Yarralumla Fire
As briefly mentioned in our last issue, a bushfire, which destroyed some 40 acres of grass, broke out on Yarralumla Station on Sunday morning. Though the damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1904
54 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Fire Brigade Competitions
The Braidwood Fire Brigade contingent of 8 men who went to Armidale to attend the annual interstate [?] gave a good account of themselves. Considering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Lands Damaged by Fire. Coronial Inquiry
ON Wednesday, before Mr. John Gale (coroner for the district) and a jury of five, an inquiry was held as to the origin of a fire, by which certain…
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A TERRIBLE catastrophe is reported from Chicago, A fire occurred in the Iroquois Theatre during the performance of "Blue Beard," and more than 600 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible the Fire. London
A terrible calamity as reported from Chicago The Iroquois Theatre was burned yesterday during a performance and many of the spectators and actors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Theatre. Six Hundred Lives Lost
A TERRIBLE calamity occurred at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, last Wednesday night during the performance of the Pantomime "Bluebeard."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Theatre Fire. LONDON, January 1
In respect of the terrible calamity which occurred at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, on Wednesday, later accounts show that although a matinee performance was being given the theatre was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Prevention of Bush Fires
Many schemes are now afloat for the prevention of bush fires, and in Victoria the farmers have taken effective measures to check the spread of conflagrations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Remarkable Fire in Queensland
Brisbane, Friday.—A destructive fire occurred at Slade Vale, in the Warwick district, this afternoon. A waggon laden with wheat had just been drawn up to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chicago Theatre Fire
Files by the R.M.S. Sierra are fall of details of the horrible disaster at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago. They show that the people in the two balconies were enveloped in the first burst of flame…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, 20Th January. Before Messrs. A. Elliott, P. M., and Atkinson and Beatty, Js. P. Prosecution Under the Careless Use of Fires Act
James Brown appeared to answer an information filed by the police wherein he was charged with having on the 27th ultimo, left a burning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, January 20Th, 1904. BEFORE Mr. Elliott, P.M., and Messrs. E. G. Atkinson, and W. Beatty, Js.P. Careless Use of Fire
JAMES BROWN was charged upon the information of Sergeant Willis with leaving a burning fire in a log fence on Yarralumla, on the 27th of December, 1908, being contrary to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eastern War. Hostilites Between Japan and Russia Commenced Japan Fires First Shot. Russian Battleships Disabled
HOSTILITIES have commenced. The Japanese attacked three Russian warships at Port Arthur with torpedo boats and mines. All the vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Baltimore
The American newspapers to band by the mail contain long accounts of the disastrous conflagration at Baltimore last month. A despatch from the city dated February 7…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Automatic Fire Lighter
A very clever idea just patented in America is an automatic fire kindler, the operation of which is regulated by an ordinary alarm clock'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Walking in Japan
There is no celebration which causes greater commption among the Japanese than the rite of "Hi-Wattaral"-are walking. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traveller. Crimean Simpson. His Baptism of Fire
HE arrived in the Crimea in November, '54, shortly after the battle of Inkerman had been fought, and received his 'Baptism of Fire' in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at a Hospital
The St. Vincent’s Hospital at Indianapolis (U.S.) has been destroyed by fire. The patients numbering 121 were safely (removed)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Wires. London, Wednesday. Destructive Fire
An extensive and destructive fire is reported to have taken place in Toronto, Canada in the [?] of the city. The damage is estimated [?]dol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Big Fire at Coonamble
A fire started at 4.30 on Tuesday morning at Coonamble, in Herbert G. Cobb's stationery and tobacconist department, spreading to the hairdressing saloon, billiard room, saddlery and fancy…
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