Ship on Fire. a Terrific Explosion. Crew's Narrow Escape. Capetown
The barque Lyndhurst, naptha laden, took fire off Fish Point, Cape Colony. A terrific explosion occurred and in a scene of great excitement the…
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Picture Show Fire
An explosion occurred at a moving picture show near Pittsburgh Twenty-five persons lost their lives during the panic which ensued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship on Fire. Hold Filled with Lyddite Shells. Malta
There has been great excitement bete over a sensational occurrence which might have resulted iu serious loss of lite. The steamer Molelaus arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Blaze. Athens
The laboratories attached to the Athens University have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £120,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fires. Newfoundland Swept. Villages in Peril. Vancouveer
Great fires are still raging in New-loundland, destroying crops, and dwellings. The inhabitants of two villages were compelled to put to sea in boats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forest Fires. Ravages in Newfoundland. St. John's (Newfoundland), Wed
Forest fires are destroying crops and dwellings in various towns. The residents two villages were compelled to put on their sea boots in order to escape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clothing on Fire. Man Badly Burned at Chemical Works. Sydney
William Mitchell, and employee at Messrs. Elliott Bros. Works, Balmain was mixing chemicals when some of the mixture splashed on his clothing,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire. At—well-known Publishers' Establishment. London
The great publishing establishment of the well-known firm of Ward and Look, Salisbury Square, London, was partially destroyed by fire last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Panic in Hospital. Caused by Fire at a Chemical Warehouse. Chicago
Wild excitement prevailed at Chicago during an outbreak of fire in a large four-storied building containing among other merchandise a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A City Fire. Girl's Brave Conduct. Attempt to Rescue Brother. Sydney
A small fire occurred in a Dawes-Point boarding-house early this morning. A young woman named Pegg, thinking her brother was asleep in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Woman. Melbourne Mystery. Fire on a Doctor's Farm. Sinister Remains. Found in the Ashes. Melbourne
Great activity was manifested yesterday and to-day by detectives in their search for Mary Davies, the young woman whom Dr. Samuel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Arson Trust." Many Fires Arranged for on Systematic Lines
Chicago the horse of the Beef Trust, has the doubtful honour of supplying quite a new trust, even in these days to go-ahead combinations. This is nothing less than an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Brisbane. BRISBANE
The Queensland Glue Company's premises at South Brisbane, were destroyed by fire to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Stampede
A fire occurred during a cinematograph show at Walcha last night and a stampede set in for the exits. The machinery was destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rising in China. Troops Fire on Rioters. Peking
Huge crowds continue to surround the Viceroy's Yamen at Chingtu, protesting against the nationalisation of the railways. The Viceroy ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Papanui Call at St. Helena. Emigrants Landed. London
The s.s. Papanui, which left London on August 19 for Fremantle, Albany, and Melbourne, and called at Las Pal[?]mas on August 28, put into St. Helena…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Store Blaze. Building Collapses. Plucky E[?]. Prevents Disastrous Conflagration. Sydney
A fire occurred at the stores of the Gateshead Oil Company, Redfern, this morning, which would have been a disastrous conflagration only for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Papanui Destroyed by Fire Emigrants Landed
The s.s. Papanui, which put into Jamestown, St. Helena, on Tuesday, while on a voyage from London to Australia, with her coal bunkers on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recommendations Hang Fire. Opposition in the Committee. the Question Deferred for a Fortnight
At the evening meeting the above minutes were read, and the recommendations proposed to be brought forward…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warehouse on Fire. Big Blaze in Kent-street. Sydney
The large warehouse of John O'Neill and Co., engineers and machinery importers, Kent-street, was partly destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock…
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