Casualties. Clothes Caught Fire
About noon on Monday Mary Woodbury, 23, residing at Hawkesbury River, was washing some clothes in a copper with an open fire, when her garments became…
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Mysterious Fire. Dastardly Outrage Suspected. Bathurst
'A' disastrous fire occurred at the residence of Mr. W. J. Lorke, near Locksley, last night. A chaffcutter, engine, set of harrows, and between 25 and 30 tons of wheat and chaff…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Great Fire. Raging in Tokio. Critical Situation. Tokio, April 10
Following on the outbreak of fire in the Yoshiwara quarter, where 5000 houses have been burned, the confiagration is still raging…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fire and a Stampede. at a Village Show. a Smouldering Charnel-house
BOMBAY, Tuesday.--Detailed accounts of a terrible disaster have reached Poona from the village of Salumbre. It appears that 1500 people assembled to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Tokio Fire. Still Raging. High Wind and Shortage of Water. Numerous Fatalities Reported
TOKIO, Monday Afternoon.--The disastrous fire which broke out in the Yoshiwara (women's) quarter of the city yesterday, sweeping away 5000 houses and rendering 6000 of the women…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Camp-fire Girls. America's Lady Soldiers. May Have to Get Their Hair Cut. Harem Skirts or Walking Breeches. New York
The United States is following in the footstops of Australia in the formation of a corps of girl aids. Plans are in course of preparation here…
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The Fire Brigades Board has requested the Cobar Council to pay their quarter's subscription, amounting to £15. It was stated at the…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Isaac Harris and Max Blanck the owners of Triangle ShiriWaist Company, have been indicated for man slaughter in connection with the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Leap During a Fire
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--An outbreak of fire occurred to-day at the house of Rev. Ready, Methodist minister of Auckland. Mrs. Ready Jumped from an upper window…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Administration of Fire Brigades. Acting-judge Edmunds' Report. the Fire Board Censured
The report of Acting-Judge Edmunds, who was appointed a Royal Commission of Inquiry into matters connected with the administration of the Fire Brigades Acts, was made…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The New York Fire Tragedy. Owners Charged with Manslaughter
NEW YORK. Wednesday.--Messrs. Isaac Harris and Max Blanch, owners of the Triangle Waist Company, have been indicted on a charge of manslaughter in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Fire in Alaska. Business Section of Town Burnt. Heavy Losses
VANCOUVER, Tuesday Afternoon.--A cable message received from Kaltag, Alaska, on the left bonk of the Yukon River, states that practically the whole of the business section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The New York Fire. Charges of Manslaughter. New York, April 12
Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, the owners of the Triangle Shirt-Waist Company, have been charged with manslaughter in connection with the recent disastrous fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Homeless! Six Thousand Japanese Women. Lose All in Great Fire. Tokio
Over 6000 women are homeless as a result of the great fire in the Yoshiwarra district. Many of these women were quite well off, but the habit of saving their money in their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New York Fire Tragedy. Factory Owners Charged with Manslaughter. Victims Who Had Their Escape Cut Off. New York
Isaac Harris and Max Blanch, owners it the Triangle Shirt-waist Factory, the scene of the recent fire by which 150 lives were lost have been arrested and charged with…
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'GOULBURN; Thursday.—Elm Grove, the homestead' of Mr. John Gillospie, Ginninderra, bus been totally destroyed by fire. One of the family, had been changing ills clothe in" a…
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A fire which was discovered at 8.32 o'clock last night, in the house of Mrs. Mary Mallon, at 13 Isabella-street, Camperdown, did some damage in the bedroom in which it…
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A light coming in contact with the bed curtains in the front bedroom of Mr. Mary Malton's house at [?]street, Camperdown, caused a small fire on Thursday night, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in New Zealand. Paper Mills Destroyed. Wellington (N.z.)
The New Zealand Paper Mills Company's premises at Woodhaugh, near Dunedin, were totally destroyed by fire. The insurances total £12,500, and 50 hands have been thrown out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wholesale Incendiarism. Fire Brigades Threatened. Paris, April 13
There were huge fires at Pierry, two miles south-west of Epernay, and elsewhere in the valley. The Chatean Montebelle is at present in flames…
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