Fire and Sword. Canton Laid Waste. London
According to the Pekin correspondent of the "Daily Mail" a report has reached the capital that the eastern portion of Canton has been sacked and burned by the disbanded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires & bushfires, 1912
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Public Buildings Burnt. Mysterious Country Fire. Documents Destroyed. Quirindi
A disastrous fire occurred early this morning, when the School of Arts building, containing also the Municipal Council, Tamarang Shire, Quirindi Hospital, and show offices, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Fire. Five Lives Lost. Plaster Rock (N. B.), March 12
Five commercial travellers were burned to death in Fraser's Hotel, which was destroyed by fire. Ten other inmates narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Country Fire Brigades the Premier Promises Amendment
A deputation, consisting: of the Mayors of Newcastle and the surrounding districts, waited on the N.S.W. Premier on Monday to request a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Italy's ling. : in the Shadow of Death. Anarchist Fires Three Shots. Military Offices Wounded. an Indignant Populace. Assailant Nearly Lynched
ROME, Thursday Evening.—An attempt was made yesterday by an e[?] to [?] His Majesty King Victor [?]. Three shots were fired, but fortunately the King…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires. Sheep Flocks Perish. Perth
Disastrous bush fires occurred in the Toodyay district yesterday morning on Lukin Bros.' property. A strong wind caused the are to spread at an alarming rate, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Bush Fires in W.a. Great Loss of Property
PERTH, Friday.--The heat of the last three days has recurred. The Perth shade temperature has not been over 101, but in tho country this has been much exceeded, with disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Big Blaze. Woollen Mills Destroyed
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—What proved to be a disa[?] fire brake out at 5 o'clock this afternoon in Hurst's weollen mills, on the banks of the Barwen River at Geolong…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Glebe Fire
An unoccupied house at the Glebe caught fire in an unaccountable manner last night. The place is situated in Park-road, adjoining the bulk store of William Adams and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Fire at the Glebe
A fire occurred in an unoccupied two-sta[?] house adjoing the oil stores of William Adams and Company. Park-road, Glebe, last night, and both buildings were severely…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Glebe. Suspicious Circumstances
Shortly after 11.30 last night a fire occurred in an empty house in Park-road, Glebe, under circumstances which point to incendiarism. The flames spread to the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Blaze at the Glebe. Oil Store Damaged. Good Work by the Brigade
A fire occurred into last night in an unoccupied two-storied weatherboard residence adjoining tho bulk store of William Adams and Company, oil merchants. Park-road, Globe…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Exciting Fire Scene. Man Imprisoned in Burning Building
Exciting scenes wore witnessed at a live which broke out early one morning last month in London in premises occupied by a boot manufacturer. The outbreak originated in the shop,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blind Man's Sad Enl. Suffocated While Groping for the Door During a Fire
Singularly pathetic are the circumstances surrounding the death of a blind piano tuner named Charles Penrose, who was suffocated during an outbreak of fire at Crichton's plane works,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Story. Murderous Assault Made on a Girl Who Is Held Over a Fire
At Grimsby (Eng.) last month Samuel Leaning, 42, a skipper, was churned with the attempted murder of Catherine Annie Paterson. 17, who was found unconscious and almost naked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire
Six men were killed in a fire which gutted a lodging-house in Chicago on Sunday. One man jumped from the fourth floor and was dashed to death on the pavement below. Others were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mysterious Country Fire
A disastrous fire occurred early on Wednesday morning, at Quirindi, when the School of Arts Building, containing the Municipal Council Chambers, Tamarang Shire Chambers, Quirindi Hospital and show offices, was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Huge Fire in Implement Factory
A fire destroyed the International Harvester Company's warehouse at Winnipeg, Canada, on Monday. An explosion occurred, and three employees and two firemen were buried in the falling debris. All five per perished…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Five Travellers Perish in Fire
Five commercial travellers were burned to death in Fraser's Hotel, Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, U.S.A., on Tuesday, which was destroyed by fire. Ten other inmates narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at North Sydney
At 11.28 last night a fire broke out in 86 Walker-street, North Sydney, the premises of M. P. Maher, grocer and wine and spirit merchant. The origin of the fire is…
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