Fire on a Lake
Lake Michigan, at a spot a mile and a half from the Chicago shore, has been the scene of a disastrous fire, causing the loss of 40 lives. Sixty men were at work on what is termed…
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Fire in Sussex-street
The warehouse of Messrs. John Barlow, Limited, wholesale grocers, was found to be on fire shortly after 6 o'clock on Friday evening the flames being first noticed under a…
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About two minutes past six o'clock last night the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received an alarm of fire from 388 Sussex-street, premises occupied by Messrs. John Barlow and…
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GUNNEDAH, Saturday.—A fire occurred in the local post office about 3 o'clock this morning, and much of the mail was destroyed. The mail contractor left the mail from the 1.30 train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in the City. Woman Badly Burnt. Man Knocked Down by Ladder
A fire broke out yesterday in a bedroom on the first floor of Ardrossan, a boarding establishment occupied by Mrs. Wakeford, at the corner of Margaret and York streets. It…
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A fire occurred at "Ardrossan." a boardinghouse, kept by Mrs. Wakefield, at the corner of York and Margaret streets, at noon today, resulting in a woman being badly…
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The brigade received a call to a fire at 8.15 p.m. on Friday in a buggy-house owned by E. Grifliths, of Silver-street, St. Peters, Newtown, Alexandria, and St. Peters brigades attended, and extinguished the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburban Fires. a Laundry Burned
A fire broke out at 5.15 p.m. on Friday in a laundry at Fisher-street, Petersham, occupied by Alexander Thornton. The outbreak was caused by ashes falling from the fire, and was extinguished by the…
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YOUNG, Monday.—A destructive fire broke out this morning in Burrowa-street when a draper's shop, occupied by George M'Guire was burnt to the ground, nothing being saved…
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NOWRA, Monday.—A fire occurred at the homestead of Mr. John Apperley, jun., at Brundie, early on Saturday morning, resulting in the total destruction of a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What a Steamer Fire Cost
The steamer Irish Monarch on December 31, 1906, arrived at Melbourne from New York on fire. The outbreak occurred the day before she arrived, and though the damage was not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Post-office. Mail Matter Destroyed
GUNNEDAH, Saturday.--A fire broke out at the post-office here about 2 o'clock this morning, when certain mail matter, letters, and newspapers, were burned. Many letters were saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Desperate Convict. Lights Fire in Cell. Melbourne
The notorious negro convict King has been causing further trouble at Pentridge. On Friday night he set fire to the contents of his cell, with the object, it is believed, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Post-office. Mail Bags Damaged. Gunnedah
At the post-office here this morning, shortly after the arrival of the 1.30 train, the mails for Gunnedah, Coonabarabran, Tambar Springs, and Mullaby were deposited in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Recent Fire
The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the fire which occurred on the 2nd inst, at an oyster saloon in Watt-street, conducted by Mrs. E. A. Cofteros, was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Country. Fire at Young
YOUNG, Monday.--Early this morning, residents were awakened by the cry of "fire." The fire was in a two-storey brick building, occupied by Mr. George M'Guire, as a drapery and…
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A destructive fire occurred at 2.15 o'clock this morning, when the premises occupied by George M'Guiro, draper, were burnt to the ground. The origin of the fire is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Smoke Expeller. New Fire Brigade Appliance
The Fire Brigades' Board, on the recommendation of Superintendent Webb, have just imported from France an appliance which should have the effect of easing the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at a Tannery. Damage £20,000. AUCKLAND
Sutherland and Co.'s tannery at Onehunga was destroyed by fire, the damage being estimated at £20,000. The insurances totalled £5600…
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The Fire Brigades Board, on the recommendation of Superintendent Webb, has just imported from France a smoke-expelling appliance in the form of a hydraulic ventilator…
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