body yesterday morning. The child…
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A fire broke out to-night on the steam tug Florrie Ellison, lying at Circular Quay. The engine-room and deck were slightly damaged…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A fire occurred to-day at a boarding-house in Bloomsbury. A daughter of Mr. Andrew Rudd, of Queensland,…
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LONDON, Saturday.—St. James and Windsor Hotels, a Catholic church and twenty acres of residences in Jacksonville, Florida, have been destroyed by…
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LONDON, Sunday.—In the great fire at Jacksonville, Florida, 148 blocks of buildings were destroyed. The length of the burned area was two miles, and…
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LONDON, Monday.—At the inquest on the body of Miss Rudd, of Brisbane, who lost her life in a fire at the boarding-house at which she was staying in…
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The Bruce Woollen Mills were destroyed by fire last week, ad a loss of £24,800 was sustained. The blaze was discovered in the early morning, but…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was established in 1866. Until that time London was protected from fire mainly by a fores paid for and controlled by the fire…
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A fire broke out in the coal hunters of the Austrian steamer Alberts on Thursday, which has caused considerable trouble. S[?] learned, the outbreak is due to [?]…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A terrible fire occurred last night at the Staffordshire Genera Infirmary, Stafford. Seven of the inmates were burnt to death…
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A fire broke out shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday morning in a building at the rear of Mr. T. Dalton's store in Melbourne-street, East Maitland…
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The annual meeting of the Islington Fire Brigade was held last night. Captain W Back was in the chair. Nearly all the members, together with the president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Delagoa Bay
LONDON, Sunday.—A fire occurred at the printing works of the local newspaper, "O Futuco,". Delagoa Bay, and spread to the Treasury. The archives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Shaft. a Miner Suffocated
On Saturday afternoon word reached Gunnedah that the coal mine at Curlewis had been found to be on fire, and much alarm was caused as to the safety of the…
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