A Train on Fire
The carelessness of a passenger who was carrying benzine caused a train at Grodno to take fire. Many passengers were burned, and several charred bodies have already been…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
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Fire
The Railway Station at Santiago, Spain, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 150 thousand pounds. It is believed to be the work…
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The Suburban Fire Brigades have registered as a union. The initial movements have been kept secret. Members are determined to secure…
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A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on the death of Mr. Alfred Burns, 74, retired Clerk of Petty Sessions, who met his death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Pawnbroker's Shop. Sydney
An outbreak of fire occurred early yesterday morning at a pawnbroker's shop in Goulburn-street, due to a light being dropped on a floor. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. Bush Fire in the South. Spreading Alarmingly. Sydney
Tremendous bush fires are [?] raging in the Wentworth district, and are assuming alarming dimensions. The fire is sixty miles long and forty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Oil Blaze. London
One of the Standard Oil Company's great gushers at Bakersfield (U.S.A.) took fire, and illuminated the country for miles around. A hundred men are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in the Hay District
A big fire swept over the Hay district, and 1800 acres of grass were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigade Commission. Sydney
The Fire Brigades inquiry will open next week, and be held in public. Some interesting disclosures are promised…
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Amongst the correspondence read at the meeting of the Macquarie shire council on Saturday was a letter from Cr. Wilson to the clerk, stating that a…
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The bush fire in the Wentworth district has been subdued. The damage is estimated at many thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Claims Against the Railway Commissioners
Following upon the verdict recently given for £3120 damages in an action brought by Mrs. Watson against the Railway Commissioners in respect of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Adelaide Blaze. Damage Estimated at £8000
Shortly after eight o'clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out on premises occupied by E. Fischer and Sons, saddlers, in Adelaide. It was first…
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Several firemen are dead, or missing, as the r[?] of a fire which has destroyed the building occupied by the Chamber of Commence in Ci[?]innati, Ohio. Forty occupants were…
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Yesterday Acting Judge Edmunds opened the inquiry into the administration of the Fire Brigades Board. The first witness, W. G. Acocks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades' Commission. Sydney
The Fire Brigades' Commission sat again yesterday, Mr. Acocks, recalled, save evidence as to the financial condition of the Board. Witness,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Canbelego
Canbelego has had its most disastrous fire on Tuesday night last, when Messrs. Wall Bro's. general store, Mr. E. Jefferee's wine and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Condobolin
ON Friday night at Condobolin the Temperance Hill was burnt to the ground. The fire occurred through a kerosene lamp being either knocked or blown over. The 'Wanderers'…
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A big fire occurred on Friday night at Condobolin, when the Temperance Hall was totally destroyed. At the conclusion of Stevenson's Wanderers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigades Board Inquiry. Sydney
The Royal Commission's inquiry into the Fire Brigades Board resumed yesterday. A letter was read from the Attorney-General referring to the…
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