Fire Brigade Conference
At the inter-State Fire Brigades Conference in Sydney, Mr. J. E. Hinton, superintendent of the Fire Brigade in Brisbane, rend a paper on the personnel of brigades…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
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Grafton Volunteer Fire Brigade
A special meeting was held at the station on Thursday, evening, when it was decided to meet the members of the Carr's Creek School of Arts at a card tournament on…
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SYDNEY, Sunday,—The Fire Brigade Conference was concluded yesterday, when on the motion of Mr. Mauger, M.H.R., a comnritteo was appointed to collect evidence…
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A special meeting of the Grafton Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station, on Friday night, for the purpose of meeting the newly-elected captain, Mr. F. Kimpton…
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Coff's Harbor, Wednesday Night. Pike and Company's sawmill was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. No particulars are yet…
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OUR correspondent has telegraphed the following information:— Messrs. Pike mid Co.'s timber mill at Coff's Harbor was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. The…
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Information reached Grafton on Wednesday that the sawmills of Messrs. Pike and Co. at Coff's Harbour were destroyed by fire. The particulars that have reached us are of…
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At the twenty-eight annual general meeting of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, held at the office of the Company, Sydney, Aid. Thomas…
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A New Zealand hardware company's premises at Dunedin were destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at £47,000…
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Many recent fires have shown the necessity for some means of escape which shall be readily accessible, outside and independent of the building. Mr. James Lewis, who…
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A strange act of fanaticism, causing the loss of several lives, has occurred at Nasad, near Bombay, last month. A Sadhu, who claimed to be the divinity, piled wood…
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The usual monthly meeting of the Grafton Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the Station on Thursday night last. The Captain, Mr. F. Kimpton,…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The fire on the steamer Gothic, from New Zealand, which was beached near Plymouth, has been extinguished, and the vessel lies on an even keel…
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London experts attribute the recent fires on woolships to the chemical constituents of the sheep dips used…
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Speaking at the banquet following the opening of a new fire station in Sydney on Wednesday last, the Chief Secretary said he had a bill almost…
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An extraordinary discovery was made by the authorities of the North Staffordshire Infectious Diseases Hospital, at Bucknall, early last month. Under the…
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The wife of a friend of the writer underwent a serious surgical operation several weeks ago. The gentleman has an important business in the city, which requires his…
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A pretty screen with which to fill in the big open fireplaces so common in the country can be made quite easily. It is 3ft. square when completad. First procure…
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A press reporter questioned Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, last week upon the proposal to place the control of all fire brigades in the…
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On Thursday evening members of the Brigade, under Captain Kimpton, had some wet practice in connection with the mains that have been laid on the streets for the…
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