Through Reuter's Agency. Fire in British Columbia. American Warships Sent to Manilla. London, Wednesday. LOSS, £100,000 LONDON
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 2
The United States Government have ordered the first-class battleships Oregon, Iowa and Texas to proceed forthwith to Manilla, the capital of The town of New Westminster, in British Columbia, 15 miles from the mouth of the Fraser River, and one of the termini of the Canadian Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic. New South Wales. a Destructive Fire. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 3
A fire broke out in the vicinity of the Jubilee dock early this morning. A six-roomed cottage and a large workshop were destroyed before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sensational Shooting. John Norton Again to the Fore. He Chases and Fires at R. D. MEAGHER, M.P. Nobody Hurt. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 September 1898 · page 2
A sensational shooting case occurred in Pitt-street this afternoon, Mr. R. D. Meagher, M.P. for The Tweed, and Alderman John Norton, providing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Oxf0rd Street
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 28 September 1898 · page 3
Roberts grocer establishment in Oxford street was this morning totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Fires in America. [?] State of Wisconsin. [?] 2,000 Damage Done. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 3
[?] bush files are raging in the [?]sconsin, in the United States of [?]tuated between lakes Michigan [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →People Who Bathe in Fire
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 5
The most remarkable ceremonial of fire worship that survives in the world is practised by the Navajos Indians. In preparation for the festival, a gigantic heap of dry wood is gathered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wagga Fire Brigade
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 October 1898 · page 2
The usual monthly meeting of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station on Tuesday evening. Captain Mumford was in the chair. It was decided, on the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fire at Trundle. Two Backhouses Burnt. Trundle
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 2
Mr. H. V. Foy's stables have been burned to the ground. The racehorses Nevertire and Whist fell victims to the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Sydney. Many Buildings Destroyed. Several Narrow Escapes Total Loss About £40,000
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 2
A TERRIBLE fire occurred in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. While the strong westerly gale was at its height a brigades received the information that a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Sydney. a Redfern Timber Yard Destroyed. £30,000 Worth of Damage Done. Some Narrow Escapes
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 4
The Sunday Times gives the following account of the big fire which occurred in Sydney on Saturday afternoon:— The fire, which appears to have originated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in Hankow. 10,000 Houses Burnt. a Thousand Liver Lost. Total Loss, £1,200,000. LONDON
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 2
A terrible fire has occurred at Hankow, the great treaty port on the Yang-tse-Kiang, 700 miles from the month of the river, the population of which is 300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Redfern Fire
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 3
The total insurance on the Redfern fire amounted to £20,730…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tekoa on Fire
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 3
The New Zealand Shipping Co's. steamer Tekoa, bound for Wellington, arrived at Capetown ablaze, her cargo being damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Adelaide. Wednesday. a Fatal Fire
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1898 · page 2
Early this morning, a woman, named Bertha Bridget Robson, aged 62 years, keeping a grocer's shop in Wright-street, was burnt to death. A little boy named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Fire in Simmons Street
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 October 1898 · page 2
An alarm of fire was given about 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The outbreak proved to be at "Hinemoa," the private residence of Mr. W. H. Eaton, in Simmons-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Fire
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 3
A great fixe occurred at Longreach, Queensland, yesterday afternoon. The whole of one side of a street, including two hotels and 75 buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Sydney
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2
One of tho most devastating fires ever experienced in Sydney broke out on Saturday afternoon about 2.40 at Hudson's timber null and joinery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane. Friday. Great Fire at Longreach—25 Buildings Destroyed
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2
At Longreach a great fire broke out yesterday afternoon in Brydon's Hotel, which was burnt to the ground in 15 minutes. Savage's store followed, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic. New South Wales. Another Fire. Sutton's Boot Factory Destroyed. Sydney, Monday Night
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2
Sutton's boot factory at Alexandria was totally destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Chapter of Accidents. a Lad Drowned. Another Breaks His Jaw. a Tent on Fire. Tamworth, Monday Night
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2
A lad was drowned whilst bathing in the Peel River to-day. Another boy, rushing wildly to his assistance, collided with a tree and fractured his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →