Fire in a Harem
LONDON, Monday.—A fire occurred last night in the harem of the Sultan's palace at Constantinople. The Sultan was sleeping in an adjoining room…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Damaged by Fire. Sydney
At about 5 o'clock this morning a fire occurred at Flemington Railway Station. The platforms are constructed of wood, and recognising this the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anti-clerical Fires in Spain
LONDON, Thursday.—The AntiClerical rioters at Gijon, Spain, thre[?] to burn all the churches in the town. Two churches have already…
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Since 1763, when the first British patent was taken out for an appliance for the detection of fire, many methods have been tried, but few long survived the initial…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Bolwarra. a Farmhouse Destroyed
Our Maitland correspondent writes: —The residence of Mr. Eli Vickery, Bolwarra-road, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night it about 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Auckland Fire. a Sensational Report. Auckland
At the inquest on the destructive fire at the Grand Hotel, on May 31, Jessie Minn, employed at the hotel, stated that on the night of the fire…
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At the resumed inquest concerning the fire at the Grand Hotel, Auckland, Jessia Minns, the pantrymaid, on being cross-examined, repeated her former…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First Time Under Fire. Newcastle Boy at the Front
Trooper P. J. M'Carthy, Field Force, South Africa, writing to his mother from Johannesburg, says:—"We are fairly on the warpath now. I was under fire for the…
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The large Glasgow ship Ardencraig, a vessel of 2000 tons. under the command of Captain Cairnie, from Portland (Oregon), with wheat, has reached Queenstown with fire raging in her forepeak. The…
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The fire rapidly made its way towards the interior of the block, and soon the mammoth columns of brick appeared like so many miniature volcanoes, belching…
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The Immense volumes of water pouring upon the burning mass gradually had its effect, and by 11 o'clock the fire was so far controlled that the business establishments…
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In all ten steam fire engines were employed, in addition to every available man and engine in the city. The number was, however, inadequate. Mr. Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Fiend. Holds High Carnival. Anthony Hordern's Gutted. a Valuable Life Lost. Sensational Escapes. Over Half a Million Gone. a New Record for Hordern's. Sydney
The most disastrous conflagration which has occurred in Sydney since the great Mocre-street fire, of several years ago, broke out in the business premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire in New Zealand. Auckland
A terrible fatal fire occurred this afternoon at Lyttelton, the port of Christchurch, in the province of Canterbury, South Island. The fire destroyed, a four-roomed cottage,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fire. Imperial Manufacturing Coy. Serious Damage. Sydney
At half-past 12'o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on the premises of the Imperial Manufacturing Company, situated at Nos. 210 and 212 Kent-street, City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire at Hordern's an Increased Death Roll Employees Missing. Business Resumed. Sydney
To-day the Palace Emporium block presents a scene of desolation, and the full ravages wrought by the fire[?]fiend yesterday stand out in all their naked horrors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Fire Escapes and Adequate Fire Brigades.—the Iron Masters Not All Iron.—a Lesson in "Overstocking." the Good Templars Assist to Run 29 Public Houses.—absent Minded Beggars.—ex M.L.A's.—JOHN Roberts' Last Visit. Sydney
The fire at Anthony Hordern's this morning demonstrated two things—the inadequacy of the Sydney Fire Brigade for really stupendous fires, and the danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hordern's Fire. Five Lives Lost. Sydney
There can scarcely be any doubt that at least five lives were last in the Palace Emporium fire, as there is no trace whatever of the four men who have been referred to as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Auckland Fire. Auckland (N.z.)
At the continuation of the inquest to-day on the destructive fire at the Grand Hotel on May 31, the mother of the girl Jessie Mine, who was employed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Palace Emporium Fire. £5000 Recovered. Sydney
At the Palace Emporium buildings to-day a number of men were engaged removing charred goods from the central building, In which piles of drapery were stored…
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