Fire in Sydney. Building Ablaze. Sydney
A big fire occurred to-night in a six-storied building in the Haymarket, just off George-street, near the Central Railway Station…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 15
The Haymarket Fire. Extent of the Damage. Sydney
An examination this morning of the building in the Haymarket, in which the fire occurred, showed that the fourth filth, and sixth floors were almost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Warships. Panic on Board. London
Reuter's Toulon correspondent reports that owing to a short circuit near the magazines of the warships Diderot and Justice, and a torpedo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Washington. Girls Burned to Death. Washington
A fire destroyed the Imperial Powder Company's factory. Seven girls perished in the flames, only two escaping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Colliery. Fire in the C Pit
A fire was discovered in the Empire district of the Wallsend C pit late on Thursday night, by the night shiftmen who were going into work at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Manila. Chinese Burned Out. Manila
A destructive fire has occurred here. The fire gained a rapid hold, and the flames swept the Chinese quarters, the flimsily built premises…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Colliery. Fire Extinguished
The fire which broke out in the main rope road of the Wallsend Colliery had been brought under control by Saturday morning, and by yesterday had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Canada. City of London Injured. London (Ontario)
A fire destroyed a large portion of the business section of the city. The damage is put down at £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting in China. Imperialists Fire Towns. Bombardment of Hankow Pekin
It is reported that half the native city of Hankow is in flames, and that a massacre of innocents has begun. The fires were started by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Revolt. Appeal for Concord. Devastating Fires. Pekin
An edict has been issued appealing for concord between Chinese and Manchus and gives approval to Yuan Shi Kai temporarily suspending…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Castle on Fire. Valuable Pictures Burned. London
A fire has occurred at Haggerston Castle, Beal, in Northumberland, the residence of Mr. Christopher J. Leyland, director of the Parsons Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hankow Fires. Enormous Damage. Shanghai
Two-thirds of Hankow city have been destroyed by fire. The lowest estimate computes the damage at, £10,000,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Michigan. Great Damage Done. Detroit (Michigan)
A big fire occurred in this city last night. Several business houses were destroyed. A blizzard was raging at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Cotton Mills. London
The Sovereign Cotton Mills at Chorley, Lancashire, were burned to the ground yesterday. Many persons had narrow escapes and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outrage by Cowboys. Fire on a Church. Muskogee (Oklahoma)
Two cowboys rode up to a church during service, and firing through the windows, shot out the lights. Members of the congregation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Train
The passengers by an excursion train, which left the Central Station, Brisbane, shortly after six p.m. on Thursday, for Murphy a Creek, on the southern railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in California. Santa Monica (Cal.)
Forest fires have occurred in the To-page Canyon, and it is believed that a rancher his wife and four children, have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Forest Lodge. Mattress Mills Destroyed. Sydney
The Australian mattress mills at Old Parramatta-road, Forest Lodge, were destroyed by fire shortly before noon to-day, and 200 employees, when the fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hidden Fires
Civilisation is only a thin veneer covering, a most dangerous conditions of things, which may at any time break out like a volcano and spread ruin around it…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →King George. Departure for Delhi. an Accidental Fire. Bombay
The King and Queen privately visited the Ellephanta Caves yesterday, and subsequently started for Delhi, amid continuous cheering…
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