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On Tuesday, April 19, a great fire swept through the wholesale district of Toronto (Canada), causing damage variously estimated at from two to three and a-half million pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →It has been ascertained that the fire in the Kronstadt arsenal two weeks ago had its origin in some officials who desired to prevent their corrupt practices being…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The ketch Keera, Captain Robertson, which has arrived at Cooktown after visiting all the London Mission stations in New Guinea, reports that when off the South Cape of New Guinea, there being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Huntley's restaurant at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The building was structurally a death-trap. Huntley and his wife and son, a baby, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The women and children resident in Port Arthur are taking shelter in specially dug out caves within the inner fortifications during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With regard to the five youths-Sydney Johnson. Ernest Burt, Frederick .Hanson, Frederick Hoffman, and George Howes-charged, at the Water Police Court, last week, with attempted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In reply to a request from the Concord Council for the establishment of fire alarms within the borough, Mr. Z. C. Barry, secretary of the Fire Brigades Board, has intimated that the existing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early this morning a fire broke out in a room in the second story of O'Briens Royal Alfred Hotel. Fortunately the outbreak was mastered by the occupants of the hotel. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Though no damage was done the residence of Mrs. Hobell, in Darling-street East, Balmain, was the scene of considerable excitement about 9 o'clock last night, when an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, May 30, 3.10 p.m.-A great fire occurred last night in Jersey City, U.S. The damage is estimated at 5,000,000dol (£1,000,000). [Jersey City, the second city of the State of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WELLINGTON, Tuesday.-A shocking burning fatality occurred last night at the eastern portion of the town, by which, a male infant, 1 year and S months old, named Stanbury, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A most disastrous fire has occurred in Jersey City, which is situated on the Hudson River, opposite New York. The damage is estimated at 5,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WELLINGTON, Tuesday.—A shocking burning fatality occurred last night at the eastern portion of the town, by which a male infant, 1 year and 9 months old, named Slanbury, was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Recently an officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade had considerable difficulty in tracing the cause of an outbreak of fire at premises in Clarence-street. After repeated visits to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The request for the erection of a fire station at Annandale has elicited a reply from the Fire Brigades Board to the council to the effect that the request has been favorably reported…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Marrickville Council, at its meeting on Monday night, resolved -- "That a deputation, consisting of the Mayor and aldermen interview the Premier, with a view of securing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Surely laziness, and not necessity, is the mother of many present-day inventions. An inventor has devised a scheme for making his alarm clock light the kitchen fire, thus allowing him time for an extra nap…
Continued on Trove, page 1364 →The regular fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held last night under the presidency of the Lord Mayor (Alderman S. E. Lees). There were also present Aldemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A great fire occurred last night in Jersey City, United States. The damage is estimated at 5,000,000dol. (£1,000,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- A tremendous fire has occurred in Jersey City (U.S.A.), doing damage to tho extent of over 5,000,000 dollars (£1,000,000)…
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