A Settler's Trying Experience. Cr[?]ed and Chased by Fire
A resident of Muckatah village settlement. Victoria, named. Henry Callcutt, had a trying experience on Monday. While altending to a burning…
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Camp-fire Girls. America's Lady Soldiers, Their self-Denying Ordinances. New York
Plans are in course at preparation here to bring into bring a temporary organisation, to be called "The Camp Fire Girls of America," and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Suspicious Fire
Last week a mysterious fire destroyed the wooden portion of an unoccupied house known as Keston, on Kirribilli Point, and shortly before midnight last night an outbreak of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tramcar on Fire
A tram car, No. 410. bound to Glebe Point, caught fire at Circular Quay shortly before mid-night, opposite the fire station. The wooden casing of the fuse box became ignited,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Government Indecision. From Frying-pan to Fire. Paris, April 14
The newspapers comment on the ludicrous consequences of the French Government's indecision, their fears of the Aube agitation resulting in a moto dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Parrot's Warning. Saves a Big Fire by Shouting "Comb Quick."
Shortly before 1 o'clock one morning last month Mrs. Pott, wife of Mr. George Pett. a shopkeeper in Church-street, Chatham, was awakened by the shrinking of a green parrot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cinematograph Fire. Panic and Barred Doors at a Russian Performance
ONE of the most appalling of the long list of cinematograph disasters occurred at Bologoe, midway between St…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The New York Fire
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 their premises, when 150 lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Trapped by a Fire
On March 5 eighty persons, mostly children, were killed, and many others were injured, in a fire which occurred at a cinematograph show at Bolegne, in Russia. There were three…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Disastrous Fire in Tokio
By a fire which broke out in the Yoshiwara quarter of Tokio, 5000 houses were destroyed, and 6000 women rendered homeless. A nigh wind and shortage of water made the situation…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Week-end Fires
The fire bridge had a quiet time during the week-end only small fires engaging in attention. Early on Sunday morning a candle in contact with curtains at the residence of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Suspicious Fire
Last week a mysterious fire destroyed the wooden portion of an unoccupied house known as Keston, on Kirribilli Point, and shortly before midnight on Friday night an outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Easter Holiday Fires. in the Golden Gorse and Woods
LONDON, Saturday.--Holiday-trippers are blamed--either because of their carelessness or malicious designs--for setting fire to large tracts of gorse in three places on the hillsides…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident or Design? Destructive Fires in England. London, April 15
Trippers are blamed, either through carelessness or design, for firing large tracts of gorse on the hillsides between Folkestone and Beachborough, and also…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Rope Works. Melbourne
Messrs. James Miller and Co.'s ropeworks at Yarraville were found to be on fire early on Saturday morning, and damage to the extent of several thousand pounds was done…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Train on Fire. Racing Boats Destroyed. Melbourne
A train conveying to Bairnsdale the fouroared racing boats of the Yarra, Yarra-Richmond, Civil Service, and other metropolitan clubs, to be used in the Bairnsdale regatta…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Factory Fire. Narrow Escapes in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (U.S.A.), Saturday.--Two hundred girls escaped from a fire in a shirt waist factory here, firemen aiding them down the escapes. A policeman noticed the outbreak, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Exciting Fire Scenes. Another Shirt-waist Factory. Two Hundred Girls Escape. St. Louis (Missouri), April 15
Some exciting scenes were witnessed at a fire in a shirt-waist factory. Two hundred girls escaped from the building, firemen aiding them down the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Garage and Motor Car Fires
Two calls were received by the New South Wales Fire Brigade on Monday evening. The first was to the Motor Company, Hunter-street, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Fatal Fire. Melbourne
A fatal fire occurred at Trentham on Sunday in the men's, quarters of Mr. W. Anderson's store. David Fitzgerald, about 40 years of age, was burnt to death. Patrick…
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