Wine Stores on Fire. Streams of Flaming Wine. Two People Killed. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 2
A fire has destroyed the famous sherry bodegas (wine stores) of Gonzalez Byass, at Jerez de la Frontera (or Xeres), 14 miles north-east of Cadiz, Spain, Butts…
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Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 3
There was nothing very noticeable the fact. I have seen navvies and other workmen too often warming up their victuals to be particularly struck by the…
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Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2
Forest fires raging in California have reached a mammoth grove. There are little hopes of saving the big trees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Forest Fire. Enormous Damage. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2
The forest fires in British Columbia have reached the mammoth groves of Sequoia trees at Calverai, and there is but little hope of saving them. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Stamboul Fire Subscription From King London. Sept. 4
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2
King Edward has subscribed £500 sterling towards the Stamboul fire relief fund…
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Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 2
Fires are raging in the pine forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin, United States of America. The town of Chisholm has been destroyed, and that of…
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Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 2
Large Wesleyan schools and the church at Dunstable, in Bedfordshire, have been destroyed by fire; the damage being estimated at £30,000…
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Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1908 · page 4
What a tale Captain Strusz of the local fire brigade could unfold if you were to ask him if the brigade is properly equipped. The fire…
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Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2
The Public Works Department has notified Municipal and Shire Councils that, where the power to create and maintain fire brigades has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreak of Fire. Discovered in Time. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2
The large warehouse of Wilkinson, Heywood and Clark, Clarence-street, narrowly escaped destruction thin morning, owing to the supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Historic Palace. Destroyed by Fire. London, Sept.21
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2
The palace of the Capulots, at Verona, Italy, has been completely destroyed by Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Towns Destroyed by Fire Great Loss Ok Life in British Columbia. Dramatic Escapes and Rescues. New York. Aug. 8
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 3
A great forest fire raged for days in the Kootenay Valley, which has partly in the American State of Idaho. Six towns and villages have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Broken Hill. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 2
Through a child upsetting a candle at the residence of Mr. E. Lavender at Broken Hill the whole building of five rooms was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cottage on Fire. Invalid Wife. Saved with Difficulty. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 2
A cottage at Canterbury, owned and occupied by George Kitt, was destroyed by fire this morning. Kitt was awakened by his invalid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in America. Express and Goods Train. Nineteen Persons Killed. Cabs Catch Fire. London, Sept. 28
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1908 · page 2
A correspondent at Helena, Montana (U.S.). states that during a dense snowstorm a passengers express train and a goods train on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very Latest. Steamer Destroyed by Fire. SYDNEY
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 2
The Manly steamer Brightside [query, Brighton] was destroyed by fire in Neutral Bay this morning; and the steamer Fairlight, lying close…
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The Worker · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 27
Dazzled with watching how the swift fire fled Along the dribbling roof, I turned my head;…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Forest Fires Extinguished. Copious Rains. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 3
Copious rains have extinguished the forest fires, except on the Adirondack Mountains, which have been raging for some time past on the banks of the River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Gables. LONDON, Sept. 30. Rain Extinguishes Fires
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 2
Copious rains have extinguished the great fires in the United States. ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP. Barry is favorite for the coming race…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Circuit Court. Wednesday, September 30. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Pring. Mr. C. F. Bolton, Deputy-Sheriff.) Alleged Arson. a Lockhart Fire
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 4
James Alexander was charged with maliciously setting fire to a dwelling house at Lockhart, the property of Those. William L[?]dbeck, on July 30…
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