Fires in Bengal. Discovery of Explosives. Calcutta
Six tubes filled with gunpowder, petrol, and sulphur match heads were found among some bales of jute at Kidderpore, Bengal, the seat of the…
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Fire at Pentridge. MELBOURNE
A fire broke out in a laundry at Pentridge Gaol, Melbourne to-day. Prisoners worked hard and soon had the flames under control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Fire at Adelong
A fire occurred at Adelong on Tuesday when a shed containing a motor car, a sulky, several sets of harness, and saddles, owned by Mr. M. D. Russell,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Suffrageites Retorts to Magistrate. Gaol Doctor Horse Whipped. Picture Smashing and Fires. London
The magistrate who sentenced two suffragettes, who chained themselves to the gates of Buckingham Paf[?], was grossly insulted. He was called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Hotel Fire. Port Macquarie
A fire broke out in Grill's Commercial Hotel this morning. The wine and sprit section was completely gutted. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze Averted Motor Bus Ablaze. Youth's Plucky Action. Sydney
A motor bus in a garage at Paddington caught fire whilst being replenished with spirit this morning. The flames threatened the whole building, but T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Candle Power of the Fire-fly's Light
The efficiency of a firefly's light is fifty times that of our ordinary illuminants. This does not mean that it is fifty times the light…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Tenement Fire. New York
A fire broke out to-day in an old-fashioned tenement house. Seven persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Brisbane. Firemens' Narrow Escape. "Courier" Office in Danger. Brisbane
Zoeller's buildings were gutted by fire early this morning. The buildings were occupied by several well-known firms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Sydney Copra and Wool Ablaze. Damage on N.D.L. Wharf. Liners Immediate Danger Assistance by "Australia's" Bluejackets. Sydney
A fire broke out at the North German Lloyd Co's. wharf at Miller's Point, shortly after eight o'clock last night. When the brigades' arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Novel Fire Extinguisher
Ammonia bombs as a means to extinguish forest fires are being tested in some of the national forests of America. In the case of bush fires,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Cable News. Glasgow Fire
A big fire has occurred at Glasgow; and a number of quays and wharves near Kingston dock have collapsod. The fire originated accidentally. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boarding House Fire. Eight Laborers Perish. New York
A sensational fire occurred at a boarding house at Milford, Massachusetts. There were 80 laborers in the building when the fire broke out. Eight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of the Blaze
The fire was due to an accident in re-piling the docks, the piles being saturated with creosote oil. Boring one of these with a red-hot iron…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire in Glasgow Quarter of a Million Damage. Quays, Wharves and Vessels Damaged. London
A disastrous fire a Glasgow destroye 360 yards of quays on the south side and sixty yards of wharfage on the cast side of Timpton dock,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Disasters Fire in Belgian Pit. Brussels
A serious fire broke out at a colliery in Liege, in which 200 men were entombed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Garage Fire Roared Like a Furnace. Perth
A big blaze occurred last night at the Skipper-Bailey motor garage and repairing works, Hay-street. The top portion of the building was occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire. Hotel and II Shops Burnt. SYDNEY
A fire at Cloncurry, Queensland, on Saturday night destroyed the Post Office hotel, together, with eleven shops. One man, an Indian,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anarchist Crime. Jute Bales Set on Fire. Calcutta
Fires have occurred amongst the bales of jute stored at Calcutta. The outbreaks are attributed to anarchists, who are closely imitating the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Salem Fire. State Assistance for Sufferers. New York
It is now stated that only two deaths occurred in the great fire at Salem. The Governor of Massachusetts has announced that tents for…
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