Grafton Fire Brigade
A meeting of the Grafton Volunteer Fire [?] was held on Thursday evening, most of the members being present. Further donations…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
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A Disastrous Fire. London
A fire at Port-au-Prince, the chief sea-port of Hayti, destroyed four hundred buildings, including the court house, prison and arsenal. [?]…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A Reuter's message states that 3000 houses, comprising the whole of the southern part of the town of Port-au-Prince, Hayti, have been destroyed…
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The inquiry in to the fire on June 2 began before Mr. Arnott, P.M., last week. The Court House was crowded. Peter Nelson deposed that he owned the buildings…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A serious cane fire occurred on two plantations, near Bundaberg, yesterday, when 150 acres of cane, valued at £1530, were damaged or destroyed…
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A very enthusiastic meeting of citizens, was held, for the purpose of considering what stops should be taken to fittingly celebrate the re-building of the town after the…
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A thiryeen-year-old girl, Miss Margaret Euler, is to he made an honorary member of the New York fire brigade in recognition of her unexampled heroism during a fire in the cast side of…
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Another outbreak of fire occurred in Maclean on Saturday, just after tea, resuiting in the total demolition of a four roomed dwelling with its contents. The cottage…
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At the Lismore Police Court on Saturday, Caroline Fitzhenry, described as a nurse, was brought up, charged with making a false declaration at Ballina on the 11th…
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A fire broke out in Wharf-street, Maclean, on Saturday evening, completely destroying a house tenanted by a newly-married couple, Mr. and…
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The chairman of the Fire Brigade Board, Mr. T. Page, has received the following letter from Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.P.:- "Some delay has taken place respecting the…
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Sir,--I have always understood Grafson wished to be considered a go-ahead town, but I think that lit must be a standing disgrace to the present…
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What is perhaps one of the most disastrous fires experienced here for many years took place during the early part of Monday morning, when the building known as the…
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A fire, originating in the kitchen on Sunday afternoon, destroyed the eastern part, of Normanhurst Court, Lord Brassey's Sussex seat…
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A bush fire destroyed Ferine, in British Columbia. Five thousand are homeless. One hundred were injured and seventy killed. The damage is…
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The premises lately occupied by Mr. A. O. Pullen as a general store at Lawrence were totally destroyed by fire at an early hour on Monday…
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A great oil fire at Tampico, Mexico, in which millions of gallons of oil were burnt, culminated in a terrific explosion, which tore a vast hole in the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The bush fires in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, continue to do enormous damage. In the Crow's Nest region all the mines…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The great bush fire in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, is still raging. It is reported that [?]00 lives have been lest, and that 10,000 people are…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Wood) has presented to Paritament the report of the Fire Brigades Board for the year 1907. It set out that the annual rateable value of the metropolitan…
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