Woman's Clothes Catch Fire
PERTH (W.A.), Wednesday.--While hurtling scrub at Karrajine, Mrs. Emma Keiser, a settler's wife, got her clothes ignited, and was terribly burned, dying subsequently in the Northam…
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Destructive Bush Fires
Bush fires are raging in different parts of the State. Considerable damage has been done near Lyndhurst. To-day the raliway bridge between Langwarrin and Frankston was saved…
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A [?]arn with hay, seed, harness, and tools, on Mr. Reginal[?] Woollett's farm, Shannon Brook, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The value of the place and contents…
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At the Royal Agricultural Show a unique display was made in connection with the "Independent Fire Escape." It consisted of a gantry, about 40 feet high, on the top of which was a platform with curtained windows fitted…
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ORANGE, Thursday.--The deputy coroner held an inquiry yesterday at Forest Reefs into the destruction by fire on the morning of March 26 of three slacks of hay at James Finneran's farm…
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ORANGE, Thursday.--A fire occurred at the Ballarat Mine, Forest Reefs, yesterday morning. The manager, Mr. Moad, discovered the outbreak and extinguished it with the assistance…
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A serious fire occurred at the Ballaret mine, Forest Reefs. The damage done amounts to £300. A large shed was totally destroyed by the fire, which originated in…
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CONDON, Thursday Evening.—A shocking disaster has occurred at San Franscico A fire broke out in an Italian lodging-house, and the. building was burnt down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Frisco Seventeen Persons Burnt to Death London, Thursday, 3.10 p.m
A disastrous' fire occurred at an [?] lodging house at San Francisco yesterday. Seventeen of the occupants were burnt to death…
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An inguiry was held regarding the fire on Good Friday in premises occupied by James Fogarty, hairdresser, and Mrs. Hood, fruiterer. Evidence gave no indication as to how the fire…
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An Italian lodging-house at San Francisco was destroyed by fire. Seventeen of the occupants were killed and 18 others injured…
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Probably no other city of its size, peopled by a white community, presents so many difficulties to those entrusted with the task o[?] checking a confiagration as Sydney. Th[?]…
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The Independent Fire Escape was one of the attractive exhibits at the Sydney show, its life-saving Qualities being responsible for the presence of crowds when descents were being made…
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LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The result of the experiment with the cargo of wool shipped front New Zealand by the steamer Orari proved negative in character…
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A four-storied brick and iron building in Little Collins-street, occupied by H. Needham, art frame manufacturer, was severely dimaged by fire last night, while a number…
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Just as the theatres were emptying in Melbourne on Saturday night, a fire broke out In a four-storeyed brick building, 185 Little Collins-street, owned by the Scots Church, and…
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The cxperiment with New Zealand wool Shipped in the steamer Orari, which le[?]t Wellington on February 6 and arrived on March 24, concerning the origin of fires…
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WINDSOR, Monday.—A fire broke put unaccountably just before daybreak this morning in a large hayshed containing about 80 tons of bay, the property of W. Percival, dairyman, on the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A fire that looked like developing into a big blaze in the heart of the city broke out on Saturday night just as the theatres were emptying at a four-storied…
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Mr. E. W. Rowe's residence at Rocky Plain was destroyed by fire a few days ago. The property was uninsured, and was valued [?]t £130…
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