The Mine Fires. Flooding Operations Commenced
BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--The flooding of the Junction mine and, as a consequence, the Junction North aud North mines, began between 5 and 6 o'clock last evening. An…
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Fire Brigades' Demonstration. Perth
At the Bunbury fire brigades' demonstration to-day the Eaglehawk Brigade won the representative fours event. Mr. R. H. Hall has been re-elected general…
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A few minutes before 10 a.m. yesterday the headquarters station of the M.F.B, got the call that there was a fire in a building in Hamilton street, city, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The 'Frisco Earthquake Sensational Details. Buildings Destroyed & Fires Raging. Martial Law Proclaimed. Gasworks Blown Up. Awful Loss of Life
AUCKLAND. Thursday Afternoon.—The following sensational details of the San Francisco earthquake have been communicated to the Premier by Mr. Reynolds, manager of the Pacific Cable Board:— "The local magnitude of the disaster is growing at every moment. There is no reason…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wanted the Duty. Exacting Customs Officials. Experience of a Fire Brigade. London, Wednesday, 3.20 p.m
Villagers were unable to cope with a fire at Huningen, Rhenish Prussia, and the fire, brigade at Bale, the chief city of the half Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious City Fire. Outbreak at Gibbs, Bright, and Company's. Bile Beaks Premises Burnt Out. Several Offices Damaged
At 9 o'clock last night the fine promises of Gibbs, Bright, and Co., shipping agents--Nos. 37 to 43 Pitt-street--were discovered to be on fire, and a few minutes after a battle between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another City Fire. Blaze in Pitt-street. Solid Work by Firemen
What was a serious, and might have been a disastrous, fire but for the dogged perseverance of the firemen, occurred at Austral Chambers, 3[?] to 43 Pitt-street, near Bridge-street, last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Mine Fires. the Junction Shaft Slipped. Broken Hill
What has been expected in connection with the Junction fire has occured. The Junction North shaft has gone. On several previous occasions a report to this effect had been…
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LONDON, Thursday, 2.40 p.m.—A fire occurred this morning in an Ordnance store building at Woolwich Arsenal, the building being destroyed…
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The Mint of California at Frisco is reported to be afire…
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LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A fire broke out in the village of Huningen, Alsace. The villagers were unable to cope with the flames, and the fire brigade…
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Another big city fire took place last night. The locality this time was a building in Pitt-street, extending from Nos. 37 to 41, known as the Austral-chambers, and embracing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The 'Frisco Disaster Shock Lasts Several Minutes. Wide Area Affected. Many Fires Break Out. London, Wednesday. 9.30 p.m
The latest particulars regarding the terrible earthquake which has laid halt San Francisco in ruins, and which is estimated to have resulted in a loss of 1000 lives, state…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Insurance Risks. Amount to Fifty Million Pounds. London, Thursday, 2.30 p.m
The fire insurance risks amount to £50,000,000. The British offices are the hardest hit. The shipping at San Francisco is less…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Woolwich. in the Ordnance Stores Building. London, Thursday, 2.40 p.m
A fire at Woolwich last night, nearly resulted in a great disaster. The scene of the outbreak was the ordnance stores building…
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Owing to the breaking of the gas and water mains many fires broke out, and, there being no means of extinguishing them, they spread with remarkable rapidity. Fanned by a brisk easterly wind, the flames soon endangered the whole manufacturing and wholesale…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in the City. Austral-chambers in Flames. Extensive Damage. Excellent Save by the Brigades
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade had a hard battle at the Austral-chambers, 37 to 41 Pittstreet, last night, when an extensive fire broke out on the top floor at the rear of the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extra Special. "Evening News" Office, 3.10 P.M. Frisco Doomed. Fires Still Ranging. No Large Building Standing. 600 Bodies in One Street Alarming Reports from the Interior
AUCKLAND, Friday Afternoon.—The latest bulletin from the Pacific Cable Board (received here from Vancouver) says:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Calamity. Half San Francisco in Ruins. Earthquakes Followed by Fires. Thousands of Lives Lost. Enormous Damage to Property. Scenes of Terror and Confusion. Conflagration Still Beyond Control
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--An appalling catastrophe has befallen the city of San Francisco. An earthquake, which occurred this morning, wrought tremendous devastation. Half the city was laid in ruins, and it is reported that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Terrible Earthquake. Latest Details. the 'Frisco Mint on Fire. Looters Shot. 100,000 Persons Homeless. £40,000,000 Damage
LONDON, Thursday, 2.40 p.m.—Later reports of the earthquake in California state that five persons were killed at Oakland, 36 were killed at San Jose, many at Santa Cruz, and 200 at Santa Rosa, where 10,000 are homeless. At the Agnew Asylum, near San Jose, 270 perished…
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