A City on Fire. Frozen Hydrants. Vancouver, Jan. 3
A fire wiped out a large area in the business section of Oklahama City. Frozen hydrants greatly hampered the brigade in its work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1911
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Friction Causes Fire. Stripper and Wire Fence. Warracknabeal (V.)
A sensational experience befell W. B[?]rgess white he was stripping wheat. His horses became startled and bolted with the stripper. Burgess was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ahmed Resistance. Anarchists Fire on Police From Behind Barricades. London, Jan. 3
The position now is an extraordinary one for such a place as the capital of the British Empire, the centre of civilisation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Fire. Boarding-house in Flames. Escape Through Windows. Two Men Perish. Auckland
A large boarding-house at Wellington was destroyed by fire last night. The inmates numbered nearly fifty, forty-five of whom escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Building on Fire. Suspects Driven to Attics
The siege by the police of the building occupied by the anarchists in Jubilee-street continues. A fire has broken out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train on Fire
Through carelessness, a passenger who was currying benzine. set fire to a train near Grodno (Russia). Many of the passengers were burnt to death. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →College Fire. Montreal
St. Joseph's College, Grandly, in Qucbec, has been burnt. Three hundred boys were away on holidays. It is unknown how many were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire at Junes
At 2 p.m. on Friday a fire broke out in the residence of Mrs. J. Egan, which was totally destroyed, likewise the residence of Mr. Chas, Jenkins, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Year Fire
During the New Year services at a church in Mexico the decorations caught fire. A terrible panic ensued. Eighteen people were killed and the church was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train on Fire. a Passenger's Carelessness Many Burnt to Death. Vancouver, Jan. 5
The carelessness of a passenger who was carrying benzine, set fire to a train near Grodno, Russia. Many passengers were burned to death and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Eunonyharrenyha. Ensilage Pits May Burn for a Fortnight
A fire has been raging for the last two days in a 480 ton ensilage pit, the property of Mr. John James, of the Eunonyhareenyha Homestead, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →College on Fire. OVER 40 Students in Danger Brave Rescuer's Death. London, Jan. 6
St. Joseph's College, Granby, Quebec, was to-day burned to the ground. Three hundred of the boys were away on holidays, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eunonyhareenyha Fire
The fire in the ensilage pit near to the Eunouyhareenyha homestead is still burning. Opinions vary as to how long it will take to burn itself…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat in the City. Outbreaks of Fire. Sydney
The heat was a scorcher in Sydney to-day, a strong westerly wind blowing. The temperature reached 91 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-proof Dresses
Children's dresses may be rendered well-nigh fire-proof if in the last rinsing water or in the starch [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Sydney. Sensational Experience. Sydney
An outbreak of fire occurred early tins morning at a pawnbroker's shop in Goulburn-street, due to a light being dropped on the floor. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Picture Show. LIVERPOOL
During a cinematograph picture show in the town hall, Liverpool, last night, a film took fire, resulting in damage estimated at £150. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Board Inquiry SYDNEY
The Government has appointed Mr. Edmunds, barrister at law, to be Royal Commissioner to inquire into the administration of the Fire Brigades'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires
While floods have been occurring in Queensland there have been destructive bush fires in parts of New South Wales and N.-W. Victoria. Wentworth has been…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire Brigade Scandal. a Public Inquiry. Sydney
The fire brigades' inquiry will be opened next week. It is to be held in public. Some interesting disclosures are promised…
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