Fire at Eton. Two Schoolboys Killed
LONDON, Tuesday.—The residence of Mr. R. S. Kindersley, M.A., one of the masters of Eton College, was discovered to be on fire this morning,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
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Fires in Canada
LONDON, Friday.—Immense forest fires are raging in the maritime provinces of Canada and in the State of Maine. Vast damage has been done,…
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The public meeting held in Wilson's Federal Hall to consider maters in connection with the fire brigade was presided over by Mr. W. Johnston. There was a…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Vast forest fires are raging in the New England States of America New York States and New Jersey Clouds of smoke…
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LONDON, Monday.—Forest fires are still raging in all the North Atlantic States of the United States, and extend to Washington. The flames have been…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Congaree River, South Carolina, is now thirteen feet above the danger line, and is sweeping seawards debris from the…
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Anything Japanese is just now extra interesting in Australia. This is because or the way our alliance has been brought home to us by the visit of the Japanese…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The buildings of the Board of Revenue and Rites at Pekin have been destroyed by fire. The former contained 4,000,000…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A disastrous fire has occurred at Cannstad[?], in Germany, by which the Daimler Motor Car Works were destroyed. Sixty new…
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The biggest fire in the history of the town occurred at two o'clock this morning Starting at the Railway Hotel, at the eastern end of Brodie-street, It…
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The eighteenth anniversary of the Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade was celebrated in the station hall on Friday evening, by a banquet, and a social in the Rosedale…
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LONDON, Monday.—A great fire occurred at Greenoch, Scotland, on Saturday night, resulting in the loss of seven lives…
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On Tuesday morning, about 8 o'clock, the members of the Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in a dwelling house occupied by Mr. Samuel Richards, and in a…
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About nine o'clock last evening an alarm was given to the Newcastle West Fire Brigade that a fire was in progress within the city limits. The members of…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Some property at Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba (Canada), belonging to Mr. A. J. Balfour, the British Premier, has been…
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Last session, during the absence of the Premier in England, a Select Committee of our Parliament reported that, for financial reasons, it would be inadvisable to…
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A dreadful burning accident took place to-day. A fire broke out about three a.m. at a boarding house in Wyndham-street. Auckland, kept by an Austrian…
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Pending the arrival of the adjuster appointed by the insurance companies—Mr. Moses, will who make his inspection of the premises to-day—the Reliance…
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Recently the township of Huaghenden witnessed one of the moot extensive configurations in the history of the place. The timber structures were after the late…
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Early yesterday morning a small fire, unattended by any extensive damage, was found on the main road in the Waratah Coillery. It appears that the examining…
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