Forest Fire
A terrible forest fire is raging in the province of Katamai, in Japan; and 360 square miles are aflame Thirteen persons have already…
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Disastrous Victorian Fire. £15,000 Damage at Camperdown. Melbourne
A disastrous fire occurred at Camperdown (Vic.), this morning, five shops being completely gu[?]ed namely. Bright and Hitchcork, drapers:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Aldershot. Royal Pavilion Encircled. Supposed Suffragette Incendiarism. London
A great bush fire broke out a[?] Aldershot, and encircled the Royal pavilion, where the King and Queen who are attending the army…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forest Fire in Japan. Thirteen Persons Perish. Tokio
A terrible forest fire enveloped 360 square miles of country in the province of Kitami. Thirteen persons were overtaken by the flames, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cargo on Fire. S.S. Waimate in Trouble. Sydney
The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Waimate has sent a wireless message stating that her cargo of flax is on fire. The vessel hoped to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane Blaze. Six Bodies Recovered, 25 men Missing. BRISBANE
Five thousand pounds worth of damage was done by a fire near Brisbane yesterday. The yardman at an hotel was burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Large Fire in Northern Town. Sydney
A fine broke out in the premises of Messrs. J. Lamprock and Sons, storekeepers of Delungra, 19 miles from Inverell. The promises, with heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombs Miss Fire. Suffragettes Active. LONDON
Suffragettes placed bombs along the side pipes conveying water from Loch Kathrine to Glasgow, but the fuse burnt out before reaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire. Whole Block Burnt. Sydney
Another disastrous fire occurred at Delungra, 18 Miles from Inverell. The outbreak was discovered at about 1.30 a.m. in a block of business premises…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage at Gilgandra. Hotel Gas Plant Explodes. Youth's Presence of Mind. Big Fire Averted. Gilgandra
An explosion of acetylene gas at the Imperial Hotel, Gilgandra, resulted in extensive damage to the building. It appears that the licensee. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fire at Ferguson's
Last night at about half-past ten a fire broke out in Mr. E. H. Ferguson's shop in Fitzmaurice-street. The brigade arrived on the spot with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oxford Street Fire. Confectioner's Shop Ablaze. Sydney
A fire occurred this morning in a confectionery shop in Oxford-street. The flames were speedily subdued, but the damage is estimated at £500. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombay Fires 40 in Two [?]
The [?] fire [?] of March, has destroyed [?] of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire at Mr. Ferguson's
Father examination yesterday of the damage caused by the fire on Tuesday night at Mr. E. H. Ferguson's shop in Fitzmaurice-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Wickham. Electric Motors and Machinery Destroyed. Sydney
A big fire occurred in the planing machinery department at Armstrong and Rouse's timber mill, at Wickham, early this morning, which gutted the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fire Alarms
The new fire alarms, so long promised, have arrived at last and are in course of insta[?]ation. For a start only three alarm boxes are being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incendiarist's Confession Caused Five Fires. Committed for Trial
At the Warracnabeal (Vtc.) police court on Wednesday, Arthur Russell, 24 years of age, was presented on five charges of having feloniously,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire Shops and Dwellings Burnt. Residents Narrow Escape. Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred this morning at Auburn, resulting in three shops and a dwelling being completely gutted. The shops were occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cables. Big Fire in Mew Zealand Wellington (N.Z.)
The main cable station at Wakapauka, also some living quarters were destroyed by fire this morning. The build…
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On Tuesday night last, at about 11 o'clock, the building used by Mr. M. D. Russell as a motor-house, buggy-shed and stables was totally…
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