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FRANCIS DASHWOOD, 15th Baron le Despenser or "Hellfire Francis" as he was known to all gossiping England, was a favorite of mad King George III, and, in addition to being the most dissolute rake of the 18th century, he was "the worst Chancellor of the Exchequer England ever had." His…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FRANCIS DASHWOOD, 15th Baron le Despenser, or "Hellfire Francis" as he was known to all gossiping England, was a favorite of mad King George III, and, in addition to being the most dissolute rake of the 18th century, he was "the worst Chancellor of the Exchequer England ever had." His…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FRANCIS DASHWOOD, 15th Baron le Despenser, or "Hellfire Francis" as he was known to all gossiping England, was a favorite of mad King George III, and, in addition to being the most dissolute rake of the 18th century, he was "the worst Chancellor of the Exchequer England ever had." His…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FRANCIS DASHWOOD, 15th Baron le Despenser, or "Hellfire Francis" as he was known to all gossiping England, was a favorite of mad King George III, and, in addition to being the most dissolute rake of the 18th century, he was "the worst Chancellor of the Exchequer England ever had." His…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A GRAPHIC PICTURE of last night's blaze at Luna Park. More than 10,000 people were ordered from the area while firemen from city and north shore brigades fought the outbreak. Firemen scaled 75 feet up extension ladders to play water pumped from the harbor into the heart of the blaze. It is thought the fire was caused by a short circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire severely damaged a weatherboard cottage in Hoxton Park-road, Liverpool, early today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WATCHED by 4000 people, city firemen, using extension ladders, fought a blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →STATISTICS reveal that every year in America, 7500 lives are lost in home fires…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Four thousand people watched four fire-brigades fight a fire at the top of a 75-foot entrance gate lower at Luna Park last night. Firemen played fresh and salt water streams on the tower for 45 minutes before the blaze was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fanned by a strong wind, a fire which broke out on one of the 65ft. towers at the entrance to Luna Park last night endangered buildings for hundreds of yards around…
Continued on Trove, page 56 →Sydney's Luna Park was threatened with disaster late last night when one of the great main towers burst into flame. As great tongues of flame leaped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EIGHT people have been killed after police fired on rioting mobs at Agra (United Provinces) and Masulipatam near Madras. Three of the eight were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 200 inhabitants of the township of Taralga, 28 miles north of Goulburn, turned out at 1 a.m. yesterday to try to save the local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When the mechanism of a tram caught Are in George-street outside the Town Hall today, inward-bound trams were held up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fighting a fire in a city workroom with his bare hands, Robert Smith, 32, was severely burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While trying to prevent a fire from spreading to valuable chemicals and gold leaf in Angus and Coote's gold-plating workroom,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While trying to prevent a fire from spreading to valuable chemicals and gold leaf in Angus and Coote's gold-plating workroom,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While trying to prevent a fire from spreading to valuable chemicals and gold leaf in Angus and Coote's gold-plating, workroom,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While trying to prevent a fire from spreading to valuable chemicals and gold leaf in Angus and Coote's gold-plating workroom,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While trying to prevent a fire from spreading to valuable chemicals and gold leaf in Angus and Coote's gold-plating workroom,…
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