Terrible Fire. a City Devastated. Damage £400,000. LONDON, June 24
A fire at Three Rivers, near Montreal, Canada, devastated the business portion of the city. 300 of the finest commercial houses were destroyed…
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Fire!
A grocer's shop, belonging to Austin Kerrins, Oxford Square, was gutted by fire this morning. The family had a narrow escape of either being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car on Fire. Occupants Escape. Car Falls Over a Cliff. London, June 26
A motor car took fire at Beachy Head, Sussex, and was soon ablaze, Immediately the occupants escaped the car back over a cliff and fell 300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grocer's Shop on Fire. Six Inmates Asleep. Their Narrow Escape. Exciting Jump Through a Window. Sydney
A grecer's shop kept by a family named Kerrin, in Oxford-street, was gutted by fire early this morning. The inmates, numbering six, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Fifteen Persons Killed. Carriages on Fire. London, June 27
A collision occurred on the railway from Bombay to Baroda between an express passenger train and a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →India. Passenger and Goods Train Collide. Carriages Take Fire. Fifteen Persons Killed and 270 Injured. London
A railway disaster has occurred on the Bombay-Baroda railway line. An express train, carrying a large number of passengers came into…
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As the sequel to a collision between a motor, fire engine and a tramcar at Melbourne, V., on June 13, Robert Bell, the driver of the motor, was charged at…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Playing With Fire. Boy Seriously Injured. Recovery Hopeless. Sydney
A lad named Cox. living at Dangar, a village near Narrabri,was playing with fire this morning, when he received such severe injuries that no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Castle Burned Down. L20,000 Damage. Caused by a Chimney Fire
Monzie Castle, near Crieff, a fine Gothic structure, erected in the early part of the last century, was totally destroyed by fire on 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Wells on Fire. Ignited by Lightning. Flames Rise 600 Feet. London, July 6
Lightning ignited six oil wells in Doryslay, Galicia. The flames rose to a height of 600 feet, but the fire was prevented from…
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At a great fire in the capital of Hayti 400 buildings were destroyed, including the court-house, prison, and arsenal…
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During a storm the lightning ignited six oil wells in the commune of Psoryslav, in Austro-Hungary, and the flames rose to a height of 600 feet,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Fat in the Fire." the Herdsman Dismissed
At the special meeting on Monday evening there were present: Trustees Fraser (chair), Wilson, Martin, Worner, Dodd and Beatty. The herdsman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. Thousands Homelesss. London, July 3
In the great hire at Port-an-Prince, capital of the negro republic of Hayti. 3000 hoses were destroyed. Thousands of people are without food or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. Destruction of PORT-au-PRINCE. LONDON
Port-au-Prince, the capital of Hayti, in the West Indies, has suffered from a fire which hits destroyed all the principal portion of the town…
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The losses by fire at Port Au-Prince, Hayti, were two million pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire in Hayti. LOSSES £2,0000,000. LONDON, July 10
The looses by the fire at Port-a,-Prince, Hayti, amounted to £2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Port Au Prince Fire. Damage Estimate at £2,000,000. LONDON
The damage caused through the great fire at Port an Prince has been estimated at two million pounds sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Tragedy. Children Burnt to Death. Fatal Fire Demonstration London
A remarkable, and at the same time extremely painful fatality, has occurred at Durban, the capital of Natal. A body of seamen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Fire Brigades
The Governor's speech at the opening of Parliament, on Tuesday, mentioned that as the law relating to fire brigades is in an unsatisfactory…
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