Disastrous Fire. New York, March 6
A syndicate block of buildings in Minneapolis has been demolished by fire. The damage is estimated at one million dollars (£200,000)…
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Improving Fire Stations. St. Peters Requirements
The Town Clerk this Salmon at the meeting of St. Peters Council on Monday night presented a report with regard to local requirements in the direction of a gas fire station. He stated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melted Coins. Strange Find After a Fire
In connection with the fire at Person by. New Zealand which reunited in the burning to death of the two children named Porteous under tragic circumstances as reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ninety Persons Incinerated. Fire at a Cinematograph Display
ST. PETERSBURG, Monday Afternoon.--As the result of a fire at a cinematograph display at Bologue, a small centre 200 miles south-east of St. Petersburg, 90 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire. Big Blaze at Hornsby. a Terrace of Shops Gutted. Four Other Buildings Severely Damaged. Absence of a Fire Brigade
A disastrous are resulting is the almost complete destruction of five buildings and the partial destruction of four shops, broke out is Burdett-street. Hornsby shortly after 10…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Untimely Fire-call
A small fire occurred yesterday at Manly, at the residence of. Mrs. M'Culloch, Ashburnam-street. When the alarm was received by the brigade the horse was at the farrier's being…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Fire on the Fifeshire. Cargo Damaged
Additional particulars relative to the fire which broke out on board the F.H.S. liner Fifeshire at Avonmouth a few weeks ago, which, it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Big Fire. Great Destruction at Hornsby. Bank and Six Shops Gutted. Hotel in Danger. a Fire Brigade Refuses to Assist
One of the biggest suburban fires experienced for some years broke out at Hornsby last night, and was still fiercely burning at midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Why Hornsby Nas No Brigade. Interview with Fire Board President
Mr. G. H. Pitt, the President of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Board. when seen by an "Evening News" reporter this morning explained the reasons why Herns by is not equipped with a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Fire at Hornsby Seven Places Damaged. No Brigade Available
A destructive fire broke out last night at Hornsby which at midnight had practically destroyed three places, including a hank, and hall-gutted four other places of business…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Unprotected District. Why the Brigades Did Not Attend Fire Board President Explains
The refusal of the chief officer of fire brigades to turn his men out to the fire last night was explained this morning by Mr. G H. Pitt, the president of the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hornsby Fire. How the Flames Were Fought. Story of an Eve Witness. Smart Work by a Policeman. (Continued from page 5.)
An eye witness of the big fire at Hornaby, on the North Shore line, on Tuesday night, told the following story in an Evening News" reporter this morning.—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hornsby Fire. Damage Estimated at £5000 Splendid Work by Volunteers. a Service of Ten Feet of Hose. Absence of the Brigade Explained
At about 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. M'Donald, grocer, of Burnett-street, Hornsby, and, spreading to buildings on the railway station end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fireproof Safe. Relic of the Hornsby Blaze
Fallen among the debris on the site of the Bank of North Queensland was found a large Chubb's safe that had been lying all night amongst burning timbers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fire and Its Lessons
The disastrous fire burning itself out at Hornsby, where there is no fire-fighting organisation, provokes cynical comment on the official callousness which forbade the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Cinematograph Fire. Fifty Persons Injured
LONDON. Wednesday Evening.— A fire occurred last night at a cinematograph theatre at Abranies, 84 miles from Lisbon in the [?] which ensued 60 persons were injured. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Expensive Fire. Action by a Shire Council
COONAMBLE, Wednesday.--At the District Court, before Judge Gibson, the Wingadee Shire Council sued Arthur Lloyd, landholder, for goods destroyed on defendant's land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hornsby Fire. Damage Estimated at £4000 to £5000
The fire at Hornsby on Tuesday night was one of the largest that has occurred in suburban areas. Five buildings were completely destroyed, and four others severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Risks. Why Hornsby Suffered So Badly an Old Story Repeated
The destructive fire at Hornsby on Tuesday night has drawn attention once more to the defenceless condition of the fast-growing suburbs on the North Shore line. in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"To the Death." Mexican Leader's Pronouncement. Will Fire on U.S. Troops. New York
A message from Mexican says that when Simon Bertholdt, the American leader of the insurrectionists, was informed that the U.S. troops were on their way to the border he…
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