Vast Forest Fires. in Canada and Maine. Several Towns Menaced
Evening News · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 6
LONDON, June 4, 2.40 p.m.—Immense forest fires are raging in the maritime provinces of Canada and in the State of Maine. Vast damage has been done, and several…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Queen Alexandra has visited the ruins of the house of Mr. R. S. Kindersley, the headmaster of Eton, which was recently destroyed by fire, leading to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eton College Fire. Queen Alexandra's Sympathy. London, June 3
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 5
Queen Alexandra visited the ruins of the fire which occurred on Monday at the residence of Mr. R. S. Kindersley, M. A., one of the masters of Eton College. Her Majesty…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 9
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Forest fires are raging in the Canadian maritime provinces. In Maine vast damage has been done, and several towns are menaced…
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The Mosman Mail · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2
At 11.27 on Friday forenoon, May 29, a gentleman gave information at the Mosman Fire Station that there was a fire at Mr. Jas. Harding’s place in Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forest Fires in America. London, June 4
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 9
Forest fires are raging in the maritime provinces of Canada and in the State of Maine. Vast damage has been done. Several towns are in danger…
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The World's News · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4
Cut off by the flames, John O'Shay, a former circus employee, escaped from a burning building in South Broadway, New York, by using an umbrella as a parachute. He landed among the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Melbourne Fire. Melbourne
The Australian Star · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 6
A fire which broke out early this morning, at Siemens Brothers, electrical engineers Market-street, did considerable damage to the building and stock.'The adjoining premises…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4
Considerable excitement was occasioned in Hornsby, between 4 and 5 o'clock on Monday morning, by an outbreak of fire in one of the trucks drawn up on the good shad siding. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires. Ten Miles From Ottawa. Steamer Aground. London
The Australian Star · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 6
There are vast forest fires in New England, New York State, and New Jersey. Dense clouds of smoke impede the traffic, and caused the mall steamer, Deutschland to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Notes Current Flood, Fire, and Storm
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 24
"Mount Pelee, Martinyue. is again active. The authorities urge the evacuation of the whole of the north of the island." Simultaneously with this news comes that of disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fires and Flood in America. Topeka Children Rescued. a Trying Experience
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 9
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Steam launches rescued 200 starving children at Topeka (Kansas), which was attacked by both fire and flood. The children had been flood-bound…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vast Forest Fires. in the United States and Canada. Immense Damage
Evening News · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4
LONDON, June 5, 3 p.m.—Vast forest fires are raging in the New England States, New York State, and New Jersey. Clouds of smoke impede the traffic, and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Out of the Frying-pan Into the Fire."
Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 7
A contemporary truly says: "It is not often a man runs into gaol to get away from a policeman," but such a thing actually occurred in Sydney a few days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canada in Flames. Appalling Bush Fires. Montreal Cordoned. Great Damage in the Capital—Quebec in Danger. Whole Province Swept. Dense Smoke Darkens the East. LONDON, June 5
Sunday Times · Sunday 7 June 1903 · page 5
The forest fires in Canada are creating great havoc and causing intense alarm, amounting in many instances to panic…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 7 June 1903 · page 8
The residence of Mr. R. S. Kindersley, M.A., one of the masters of Eton College, was gutted by fire on Sunday. Great difficulty was experienced in…
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The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 June 1903 · page 1
There are vast forest fires in New England, New York State, and New Jersey. Dense clouds of smoke impede the traffic, and caused the mail steamer Deutschland to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in a Club. Melbourne
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 June 1903 · page 4
A fire broke out in the commercial Travellers' Club this afternoon, but was extinguished before much damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Flood Sensation in America
Sunday Times · Sunday 7 June 1903 · page 8
Disastrous floods occurred in several of the Mississippi States. There was heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeks, and immense destruction of property…
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Evening News · Monday 8 June 1903 · page 3
At the last meeting of the Bexley Council, Alderman Marshall pointed out the need for some fire fighting appliances in Bexley. Although they were compelled by the Board to stand and deliver…
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