The Fires in New Zealand
THE Wellington correspondent of the New Zealand Herald relates that Mr. Foxward, the Danish Consul, who resides in Wellington, has had an interview with the Minister…
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Fires & bushfires, 1888
21 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
Disastrous Fire in Ballarat. Exciting Scenes
A DISASTROUS fire, fortunately unattended with loss of life, although some very narrow escapes were experienced, broke out at Reed and Son's Coffee Palace, Lydiard-street, Ballarat, about 3…
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AN inquiry was held on Saturday before Mr. A. L. M'Dougall. P.M.,coroner, touching the origin of the fire that camed the destruction of a house situated in Brick Lane, the property of John Giese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. Grafton Fire Brigades
THE Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. SIR.—In your paper and the Argus have appeared paragraphs bearing on the act of insubordination…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Fire Brigades
THE above corps were paraded on Saturday evening for the purpose of receiving special instruction from the Captain. An order from the Board was read, which stated that Lieutenant Gill, having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire at South Grafton. The Club Hotel Totally Destroyed
SHORTLY after midnight on Friday the Club hotel situate adjacent to the Ferry wharf South Grafton, was, with its contents, burned to the ground. It appears that the licensee (Mr. Thomas Martin)…
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Alderman CAMPBELL said in reference to the Fire Brigades, seeing that they had to pay for it they should see that it could be got as cheap and efficient as possible. He moved, "That considering…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Tuesday Morning, 31St July, 1888. The Fire Brigade
THE dispute, or whatever it may be termed, between the Local Fire Brigade Board and the Captain of the Brigade, is gathering in complication and in words, if nothing else…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. THE Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents. Our Fire Brigades. [By Citizen.]
THESE very necessary and laudable organisations seem to have come in for a good share of abuse of late, and wittingly or otherwise have been held up to a certain amount of ridicule. The necessity for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Echoes Far and Near. Fire Brigade Boards
To some Grafton people an interesting case is just now before the Supreme Court awaiting judgment. The Deniliquin Fire Brigades Board sued the Commercial Union Fire Assurance Company in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Science of Bedroom Fires
SCIENCE says that, the air in unwarmed bedrooms is not fresh; that it can never be half so fresh and pure as when a good fire is kept. This is very easy of explanation. When a fire is burning in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fire at Broken Hill. Damages Estimated at £500,000. Scene of the Wildest Excitement
AT 6 o'clock on Monday evening smoke was seen to suddenly emerge from a tobacconist shop in Argent-street, Broken Hill, which formed part of the Royal Chambers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigade Boards
SOME time back, in dealing with the local differences between the Fire Brigade Board and the then Captain of the Brigade, we expressed our doubts as to the legality of those Boards outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Decision to Fire Brigades. By Telegram
SYDNEY, SATURDAY.—The decision of the Full Court in an appeal from the Deniliquin Fire Brigades Board against the Commissioner of the Union Assurance Company was given in favor of…
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SHORTLY before 3 a.m. yesterday morning an alarm of fire was raised, and a few minutes later the firebell was rung. For some minutes the exact locality of the fire could not be perceived, but it was soon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire in Sydney[?] The " Evening News " Offices. Damages, £60,000. Insured for £40,000 Sydney
THE change was so sudden from dead calm to a strong gale that after the fearful day experienced on Saturday the people were not astonished at it winding up with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Bush Fires in Victoria
THE Mooroopna correspondent of the Argus reports a bush fire of some magnitude occured on Friday on the farm of Mr. Daunt. It was not overcome till considerable damage had been done on Mr. Daunt's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Evening News" Fire. Official Reports
THE official report states that the fire was discovered at 9.55 p.m., and that the alarm was raised at the fire station at 10 by telephone. The owner of the premises is Sir Daniel Cooper, but they are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Political and SOCIAl LETTER. [From our Special Correspondent.] A Great Fire
THE fire at the Evening News office on Saturday evening was the greatest that has occurred in Sydney for many years, and, as might be expected, attracted an enormous crowd of people. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-Resisting Timbers
A DISCUSSION is taking place in the Sydney Press relative to the advisability of using timber in the construction of buildings that resists to the greatest possible extent, the progress of fire, or in…
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