Convent on Fire. Queenstown
An outbreak of fire at the Convent of Mercy last night was extinguished with the assistance of bluejackets from the American battleships lowa,…
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Reading Near Fire. Girl Burnt to Death Warracknabeal (Vic.)
Mable Johnson, aged 23 years, a daughter of Mrs. Johnson, of sheep Hills, was burnt to death yesterday. Her mother, who is a widow, went…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strange Case or Suicide Man Jumps Into Fire. Cuts His Throat While Burning. Auckland
A man named Gibbons, a private tutor at Auckland, set fire to a stack of timber, jumped on the burning mass, and then cut his throat with a…
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Fourth and Nall's fire is still burning. It is thought that all danger has passed. Six hoses are playing on smouldering ruins it is considered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney. Six-storey Building in Flames. in the Heart of the City. Sydney
A fire broke out late to-night on the premises of Messrs. Fuerth and Nail, cardboard-box manufacturers, Castlereagh-street. The building, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Fire. Burning All Day. Sydney
Further particulars are now to hand of the fire which broke out late on Monday night at a cardboard-box manufactory in Castlereagh-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Wire. Disastrous Fire. Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred last night on the promises of Fuerth and Nail, printers, etc, off Castlereagh- street. Within a few minutes the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Films on Fire. Panic in a Picture Palace. London
At the Portsmouth Picture Palace, during a cinematograph show, the naval review films ignited. The operator, unable to extinguish the flames,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Parliament. Appointing Land Valuers. Fire-proof Roofing. Local Government Amendment Bill. Sydney
In the Assembly the Secretary for Lands said it was not the custom to confer the title of "sworn valuator" upon valuators whose qualifications as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Best Gas Fire
The best gas fire is obtained by a large number of small jets so arranged that each jet will be fed with pure air, and that the burned gas from the one jet cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Naptha Blaze. a District Enveloped in Flames. Town Cut Off. Vienna
Lightning started an alarming fire in the Galician naptha district. The flames have risen above the reservoir, covering the streets and railways and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Horror What a Pressman Saw at Recent New York Disaster, v "Thud-dead I". How Girls Leapt From [?]
The recent factory fire in Washington square, New York, which resulted in the death of 151 workers, most of them young girls in the abort space of half an hor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. Raging in Ontario. Vancouver
Fierce bush fires are raging in the Cobalt mining region of Ontario. Several mining camps have been destroyed, and it is feared there has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship on Fire. Young Man's Escape Sydney
The steamer Erina, lying at the Long wharf, Balmain, was partly destroyed by fire the morning. Thomas Childs, junior, son of the owner, was…
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Styman's bakery premises, Redfern, were destroyed by fire this morning. Three adjoining buildings were also badly damaged…
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Fitzgerald's extensive soft good warehouse at Hobart has been gutted by fire. The Total insurances amounted to £45,000…
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Another disastrous fire has occurred at Hobart, Ferguson's wine and spirit stores being completely destroyed. The three adjoining places…
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Mullany's bulk store at Katoomba was destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage in estimated at £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest Fires. Towns Wiped Out in Canada. Settlers Homeless. Ottawa
The town of Cochrane, in the Porcupine mining district has been destroyed by bush fire. The fires are spreading and settlers are fleeing from their…
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Fully a thousand lives have been lost in forest fires which swept Northern Ontario. The lowest estimate in 200, but it in believed that the…
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