Forts Open Fire
It is reported from Havana that one of the vessels of the American blockading squadron came within range of the forts defending the harbour, which opened fire and compelled…
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An Officer Beheaded. Havana Fires on an American Ship. London, May 8, 4.2 p.m
While escorting a number of newspaper correspondents to General Gomez, one of the Cuban insurgent leaders, Major Smith was captured and beheaded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manila Battle. Havana Forts Fire. Reported Naval Engagement. National Guard Refuse to Enlist. LONDON, May 8, 4.3 p.m
Many officers and men of the National Guard of New York have refused to enlist as individuals in other regiments. They were ordered to leave the camp, and departed…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Carroll yesterday afternoon, whereby a store and large hall, the property of Mr. John Flett, were completely destroyed. A stiff breeze was blowing at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall Into a Fire
A married woman named Lydia Bills met with a serious burning accident near Bombala on Saturday night. She fell into the fire, with the result that she was burnt about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Spanish Artifice. American Warships Jeopardised. Lured Within Battery Fire
LONDON, Monday.--The latest reports with reference to the blockade of Cuba show that the Spaniards lured the American gunboat Vieksburg and the revenue service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America and Spain. the Battle of Manila. Vivid Description of the Fighting. Complete Surprise of the Spaniards. the First Fight Lasts Three Hours. Spaniards Outweighted and Outmanoeuvred. Ships Riddled and Ablaze. Magnificent Examples of Gallantry. Sinking Vessels Fire to the Last. the Whole Fleet Destroyed. Admiral Dewey's Manoeuvre. Five Vessels Pass Unobserved. Spanish Ships Without Steam Up. the American Spirit of Revenge. "Remember the Maine."
LONDON, Tuesday.--Vivid descriptions in detail have been received from the Philippines of the engagement at Manila between the American and Spanish fleets…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Station for Willoughby
Yesterday afternoon a deputation of the Willoughby Council, consisting of the Mayor (Alderman C. Laplastrieer) and Alderman R. H. Gordon and R. Small waited upon the Fire Brigades' Beard for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Little Devonshirestreet. Ax Inmate Severely Burnt
A fire, involving serious burning injuries to an aged woman named Mary Farrell, occurred at No. 9 Little Devonshire-street last night. The Fire Brigade received the call at about 8.30, and no time was lost in getting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Devonshire-St. a Woman Burned to Death
A fire occurred at No. 9 Little Devonshire-street last night, in which a woman Mary Farrell, 70 years old, received injuries by burns which reaulted fatally at any early hour this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Fire. At Surry Hills. An Aged Inmate the Victim
Shortly before 9 o'clock last, night the fire, brigade received a call and turned out promptly to a house in Little Devonshire- street, Surry Hills. The outbreak, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food Supplies in Madrid. a Disastrous Fire
LONDON, Thursday.--From Madrid it is reported that a fire in the city has destroyed a week's bread supply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fijian Fire walkers
Twenty-five or 30 miles from Suva is a charming little island named Bena (pronounced Mbenga), containing about 8000 acres. It forms an interesting feature on the South Sea Inland trip from…
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LONDON, Friday.--A fire has destroyed wool to the value of 250,000 dollars (£50,000), which had been stored by a Boston firm at Andover…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Burned to Death. a Child's Clothes Catch Fire
Last evening a child named Elsie May Wegg, aged 4, who lived with her parents at No. 2 Dwyer-street, off Regent-street, Redfern, was burned in such a fearful manner through her clothes catching fire that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Auckland. (By Cable. From Our Correspondent.)
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), May 6.—A fatal fire occurred in Gray-street this morning. Two Chinese, who were unable to escape from the burning premises, were burned to death. A constable…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Men and Women. a Monarch Under Fire. A Remarkable Woman
The Princesses of our Royal Family have, on this average, married at the age of 22; the Princes when about 28. The Spanish ex-Minister. Dupuy de Lome…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigade. P. S. B. Enquiry
THE Public Service Board have held an enquiry daring the week into the efficiency etc of the Metropolitan File Brigade and their first act was to place a prominent official…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigades. Alleged Hostility to the Volunteers. Aldermen's Statements
The statements sometimes made with regard to the jealousy said to prevail between the members of the permanent Fire Brigade and the volunteer fireman received some corroboration at a discussion which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Liverpool a Strange Coincidence
Precisely at four o'clock a.m. on Saturday a hut on tho orchard of Mr. J. Colo, which is on the Moorbank side of the river, was demolished by fire, and all the orchard…
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