Fatal Fire Family Burned to Death
At Watertownmass, near Kirkcaldy, a fire occurred, as the result of which a man named John Clark, his wife, and their three children lost their lives. The house was set…
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Fire in a Railway Truck. Bungendore
Upon the approach of the mail train from Cooma on Monday night the station-master saw smoke and flames issuing from a truck next to the passenger coaches. He stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires. Walgett
On Tuesday a Are broke ont in two cottates in Wee W[?]-street, belonging to Mr. W. Kenna and Mr. J. M'Kenize respectively. Both buildings and their contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Some Previous School Fires
Disasters of this sort, though happily of carer occurrence than those of which theatres and other places of entertainment have been the scene, have been frequent enough…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defective Flue Fires a House
Yesterday the weatherboard house of Mrs. J. Brian, at No. 26 Broughton-street, Glebe, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire. Through a defective chimney flue…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires. Public School Totally Destroyed
WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--At an [?] hour this morning the public school at Elialong was totally destroyed by fire. The cause of the outbreak is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Newtown
A fire was discovered shortly after 9 o'clock last night in the dwelling of Constable Drew, 15 Rawson-street, New town, a five-room cottage. The flames were confined to a back bedroom, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News by Cable. the Ohio Fire. Terrible Scenes
LONDON, Thursday.—A terrible calamity has occurred at Cleveland, Ohio . The Lake View Common School, attended by 360 children, ranging in age from 5 to 14, was burnt to the ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Schools Liability to Fire Very Remote
Mr. Peter Board, the Under-Secretary for Public Instruction, was seen by a "Star" reporter this morning and questioned on the subject of the schools in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Looking for a Snake. Man Sets Fire to a House
A fire which originated very simply, but under unusual circumstances occurred at Belmore on Sunday. Mr. John Carsons, an elderly gentleman of independent means, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Colliery Disaster. Timbering Catches Fire. Twenty Miners Imprisoned in the Workings
LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The timbering of the Hampstead Colliery, near Birmingham, was set on fire by the overturning of some candles. Nine miners managed to dash through…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Holocaust in Ohio. School in Flames. Only One Exit. Blocked with Writhing Bodies. Hundreds Incinerated. [?]Adequate Fire Appliances. London, March 5
'A terrible calamity has occurred at Cleveland, Ohio. The Lake View Common School, attended by 360 children, ranging in age from 5 to 14, was burnt to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire and Panic. As American School Horror. Stampede of Young Children. Terrible Loss of Life. Mad Rushes for the Exits. Agonising Scenes
LONDON, Thursday.--A terrible tragedy occurred yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., as the result of an outbreak of fire in the Lake View Common School in that…
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The residences in the vicinity of Innesdale-street, in the northern portion of Rockdale Municipality comprise a number of weatherboard cottages, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on the Mongolia. Considerable Damage Done
LONDON, Friday.--Reuter's Marseilles correspondent reports that the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship' Company's steamer Mongolia, carrying 100 passengers, arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in a Colliery. Sensational Rescues. London, March 5
The upsetting of some candles fired the timbering in Hampstead colliery, Birmingham. Nine men traversed a passage through the flames, and escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Risks in Sydney. Qualified Opinion on the Subject
The question of fire risks in and about Sydney has come up somewhat prominently for discussion recently, it is perhaps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on R.M.S. Mongolia. Considerable Damage. London, March 6
Reuter's correspondent at Marseilles telegraphs that the R.M.S. Mongolia, from London February 28, arrived at Marseilles with a fire aboard. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Serious Mining Accident. Men Imprisoned by Fire. Failure of Heroic Rescue Efforts
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The timbering of the Hampstead colliery, near Birmingham, was set on fire by the overturning of some candles. Nine miners managed to…
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