Great Fire in Canada. Jan 7
A great fire has taken place at Toronto and several warehouses and offices, including the premises of the Toronto Globe have been destroyed. The loss is estimated at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
42 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Fire at Toronto. Jan. 11
Telegrams from Toronto, Canada, give particulars of a disastrous fire that occurred there. The outbreak originated in a dry goods store, and the flames spread with…
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LAST night the Fire Brigade turned out in uniform, with their engine, hose, and other appliances for exercise. The main object of the movement Was to fill the 1000-gallon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The White Veil. Queanbeyan Jailor's Fine to be Enforced. The Coolgardie Murder. Fires and Poisoned Rabbits. Sydney Market Over-Supplied SYDNEY
Seven young ladies took the white white veil in the Convent of the Good Samaritan, Sydney. The Supreme Court has confirmed…
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WE had scarcely gone to press this afternoon when the firebell rang out an alarm of fire, and a large crowd of persons went at all haste towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trinidad Destroyed by Fire. March 6
A terrible fire has occurred at the Port of Spain, the chief town of the Island of Trinidad, in the British West Indies. The entire town was nearly destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Jenolan Caves
A telegram from Lithgow to the Evening News, dated Thursday, says: -- News to hand from Jenolan Caves this morning states that a fire broke out about 12[?]30,…
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An alarm of fire was raised at about 3.30 on Wednesday afternoon, when it was found that the roof of a detached kitchen a joining Mr R. Jackson's cottage (near the R.O…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on an Australian Trader
A startling incident occurred on the voyage of the steamer Warrnambool, of Lund's line, from London to Australia. According to a report recieved on Tuesday from…
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Fireman (to captain) : " This engine won't work, sir." Captain: " See if you can't make it play, then That will answer this time."…
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In the disastrous, fire at Montreal no less than 50 of the girl employees were caught in the burning building. They availed themselves of the only means of escape by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Fatal Forest Fires. London, June 4
A destructive fire caused by spaeks from a locomotive has swept the forests on the North Pennsylvania oil fields. Several small towns were destroyed and…
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Inquiries have confirmed the news of disastrous outbreak of fire at Harden locomo[?]tive sheds. The railway authorites i[?] Sydney were informed early in the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. a Colliery on Fire. London, June 10
A colliery disaster is reported from Germany. A fire broke out in the workings of a coal mine near Breslau, Silesia, to-day, and it is feared that much loss of life wil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Sea -- the Why Not in Flames. London, June 12
An extraordinary tale of the sea has just come to light. During a recent voyage of the British vessel Why Not a fire broke out amongst 22 tons of hay, which formed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Broken Hill Fire
Broken Hill, Wednesday.—The affairs at the Proprietary Mine have a more hopeful aspect. The smoke issuing from the bottom of open cut has completely diminished…
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Sydney, Friday—Carbonic gas will be used at the Block 11 mine, Broken Hill, to day…
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Disastrous forest fires have taken place in the State of Michigan. U.S.A. A fire broke out in the forests on Big Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, and spread…
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On Wednesday afternoon last a fire occurred at the Yass fellmongery, when one of the cottages belonging to the workmen was burnt down. The fire was discovered…
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Sydney, Friday—The fire at Block [?] mine, Broken Hill, is now almost es[?]tinguished…
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