A Disastrous Fire. Berlin, April 17
Children playing with matches started a fire in the village of Lindau, near Duderstadt, in Hanover, and 50 peasant farmsteads were destroyed. A large number of…
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Burned to Death. Tragic Fire in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A fatal fire occurred yesterday at W. J. Anderson's store at Tylden. David Fitzgerald, about 40 years of age, and Patrick Angland, about 60, were sleeping in the…
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A fire, caused by the overheating of a kerosene stove, occurred this morning in a cottage in Sussex- street, Mortlake, occupied by Mr. T. Gorman. The outbreak was subdued by the inmates, and the damage was slight…
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An outbreak of fire occurred at the house of Rev. Ready, Methodist minister, of Auckland (N.Z.). Mrs. Ready jumped from an upper-window, was rendered unconscious, sustained burns…
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An explosion occurred in the firebox at on hotel in Irvinebank (Q.). A cook, named Mary McPhie, was hit on the head with places of broken metal, and died in two hours. The stove,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Brussels Fire. Brussels, April 18
An incendiary set fire to the Town Hall at Schaerbeek, one of the northern suburbs of Brussels. A number of old paintings and Gobelins tapestries were burnt, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Parrot's Fire Warning. "Father, Come Quick!"
Shortly before 1 o'clock on a morning in March. Mrs. Pett, wife of Mr. George Pett, a shopkeeper, in Church-street, Chatham, England, was awakened by the shrieking of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State Fire Insurance. a Scheme by Mr. Carmichael
During the last ten years, the N.S.W. Government has paid about £50,000 in problems to private companies for insurance upon public [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire on the Hudson River. Boathouses Burned. New York
Scullers' Row, on the Hudson River, was swept by fire to-day, the conflagration involving the destruction of four boathouse's and their contents, which included 200 racing…
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For some weeks past Mr. Carmichael, the acting Treasurer, has bad under consideration the insurance of State buildings against fire. Hitherto the practice has been to take…
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WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—An outbreak of fire occurred at midnight last night in the establishment of Messrs. Morgan and M'Lennan, tailors and evens outfitters. High-street…
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If the Acting Treasurer will cast his mind back a very few years he will recollect that his scheme for State insurance of public buildings has already been tried…
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There was delivered at the head station of the Fire Brigade on Tuesday, and is now in course of unpacking and overhauling, a new 40 h.p. fire engine of the latest type of Merreweather "Hatfield." This is the most…
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LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The Fazakerly Hospital at Liverpool was destroyed by fire last night. The patients were rescued…
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In connection with Mr. Carmichael's proposal to establish a fire insurance account. It is interesting to read what a Federal Royal Commission had to say under this head. This…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at a Colliery. Thrilling Escapes
LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The fusing of an electric cable at the Pickton colliery set fire to the woodwork at the bottom of the shaft, and filled the mine with dense smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Fighting in Sidney. New 40-H.p. Motor Engine Landed. Additional Protection for Eastern Suburbs
The fire fighting appliances of Sydney are being rapidly improved and brought up to date by a steady system of replacing the old by the new. As such new appliance arrvies, it takes…
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LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Fazakerley Hospital at Liverpool was destroyed by fire to-day. The patients were all rescued without injury…
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The Fire Brigades Board has placed orders with an English firm for two turbine fire engines of the latest type, as approved by the London County Council. It is expected that…
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WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A destructive fire occurred at the business establishment of Morgan. M'Lennan, and Co., clothiers, etc., Highstreet last night. Tho alarm was received at…
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