The Ship Fannie Kerr. Destroyed by Fire. Crew Take to the Boats
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 8
The Honolulu " Bulletin " of the 8th instant gives the subjoined account of the abandonment of the ship Fsnnie Kerr whilst on a voyage with a cargo of coal from Newcastle:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Loss of the Fannie Kerr. a Newcastle Ship Abandoned on Fire. Decks Blown Up. Eight Days in an Open Boat
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 7
Particulars of the destruction by fire of the four-masted barque Fannie Kerr, whilst on a voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco, were brought by the Canadian mail yesterday from Honolulu…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Huge Fire in Capetown. London, June 29
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 5
A block of buildings was destroyed by the fire which occurred at Capetown on Saturday. The damage is estimated at £250,000. The origin of the outbreak was due to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire at Capetown. Quarter of a Million Damage
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Coronation decorations caused the Are at Capetown. A whole block of buildings was destroyed, the damage being estimated at £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Harbour Blaze. a Lighter on Fire. Her Cargo in Flames. the Lighter Sunk
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 7
Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening a large blaze was seen in the direction of Miller's Point. The flames shooting sky[?] were visible for a considerable distance, and lighted up the "cene around with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Mysterious Fire
Evening News · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 4
WELLINGTON, Tuesday.—A fire occurred on the Wellington Showground on Sunday afternoon, when part of the grandstand was consumed. The showground is situate about a Quarter of a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Risk Improvement
The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 3
Prominent among the articles in the current number of "The Review" is one in which Mr. Geo. B. Smith discusses the subject of "Risk Improvement." In the course of his interesting and instructive remarks Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spreading Like a Fire
Evening News · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 6
In writing to Mr. H.A. Rose in praise of his Eye Lotion, Mr. W, J. Leary, of Crookwell, says the fame of Rose's Celebrated Eye Lotion is spreading here like a fire among dry grass. Sold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Walking in Fiji
Evening News · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 6
SUVA, April 1.—The excursionists by the Waikare yesterday witnessed a fire-walking exhibition by the natives at Bega Island, organised by the Union S.S. Company…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Houses Destroyed by Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 8
BROKEN-I[?]LL, Tuesday.--A fire broke out in Cobalt-street this evening in a dwelling owned and occupied by David Trencar. The flames spread to the houses on either side, aud all three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fijian Fire-walking. Suva
The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 7
The passengers by the Union Co.'s excursion steamer Walkare were yesterday conveyed to Bega Island, where the natives were seen performing the fire-walking ceremony. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Floating Fire Engine Needed
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 8
"This fire," said Superintendent Webb, to a' "Daily Telegraph" representative, on his return to headquarters, "once more accentuates the necessity of a floating fire engine. But what is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire-walking in Fiji. Entertaining the Excursionists. (By CABLE.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 8
SUVA, Tuesday.--Much disappointment was expressed by the excursionists on the steamer Walkare at the natives abandoning the fire-walk-ing ceremony, on news of the King's illness…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Broken Hill. Three Cottages Destroyed. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 10
Early this evening a fire broke out in a wood and iron dwelling in Cobalt-street South, occupied by David Trenear. The flames spread to the adjoining houses on each side, and all three were totally…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Miller's Point. Benzine Cargo Destroyed. An Exciting Conflagration
The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 3
Residents of Miller's Point were last night treated to a repetition in a small way of the great fire in the kerosene bond at. Dibbs' wharf in 1890. Loud reports at short…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil on Fire. a Lighter's Cargo Ablaze. Shipping and Wharves in Danger
Evening News · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 6
At a little after 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening a fire broke out on the steam lighter Dido, at Dalgety's Wharf, Miller's Point, and in a few minutes the vessel's cargo of 500 cases of benzine and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a Lighter. an Oil Cargo Ablaze. Ships and Wharves Menaced. the Vessel Sunk
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 8
A fire, attended with disastrous possibilities, took place shortly after 6 o'clock last evening. Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s steam lighter Dido, loaded with 25 tons of benzine, naphtha, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires. Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 July 1902 · page 10
The inquest on the recent fire at Wilga Terraco was concluded yesterday evening before Mr. Gale, coroner. A verdict was returned that the fire was willfully caused by some person or persons unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trouble at Sandhurst. Incendiary Fires
Evening News · Thursday 3 July 1902 · page 5
LONDON, July 2, 2.45 p.m.—Owing to repeated incendiary fires at Sandhurst, which the cadets are suspected of causing, the War Office has announced that it will rusticate the whole of one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Destructive Fire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 July 1902 · page 7
A fire occurred at Mrs. Holland's hotel at Ilfracombe at 3 o'clock this morning, and rapidly sprend to Mayer's store. These buildings, with another shop and the two-story hotel, were totally destroyed…
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