Great Fire at Aberdeen
LONDON, August 14, 2 p.m.— A destructive fire has occurred at the soap works at Aberdeen, Scotland. Blazing tallow and oil ran through the streets, causing such a panic that the…
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Forest Fires. Do Much Damage. LONDON, Sunday, 2.5 p.m
Widespread forest fires have occurred in the Koolenay district, British Columbia, and much damage has been done to the timber at the mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sunday Lolly. Magistrate's Opinion of the Law. Running Fire of Comment
The Sunday selling cases arouse a large amount of derision when called at the police courts. This morning, when one was called at the Central, there was a running fire of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Fire. Causes a Great Panic. Military Called Out. London, Sunday, 2.5 p.m
A sensational fire occurred yesterday in some soapworks at Aberdeen. Blazing tallow and oil ran down the streets and caused so great a panic that the…
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LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Widespread forest fires in the Kootenaye district, British Columbia, have caused great damage to the mines and timber…
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The M.F.B. had a call early this morning to a fire at Messrs. Robert Swan and Co.'s brass foundry, in George-street North. The outbreak, which is supposed to have been…
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Shortly after 6 o'clock this morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called to an out break of fire at the brass foundry of Messrs, Robert C. Swan and Company, Limited,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Inverture. Part of the Cargo Damaged
The cable news published in the "Herald" a few days ago with reference to a fire on board the barquo Inverurie was confirmed yesterday by a cable message received by the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Russian Ships on Fire. Cable to the Consul
The Japanese Consul in Sydney received the following message from Baron Komura this afternoon:—Admiral Kamimura reports as follows At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Scene at a Fire. Streams of Burning Oil. Military Quell a Panic
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--During a fire at some soap works at Aberdeen blazing streams of tallow and oil ran down the streets and caused a great panic, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kamimura's Victory. Sinking of the Rurik. Gromob[?]i and Rossia Take Fire. London, Monday, 2.20 p.m
Further details of the defeat of the Vladivosto[?] Squadron by the Japanese fleet, commanded by Admiral Kamimura, state that the cruisers Gromobol (12,336 tons) and the…
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In England they have fire brigades for women. One such is illustrated in the sketch -a brigade which is located at Greenwich, and which is attended by some of the most…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call shortly after 6 o 'clock yesterday morning to a brass foundry occupied by Messrs. Robert C. Swan and Co., Ltd., of George-street North…
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Yesterday morning a fire broke out in a workshop at George-street North occupied by Robert Swan and Co., plumbers and gasfitters. The outbreak, which was confined to the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Official Report. an Effective Shell Fire. Six Hundred Russians Rescued
LONDON, Tuesday.--It is officially announced in Tokio that Rear-Admiral Kamimura met the Vladivostock Squadron on Sunday, steaming southwards in the Korean…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Goals of Fire. Kindness for Cruelty. LONDON, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m
Many of the Russians rescued from the Russian cruiser Rurik, which was sunk by Admiral Kamimura's squadron in the recent naval battle in the Straits of Korea, assisted…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--During the engagement between Vice-Admiral Kamimura's fleet and the Vladivostock squadron the Russian cruisers Rossia and Gromobol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Port Arthur's Desperate Plight Circle of Fire Contracting. Garrison Eating Their Horses. the Inferno on the Tsarevitch. Effect of England's Protest. London, Wednesday, 2.30 p.m
In the sortie made yesterday by the Russian squadron at Port Arthur the battleships Retvizan (12,700 tons), Pobleda (12,674 tons), Peresviet (12,674 tons), and Poltava (10,960…
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The most conspicuous object at present, at the Central Fire Depot, Eastern ,Hill, Mel-bourne, is the big chemical fire -waggon recently-imported from America by the fire board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Copra on Fire. Excitement at Circular Quay
A few minutes after 1 o'clock this afternoon the neighbourhood of Circular Quay was thrown into a state of excitement in consequence of a fire that broke out in one of the sheds of the…
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