Catastrophe in Paris Two Underground Trains on Fire. Great Loss of Life Feared
LONDON, Tuesday. Noon.--Two trains are on fire on one of the underground railway lines in Paris. A deplorable loss of life is inevitable…
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News by Cable. [Copyright.] Awful Railway Disaster. Underground Train Takes Fire. Three Others in Collision. One Hundred Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes at the Morgue
LONDON, August 11, 12.25 p.m.—Two trains are on fire on the Underground Railway in Paris. Over eighty deaths are reported to have occurred…
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It has been decided to install fire alarms in the following localities:—Mosman. Bradley's Head and Thompson's roads; North Sydney, Union and Thomas streets and Bank and Lord streets; Kogarah,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in a Warehouse
A fire broke out early yesterday morning in the warehouse of L. Tillock and Co., general merchants, Liverpool and Kent streets. The outbreak was first noticed by a watchman. Thomas Smith, at 3 a.m. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Similar Fire at Night. London, Aug. 12
A fresh outbreak of fire, due to a cause similar to that of the morning, occurred last night on another part of the line. The flames were extinguished without loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Kfnt-street. Outbreak at Tillock and Co.'s
Shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday on outbreak of tire was discovered on tho premises occupied by Tillock and Co., wholesale grocers and importers, corner of Kent and Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Catastrophe in Paris Underground Trains on Fire. Latest Details. One Hundred Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes at the Morgue
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The fire which occurred this morning in trains on one of the underground railway lines in Paris, originated on an electric locomotive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Blaze in the City
In Liverpool-street, between Pitt-street and George-street, city, a big blaze was witnessed about 9 o'clock this morning. The street there Is being wood-blocked, and some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ship on Fire. in Sydney Harbour. Blaze oil a Four-Masted Barque. Grim Battle with the Flames. Sailors Fight the Fire for Hours. Vessel Run Ashore for Safety
The silence and the darkness that lay over the harbour during the email hours of this morning were suddenly disturbed by the vigorous ringing of a ship's bell and an alarm of fire from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Origin of the Fire
The origin of the outbreak remains a mystery. It appears from what can be guthered on board that the whole of the hatches, four in number, were sealed down and nobody had been below for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Mosman Bay
The North Sydney Fire Brigade received a can late yesterday afternoon to a fire in a six-roomed house in Violet-street, Mosman Bay occupied by Mr. Joseph Brizer Before the blaze was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Fires. Big Hotel Burned. at Cronulla Beach This Morning
The Cronulla Beach Hotel, a well-known and favourite hostelry, was this morning totally destroyed by fire, the origin of which is unknown. The outbreak mysteriously occurred at about 5…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captain Chudleigh on the Incident. How the Fire Gained Ground
When the Captain Cook returned to her moorings In Watson's Bay, Captain Chudleigh grunted a "Daily Telegraph" reporter a short, interview. "The barque was well alight," he said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Board To-day. Fire Going Down. Rats and Matches
The Earl of Dunmore is lying head to the beach in Rose Bay, not far distant from the pier. An "Evening News" reporter went on board this morning, and, after gaining the main deck, made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in the Harbour. Four-masted Barque Earl of Dunmore in Flames. a Weird Scene
South Head lookout station was kept busy since 1 a.m. telephoning to parties interested in the fire tragedy which was being enacted aboard the fine 4-masted British barque Earl of Dunmore. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Third Edition. Fire on a Barque. Off Watson's Bay. Quantity of Explosives .Jettisoned. Vessel Beaohed in Hose Bay
With a rapidity which is said to have almost paralysed the man on watch, a fire burst through the fore-mastch of the four-masted barque Earl of Dunmore, at an early hour this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship on Fire in the Harbour. a Merchantman Under Flame. Beached at Rose Bay. Exciting Scenes This Morning
The fine iron ship Earl of Dunmore lies on Rose Bay Beach to-day, and already crowds of people are proceeding to view the unusual spectacle. The fine four-master,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Drummoyne
Early, on Sunday, morning the weatherboard premises on the foreshore at Drummoyne, near the Gladesville Bridge, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Street on Fire
[?]rel of far caught fire yesterday in [?]pool-street, between. Pitt and George [?]ets, City where woodblocking operations are [?] and it occasioned a lot of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hotel Destroyed by Fire
The Cronulla Beach Hotel was totally destroyed by fire shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The outbreak commenced in the kitchen and…
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