Fire at a Colliery. Sixty Men Imprisoned. Rescued Under Difficulty London, July 24
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 2
A fire occurred in the framework of two shafts at High House Colliery. Auchinleck, Ayrshire, and imprisoned sixty miners. After tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Normanhurst Court a Disastrous Fire. Many Treasures Destroyed. Lord Brassey's Narrow Escape London
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2
A fire, which originated in the kitchen, on Sunday afternoon destroyed the eastern part of Normanhurst Court, the Sussex seat of Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Brassey's Home. Pohtion Destroyed by Fire. Art Treasures Lost. Narrow Escape of Lord Brassey. London, Aug. 3
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2
A fire, originating in the kitchen, on Sunday afternoon destoryed the eastern portion of Normanhurst Court. Lord Brassey's Sussex seat. Though…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. LONDON
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 2
A great bush fire has destroyed the town of Fernie, in British Columbia, and 70 residents were killed, 100 were injured, and 500 are homeless. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Madman Murderer. Fire Hose Played on Him
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 3
A cottage about half a mile from Kilkenny (Ireland), occupied by an elderly woman named Mary Morrissey and her daughter Bridget, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Living Fire-engines. the Story of a Wonderful Rescue
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 1
In a time, probably, a human life has never been saved by animals more extraordinary, or in a fashion more unlooked for, than recently, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible Bush Fire. a Town Destroyed. Many Killed and Injured; Thousands Homeless. London, Monday. Afternoon
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
A bush are has destroyed the down of Fernie, British Columbia. Seventy of the residents were killed, and 100 injured, and 3000 are homeless. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Fires at Lockhart
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
Two outbreaks of fire occurred in Lindsey's butcher's shop. Lockhart, last Thursday night, but were got under before much damage bad been done. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earthquakes and Fires. Insurance Company's Liability. London, August 5
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
The Privy Council has refused to reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Jamaica relating to the claims arising from the earthquake…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jamaica Earthquake. Question of Fire Insurances London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
The Privy Council has refused to reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Jamaica relating to the fire insurance claims arising out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Forest Fires. Seven Towns Destroyed. Eight Hundred People Killed. London, Aug. 4
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
The great bush fires have done immense destruction in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, and are still raging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Dock. Elevators and Grain Destroyed. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
Theatre that has occurred at the Burlington Dock, Lake Michigan, Chicago, destroyed two elevators and over half a million bushels of grain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Fire. Oil in Flames. a Terrific Explosion. London, Aug. 5
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
A great oil fire at Tampigo, Mexico, in which millions of gallons of oil were burnt, culminated in a terrific explosion. Which tore a vast hole in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil on Fire. a Terrific Explosion. Vast Hole in the Earth. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 2
A great fire occurred in the oil wells at Tampico, a Mexican seaport, nine miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Millions of gallons of all were burnt,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Big Fire
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2
The whole of Kectenay county, British Columbia, is seething with flames. One thousand employees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Bush Fires. Towns on Fire. an Awful Predicament. Escape Cut Off. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2
The whole of the Kootenay country, British Columbia, away from the railway lines in a seething mass of flames. The township of Fernie is still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Bush Fires. Two More Towns Threatened. Further Loss of Life Feared. London, Aug. 6
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2
The terribly disastrous bush fires which have devastated the southern districts of British Columbia still remain uncheeked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Forest Fire
Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2
All the mines in the Crow's Nest region of British Columbia are shut down, and the miners are all fighting the forest fire. Many inhabitants of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Destroyed by Fire
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2
Early yesterday morning the Travellers Rest Hotel, at Cross Roads, occupied by Mr. D. L. Wise, was completely destroyed by fire. The origin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Cross Roads
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2
A fire, which destroyed the Travellers' Rest Hotel at Cross Roads, occurred at an early hour yesterday morning. It appears that the licensee, Mr. David L…
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