Cold Helps Fire. Vancouver
A fire wiped out a large area of the business section of Oklahoma city. The frozen hydrants greatly hindered operations by the fire brigade…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
425 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 22
Motor Car on Fire. Murwillumbah
Last night a larae motor car belonging to J. Wulff was discovered to be on fire and was considerably damaged before the flames were subdued. An inquiry is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. Serious Bush Fires
Considerable losses have been caused through bush fires in the Geraldton (W.A.) district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fountain of Fire
THE pillar of fire at the Roma gas bore will be well remembered, and it is interesting to note that a somewhat similar occurrence has bee reported from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train on Fire. Warsaw
The carelessness of a passenger carrying a quantity of benzine set fire to a train at Grodno, and many persons were burned. Several charred bodies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Church. Many Casualties. Vancouver
The Church of St. Luis, gt Potozi, in Mexico, has been burned to the ground, through a candle setting fire to the New Year decorations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in Sydney. Sydney
There were several outbreaks of fire this afternoon, the most serious being in a yard near the Mortlake gasworks amongst a quantity of coaldust and rubbish which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Fire Lighter
Complaints having been made at Horsham, Vic., of the extraordinary behaviour of a man, who it was stated, had been lighting fires along the road, a constable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Union. Sydney
The City Fire Brigades Union was registered yesterday. The initial proceedings were kept a secret, but it is known that numbers are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a College. Vancouver
A fire broke out in St. Joseph's College, in Quebec, and the building was gutted. The superior of the college and the assistant superior aided thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Steamer. Lorenzo Mar[?]ues
A fire broke oat on the steamer Newby Hall, from Australian ports, and is reported to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. The cargo in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Pawnbroker's. Sydney
A fire occurred at a Pawnbroker's shop, in Goulburn-strcet, city, early this morning. The inmates escaped through the windows on to the verandah from whence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades' Inquiry. Sydney
The State Government has appointed Mr. W. Edmunds, Barrister at Law, as a Roval Commission to inquire into the administration of the Fire Brigades' Board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sidney-street Fire. London
The inquests and inquiries into the Sidney-street and Houdisditch tragedies are likely to be protracted, many of the witnesses only speaking Yiddish and Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Desolation in Victoria. Melbourne
A tract of country outside Mildura, Victoria, embracing some hundreds of thousands of acres, has been swept by fire and presents a picture of desolation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chamber of Commerce Fire. Firemen Overwhelmed. Vancouver
The Chamber of Commerce at Cincinnati was destroyed by fire last night. The collapse of the roof overwhelmed the firemen, several of whom are dead or missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades Inquiry. Sydney
The fire brigades inquiry is to be held in public, and some interesting disclosures are promised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Cincinnati. Chamber of Commerce Destroyed. Firemen: Dead or Missing. Washington
The Chamber of Commerce building in Cincinnati, U.S.A., has been destroyed by fire. The 40 occupants were rescued. In on adjoining flat a banquet was in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mysterious Fire. House Completely Destroyed
Mystery surrounds the fire which occurred some time on Thursday evening at the residence of Mr. T. Geraghty, sen., on the Bexhill Road. At about 11 o'clock that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lismore Fire Brigade. Gift of a Billiard Table. Presentation to Mr. T. Nance
The headquarters of the Lismoreo Fire Brigade in Molesworth-street presented a convivial appearance last evening, when the Mayor (Aid. R. J. Spinks), on behalf…
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