Fire in Yokohama. Great Damage Done. Tokio
A great fire has occurred in Yokohama. The Exchange, several silk factories, and 250 other buildings were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
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Fire on the Turakina. the Underwriters' Loss. Rio De Janeiro
An examination of the steamer Turakina since the fire on board was extinguished disclosed that there is four feet of water in No. 4 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Servian Atrocities. Albania Laid Waste by Fire and Sword. Inhuman Cruelties
The "Reichspost" publishes the contents of a dossier, entitled Servian Blood Guilt in Albania, and describing the atrocities committed by Servian troops in Albania,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Waratah. Mr. David Watson's Heavy Loss
At about a quarter, to four o'clock yesterday afternoon it fire occurred in a six-roomed weatherboard house in a Platt-street, Waratah, occupied by Mr. David…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Hamilton
Shortly after half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning the headquarters' staff at Honeysuckle Point received a call to Hamilton, where it was found that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wallsend. Man Burned to Death
Shortly before one o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. G. Grant. Brookstown, Wallsend, and the flames spread so rapidly that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Fire. Evidence at Inquest
At the Wallsend Courthouse yesterday Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held a magisterial inquiry into the death of George Grant, whose dead body was found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Street Car Bolts. It Catches Fire. Calgary
A street car ran away, and while travelling at a speed of 30 miles an hour overturned at a curve in the centre of the city. Thirty occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Stockton
A fire occurred in the general store of Mr. R. Lewis, at the corner of Crown and Mitchell streets, Stockton, last night. About ten minutes to ten o'clock the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Gunnery. New "Fire-director."
The bestowal of a baronetcy upon Vice-admiral. Sir Percy Scott is regarded in naval circles as final confirmation of the report, which be been current for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gippsland Fire Fatality. Woman and Children Killed. Melbourne
Mr. M'Michael, the wife of to farmer, and her three children, ranging in age from seven years to nine months, were last night burned to death in their house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adrianople's Surrender Turks' Fierce Fight. They Fire the Arsenals. Sofia
Shukri Pasha, commandant of the Adrianople garrison, surrendered to General Ivanoff at two o'clock yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in the City
At about a quarter to eight o'clock last night a fire was discovered in the premises of the Commonwealth Clothing Factory, Newcomen-street, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blizzard Renewed. Fires Still Raging. Increasing Loss of Life. Vancouver
The blizzard at Dayton has been renewed, adding to the horrors of the situation. The fearful fire which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Cotton Mill. Difficult Rescue Work. London
A cotton mill at Bromley Cross was struck by lightning, and set on fire. All the operatives were at work, and many of them were only rescued with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Fire Brigades. Improving the Equipment
There has been added to the fire fighting plant installed at the headquarters of the Newcastle brigade at Honeysuckle Paint a horse-drawn ladder, which will…
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"It has been estimated that we burn up during every normal week of the year three theatres, three public halls, twelve churches, ten schools, two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Furniture Factory Fire. Coroner's Inquiry. Sydney
Mr. Fletcher, the Acting City Coroner, held an inquiry to-day into the cause of a fire which broke out on Easter Sunday in a furniture factory owned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. Kurri Kurri Fire
Sir,—I should like to express my sympathy for Mr. Hoefer in his recent loss by fire during a benefit entertainment being held in his hall. I cannot think…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Gales. Fire on the Makura. Auckland
The R.M.S Makura and the R.M.S. Macedonia, soon after learning Sydney ran into a cyclone. Both vessels were forced to heave-to on the Monday night…
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