Fire Brigade Defended
Mr. F. Flowers, M.L.C., who has charge of fire brigade matters, and is president of the Fire Brigades Board, commenting on the Bathurst Council's…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
815 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 41
Stuart Town Fire Inquiry
Mr. W. P. Kelly last week held an inquiry into the cause of the recent Stuart Town fire, which destroyed three shops and two dwellings…
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The law is very severe on the person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to a building with the intention to injure or defraud some third person…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Big Country Fire. Sydney
A big fire last night destroyed a number of business houses at Gunnedah including McCormack's, and Storey's big stores. The damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Country Fire. £10,000 Damage at Gunnedah. Sydney
A big fire last night destroyed a number of business establishments at Gunnedah. A chemist and butcher had a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"On the Land." Heat and Bush Fires. a Woman's Description
The strength of a country is supposed to be its husbandry, but very often the man on the land has to pass through vicissitudes that would break the spirit of the dweller in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coach Factory Burnt Out. Wollongong
W. Dwyer's coach factory in Crown-street, Wollongong, was totally destroyed by fire at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. The total damage amounts to £1,500,…
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Last week Captain McMurtric, of the Orange Fire Brigado, received word from the Fire Commissioners Board to forward all the fire fighting…
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Firemen are working overtime lately. Another blaze broke out late last evening, and but for the timely arrival of the brigade the George-street block between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in the Metropolis. Outbreak at Manly. Sydney
A fire occurred to-day at M'Corquodale Bros.' flour mills, 282 Sussex-street. The firemen extinguished the blaze with a B. hydrant. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Volturno Fire Officers Exonerated. London
The result of the inquiry into the Voltunno disaster, when the vessel was burned it sen, with the loss of use lives, completely exonerates all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duties of Fire Brigades. the Bathurst Case
Considerable comment has been made in the Bathurst Municipal Council on the action of the local fire brigade in declining to render assistance at a big fire on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Moree Fire. a Mysterious Outbreak. Moree
There is as yet no solution of the mystery surrounding the anise of the disastrous fire which occurred on Wednesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Bedroom. Mother and Baby's Narrow Escape. Sydney
A fire occurred in a cottage in Ritchie-street, Granville, occupied by Mr. George Alpers, at half-past 11 on Friday night. Mrs. Alpers was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Bush Fires. Supposed Incendiarism. Albury
Further serious bush fires have broken out near Albury. Several miles of country have been swept, and fencing and grass destroyed…
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Further serious bush fires have occurred near Albury. Several miles of country have been swept, and fencing destroyed. The sight from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire In a Bedroom
A fire occurred in the bedroom of the Occidental Hotel on Sunday night, and destroyed a pair of window curtains before being extinguished. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fires at Gingkin. Considerable Damage to Property
A destructive fire occurred upon the estate of Mr. F. Eden on Friday last, whereby Mr. Eden suffered heavy loss. The house alone, of all the buildings at the homestead,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Antediluvian Fire Station. Increased Contribution But No Building
At Monday night's meeting of the Lithgow Council, the Mayor stated Hint last year is contribution to the fire brigade by the Council was £154; this year the amount…
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