Fire in an Asylum
A fire occurred at the St. Luke Sanatorium, Chicago, yesterday, and caused terrible loss of life and injury. Ten of the inmates were killed, aud thirty…
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Wagga Fire Brigade Ball
The plain aud fancy dress balls, in aid of the Wagga building fund, were held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The…
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A terrible fire occurred yesterday at St. Luke's Sanatorium, Chicago. Ten of the inmates were killed and 30 injured, including several who were suffering from…
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An appalling the broke out in was house of the General Electric Lighting Company in Queen Victoria-street at o'clock yesterday afternoon. The…
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An outbreak of fire, which resulted in the complete destruction of the Wagga Fire Brigade station and its fire-fighting apparatus, occurred at an early four…
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The chief pufferers by the conflagration which destroyed the Wagga Fire Brigade Station at an early hour yesterday morning, will have the…
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Another outbreak of fire occurred on Thursday night at the Wagga Coursing Club's plumpton, Lake Albert, when the caretaker's quarters were burnt…
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Early yesterday morning the firebella rang out an alarm, following on the warning sounded by the " hooter" at the gasworks, and peaceful citizens turned out by the…
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We are informed that a suggestion has been made that the Minister for Works be asked to allow the firebell now erected on posts at the corner of Fitzmaurice and…
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An appalling fire broke out at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the warehouse of the General Electric Company Limited, Queen Victoria street…
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We are informed that Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, waited on Mr. Gormly at Parliament House on Friday last, and informed him that he…
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A terrible fire occurred in a leather goods factory at Philadelphia yesterday. Two hundred girls, employed in the factory, panic-stricken, rushed to the…
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A five has occurred in a leather goods factory in Philadelphia, where 200 girls were employed. A panic ensued, and a desperate rush was made to the fire escapes…
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We learn the claims of the Wagga Fire Brigade have been promptly met by the Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd., through their local representatives, Messrs…
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Mr. R, Emblen Council Clerk at Wagga submitted, at the last meeting of that body, a report of the Council's loss in the recent fire. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cables. London, Sunday. a Prison on Fire
The prison at Bucharest (Roumania) has been destroyed by fire. Of six hundred prisoners many threw themselves at the iron doors acreeching for…
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A terrible tragedy is reported from Bucharest, the capital of Roumania. The prison in the city caught fire, and the 600 prisoners who were confined…
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A fire which was nearly attended with an appalling loss of life, and in connection with which so [?]e dreadful [?]es were w[?]ssed, is reported from…
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A fire broke out at Orange on Wednosday morning, resulting in the destruction of six shops with their contents, and the partial demolition of several others adjacent.The…
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At Capetown a fire was caused by Coronation decorations patching alight. An entire block was destroyed, the damage being a quarter of a million…
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