Wagga Fire Brigade
The ordinary monthly meeting of the Wagga Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening last, when there was a good attendance, 1st Lieutenant Spies occupying the…
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278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 14
Disastrous Fire in America. Damage Several Millions. Six Hundred Houses Destroyed. Fire Still Raging. Latest News. London, Feb. 8
A dispatch from New York states that a tremendous fire is raging in the city of Baltimore. It originated in a dry goods (drapery)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Wires. Advices From the Metropolis Sydney, Monday. Fire in Melbourne
The premises of Messrs. Droedel and Company, wholesale manufacturing printers, Flinders-street, Melbourne, were destroyed by fire on Saturday…
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Later particulars of the fire at Baltimore state that a section of the city a mile long a quarter-mile broad was destroyed, the portions burnt…
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The insurance companies estimate that the losses by the Baltimore fire total 12,000,000 dollars, of which 90,000,000 dollars are covered by insurance…
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The great fire in Baltimore has burnt itself out, after 27 hours during which it wrought immense damage in the very heart of the city…
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The Gorman steamer Augsburg, which left Adelaide for Hamburg on November 16, has arrived at Ferrol, in Spain, with a fire in her number three hold. The flames are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Torpedo Shocks at Port Arthur the Forts Open Fire
The steamer Columbia, which has reached Chifoo, reports that while lying at Port Arthur on Monday shortly before midnight a severe shock of a torpedo explosion was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland. a Big Fire Damage Estimated at £40,000 BRISBANE
Overall's large drapery establishment at Fortitude Valley was completely burut out this morning. The damages is estimated at £40,000. Other buildings were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gigantic Fire. [?] Buildings Already Burnt. Loss of Many Millions. 100 Persons Injured. London
A tremendous fire is raging at Baltimore in the United States and despite all effort to combat it has devastated a large area of the business portion of…
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The charred remains of a man supposed to be William Fenwick, aged 71, were found among the debris of a fire at Overall's establishment…
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News has just reached town of a disastrous outbreak of fire at W[?]alo[?]g. From the meagre details to hand, it appears that early this morning a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Off Chemulpho. Russia Fires First Shot of War London, Wednesday Afternoon
A Japanese official report states:—"The Russian gunboat Coreetz (1213 tons) and the Russian cruiser Varyag (6500 tons) quitted Chemulpho, Korea,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burned Alive. Holiday Audience Buried in a Tomb of Fire
The catastrophe at the Ring Theatre in Vienna was the most fearful holocaust of the century. It was a comparatively new building, having been opened only eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fight Off Chemulpo. Russia Fires the First Shot. One of the Russian Vessels Blown Up. London, Feb. 11
The Japanese official occount of the action outside Chemulpo differs from the reports previously received that there was no fighting before the Russian ships…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Fire at Wyalong—shops Destroyed
A disastrous fire occurred at West Wyalong at noon on Friday. It started at a shop occupied as refreshment rooms by an Assyrian named Prineas, and it spread…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. 1400 Sheep Burnt. Narrow Escape of Drovers
Bush fires have been raging in various parts of the Narrabri district during the past week, and thousands of acres of grass have been destroyed. A fire has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Very Latest. Japanese Movement to Cut Port Arthur Railway. Alexieff Condemned in Russia. Movement to Appoint New Commanders. Graphic Account of Chemulpho Action. Terribly Effective Fire of the Japs. the Vessel a Living Hell. Japanese Ships Untouched. Japan Embarking 100,000 Troops. Destination Unknown. London, Feb. 17
Advices from St. Petersburg state that the Japanese are making a feint towards the Yalu river, but that their real object, judging from the large movement of cruisers,…
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There was a considerable amount of speculation in Fitzmaurice-street on Thursday evening regarding the exact locality of what appeared to be a bush fire, the flames of…
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