Causes of Fires
THERE are some curiosities of Sydney fires to be obtained by reading the report recently presented to Parliament, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board for 1901. From 1885 to 1901, inclusive…
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Fires & bushfires, 1902
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Men Who Fight Fire
British papers of importance, including the "Sphere," contend that all countries can learn something from America in regard to fire brigades. The fire department of New…
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Some gypsies have come into collision with the police at Port Holbourne. A gipsy woman and boy were churged with illegally using firearms and fined 1s each. If the evidence is to…
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A serious bush fire is raging at Landsborough, in Queensland. The whole township is threatened with destruction. The inhabitants are…
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An inquiry has been opened with regard to a suspicious fire at Annandale. Harold Shaw, the tenant of the premises, was present in custody…
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A great fire has occurred in the Victoria Docks (London), doing considerable damage…
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A fire was discovered in the Corrimal mine, near Wollongong, this morning. No men were below at the time, it being Saturday. A party is…
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On Thursday the Metropolitan Fire Brigades received word that the steamer Manapouri, lying at Wooloomooloo Bay, was on fire. In two minutes fire-engines and…
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An electric fire engine has been added to the fire department of the city of Hanover, Germany. The day after the purchase the vehicle was used in a bad fire,…
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A NEW ZEALAND paper to hand states. "An alarming sight is reported from Hick's Bay, north of East Cape, New Zealand, on the authority of local residents and natives. They state that on…
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One of those absurd bets which are made periodically in public houses all over the globe has led to the death of Pierre Leplas, who was well known at fairs in Paris and…
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A Canadian correspondent says:—"During the past few weeks the Pacific coast from Victoria to Portland (Oregon) has been devastated by severe forest fires, which have…
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A CANADIAN correspondent, writing from Victoria (B.C.) on September 30 says:—"During the past few weeks the Pacific coast from Victoria to Portland (Oregon) has been devastated…
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"THE roasting of several work-girls (writes THE BULLETIN'S London correspondent) "in broad daylight—4 o'clock on a summer afternoon—before thousands of spectators in the finest…
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WE have from time to time urged the advisability of establishing a fire brigade in Maclean. One special reason which should prompt the formation of a brigade, is that if a fire broke out in any…
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Swain's hotel and several other buildings were totally destroyed by fire at Manilla this morning. The loss is £2000…
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