Disastrous Fire Hundreds Killed and Drowned TOKIO
Two-thirds of the city of Hakodate were destroyed by fire and the casualties ar Killed 650, burnt to death and died in emergency…
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Tenement Fire Seven Persons Perish New York
Seven persons were burned to death to-day in an East side tenement which had been condemned as fire traps. This brings the total to 25 of fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Mentone Hotel Destroyed by Fire Melbourne
Within 20 minutes of the flames being noticed the 80 year old Stephen's Hotel, at Mentone, was destroyed by fire shortly before midday to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Destroyed Devastating Japanese Fire 100 DEAD; 150,000 Homeless Tokio
An all-night fire, fanned by a heavy gale, destroyed the city of Hokodate except for the foreign consulate, which is on a hillside. The police station,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire in Japanese City Hundreds of Deaths Thousands Homeless TOKIO
An official announcement by the Home Office regarding the Hakodate fire says that 650 people were burned to death, many died in the emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire In Japan 20,000 Houses Destroyed Kobe (Japan), Mar. 22
A fire due to the toppling of a chimney in a gale, destroyed 20,000 houses in Hakodate this morning. Most of the official buildings were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Oil Tanker 12 of Crew Missing Vessel Destroyed. Rouen
The petrol tanker Girame waa moored at the storage wharf with a crew of 17, just about to begin their midday meal, when a terrific explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman in Stable Fire Nightdress and Hair Ablaze Desperate Effort to Rescue Racehorses Melbourne
Entering a blazing stable in an effort to rescue her horses, Mrs. Vinlet Murrell narrowly escape with her life. She was rescued by her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Young Dental Surgery and Residence Young
LAST night, at 10, a fire was discovered in a twostorey building opposite the post office, occupied by Mr. Stanley Burtinshaw…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil Gusher Fire First Big Find in Monocco Marrakesh
The fire which has been burning at the oil gusher in the district of Djebel, Mt. Tselfat, was finally extinguished to-day by shovelling into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Racing Stables Woman Defies Death to Rescue Horses Melbourne
With her nightdress and hair of fire. Mrs. Violet Murrell, one of Victoria's best known horsewomen, was carried by ber husband, W. Murrel.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Young
A serious fire occurred at Young on Sunday night. A dentist's surgery, containing ouch valuable apparatus, and an unoccupied residence adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at West Blowering. Mr. Ed. J. Higgins' Great Loss. Shed and Produce Destroyrd. Machinery Damaged
Shortly after 7 o'clock on Sunday evening an alarm was given by, the farm hands on Mr. Ed. J. Higgins' West Blowering property, a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Racing Stables Woman Defies Death
With her nightdress and hair on fire, Mrs. Violet Murrell, one of Victoria's best known horsewomen, was carried by her husband, W. Murrell,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hakodate Fire Death Roll of 2000 TOKIO
The death fool form the fire at Hakodate approaches 2000. Searchers are continually recovering fresh bodies. There was a dramatic, and solemn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clothes on Fire Electrician Seriously Injured SYDNEY
Ernest kirkatrick, 45, an electrician was working behind a switch-board on the electrical sub-station in Castlereagh street, city, when there…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Full Court Reverses Wagga Circuit Court Verdict Urangeline Fire Case Farmers' Liability When Stubble Burning "Exceptional Danger" Possibility of Further Appeal to High Court SYDNEY
The Full Court, comprising the Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Jordan), Mr. Justice K. W. Street, and Mr. Acting-Justice Maxwell, delivered their reserved judgment to-day in the appeal by Frederick John Webber, farmer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shirt on Fire Mr. Appleby's Painful Experience
About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mr. L. J. Appleby, orchardist, at Corbie Hill, was seated in his car in the lane at the "rear of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Japanese City. Hundreds of Deaths. Thousands Homeless
An official announcement by the Home Office regarding the Hakodate fire says that 650 people were burned Ur death many died' in the emergency…
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