Late Cable News. Received To-day. Fire in a Mine. Many Men Entombed
SCRANTON. PENNSYLVANIA, Friday Evening.—Between 60 and 75 men are entombed by a fire in a mine at Throop. The fire has cut off any hope of escape…
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The Albanian Outbreak. with Fire and Sword. the Devastating Turk. a Word of Warning
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Vicuna correspondent of "The Times" advises his journal that numbers of Albanians continue to emigrate into Montenegro…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire Brigades Board. Report of Royal Commission. How Salvage Money Was Used. Certain Irregularities Condemned
The report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the administration of the Fire Brigades Acts, was yesterday supplied to the press. Mr. D. Edmunds was the sole commissioner, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Board Censured. Judge's Report on Fire Brigades. "Lowering of Moral Tone." Moneys Improperly Used. Irregularities Condemned
The report of Acting Judge Edmunds, who was appointed a Royal Commission of inquiry into matters connected with the administration of the Fire Bridgades Acts, was made…
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A small fire occurred about 9.41 a.m. on Saturday at a house occupied by Mrs. Applett, 83 Rosehill-street, Redfern. Portion of the back verandah was damaged, and John…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.--Early this morning a fire broke out in Sander's billiard, and before the brigade arrived the tables were completely spoiled. The adjoining shop…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.--It has been decided to open the Inter-State Fire Brigades Conference in Adelaide on May 1. It will probably last a week,…
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A fire occurred in the main block of the city at 2 o'clock this morning, which destroyed C. Sanders' billiard saloon, with its contents, including two tabl[?], which were not insured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Disasters. Miners Entombed. Fire Cuts Off Escape. Scranton (Pen.), April 7
Between 50 and 75 men are entombed in Throop colliery, owing to an outbreak of fire in the mine, which has cut off any hope of their escape…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Mine on Fire. a Pennsylvania Tragedy. Seventy-five Mixers Entombed. with No Hope of Escape
SCRANTON (Pennsylvania), Friday Afternoon.--A fire broke out in a coal mine at Throop, on the New York, Ontario, and Western Railway, four miles from here…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--On Saturday night a fire broke out in the lamp room at the Western railway station, Ballarat, owing to the bursting of one of the lamps, all of which contained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Zetland Fire Station
At the last meeting of the Waterloo Council, Aid. Dunks drew attention to the fire station in Bourke street, near Elizabeth street, Zetland, which he described as a "dog kennel." It was decided by the council to write…
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A cable from New York states:—"Seventy-five thousand factory hands formed a funeral procession in connection with eight of the unidentified…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Fires. 5000 Houses Destroyed in Tokio. and 6000 Women Homeless
TOKIO. Sunday.--By a fire which broke out in the Yoshiwara quarter of the city. 5000 houses were destroyed and 6000 women rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Loss of Life. Fire at a Festival
BOMBAY, Monday.--A fire broke out in a thatched dwelling in a village to the northward of Poona, where a festival was being held…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Settler's Trying Experience. Crippled and Followed by Fire
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A resident of Muckatah village settlement, named Henry Callcutt, had a trying experience yesterday. While attending to a burning tree on a farm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mystery of a Fire. Woman's Body in a Cupboard
A sensational discovery was made in Nancy, Prance, early in the morning of February 21, by firemen engaged in combating a fire which broke out during the night in a large house situated in the Rue Saint Dizier. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Modern Rifle Training. Indian Army Methods. a "Fire Problem" Meeting
In view of the determination of the National Rifle Association Council to institute a distance judging competition and bring the service matches on its programme for the October…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Tokio Fire Still Raging. Loss of Life
TOKIO, Monday Evening.—The fire which broke out in the Yoshiwara quarter of Tokio is still racing, and a high wind and, shortage of water makes the situation critical. The…
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