Appalling Catastrophe. Fire in a Chicago Theatre. London
A FIRE of an appalling character, resulting in enormous loss of life, has occurred in Mr. Charles Frohmann's theatre, in Chicago, while a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
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The Chicago Fire. Further Particular Dead, Missing, & Injured, Over 1000. London
564 bodies have been recovered dead. 157 preple have been injured, and 314 are reported missing. The auditorium resemblea a barnt…
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LAST Friday's cables announced the greatest catastrophe known for many years—the destruction of the Iroquois Theatre, which was recently built at a cost of £210,000, together…
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A terrible calamity is reported from Chicago. The Iroquois Theatre caught fire on New Year's Eve during a performance, and many of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at a Board School. 1900 Children March Out
A FIRE occurred at the Shaftesbury Road Board School, East Ham, shortly after nine o'clock in the morning. There were 1900 children in the morning. The…
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THERE is never smoke without fire, and it is highly probable that, the persistent rumours as to the retirement of Lord Roberts sire not without…
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THE Premier is hopeful that the deliberations of the committee of gentlemen appointed by him to consider the best means to be taken to prevent…
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The s.s. Sierra, which arrived at Auckland on Monday, brought files containing details of the terrible fire which occurred at the Iroqueis Theatre. Chicago, last month. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire in Norway
Cables from London on Monday stated that a great fire is reported from Norway. The town of Aalesund, on the west coast, as been…
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Yesterday, Thursday morning, about 5 o'clock, the inmates of the Casino Post and Telegraph Office were aroused by an alarm of fire. It appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest News. Disastrous Fire at Baltimore. Losses Exceed £20,000,000. London
A TREMENDOUS fire is raging at Baltimore, United States. A large wholesale dry goods establishment and 70 other business houses have been…
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On Thursday morning, about 5 o'clock, the inmates of the Casino Post and Telegraph Office were aroused by an alarm of fire. The [?]ki mailman on going to the office saw…
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AN inquiry into the fire which took place on Thursday, last week, on the premises of the Post and Telegraph' Office, Casino, was held before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. The Chemulpho Fight. Terrible Fire of Japanese Ships. The Varyag "A Living Hell." A Brush on land. 150 Japanese Taken Prisoners. 70 Russians Killed. 100,000 Japanese Troops Shipped. Port Arthur Evidently the Objective Point. Confusion on Siberian Line. Fears as to Russian Army Food Supply. Port Arthur Again. Another Dash at the Russians. Effective Work by Japanese Torpedo Boats. London
Advices which have been received at New York state that the Russian cruiser Varyag and the gun vessel Coreetz quitted Chemulpho harbour…
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On Friday, the 12th inst, at Mr. Woods' farm, Tomki, a fire broke out in the hayshed, which contained 18 tons of hay, horsepower chaffcutter, spring cart…
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At last meeting of the local Municipal Council a letter was read from the Chief Secretary's Office to Mr. Pyers, M. P. stating that the sum of £50 had been…
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The American newspapers contain long accounts of the disastrous conflagration Baltimore last month. A despatch from the city dated February 7 says:—A…
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People in Grafton were rudely awakened shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning by the ringing of the fire bell. The' fire was not hard to locate, for, on looking…
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On Wednesday of last week Messrs. Bellamy and Carey, two timber getters, suffored a serious loss through the arelessness of someone. They had pitched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Fire off Port Arthur. a Start[?] Experience
A VICTORIAN gentleman has received the following letter from a relative at present travelling in Japan and China. The letter was despatched from…
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