A Novel Fire-engine
A QUADRICYCLE, composed of two tandem bicycles arranged side by side, has been invented in Paris to serve as a fire-engine in cases of emergency. It…
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Fires & bushfires, 1896
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The Fire Brigades
THE Mayor has received a telegram from Mr. J. H. Cann, M.L.A., stating that the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brunker) has agreed to place a sum of £200 on the estimates as a…
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THE council is to be congratulated on the prompt manner in which it has agreed to advance £100 of the annual municipal subsidy to the Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney. Narrow Escape of a Big Block. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Aftenoon
A big city black had a narrow escape from being burned down early this morning. The fire broke out in a warehouse in Trafalgar Square,…
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The London County Council requires Mr. J. S. Simonds, chief officer of the Fire Brigade, to send in his resignation owing to his alleged indiscreet and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney. Narrow Escape of a Big Block, [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon
A big city block bad a narrow escape from being barned down early this morning. The fire broke out in a warehouse in Trafalgar Square,…
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Early yesterday morning, Nathan Jacob's clothing manufactory, Edwards and Co.s' tea merchant's shop, and an unoccupied warehouse were gutted by…
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THE following letter was received yesterday by Mr. M. Drummond, secretary to she Fire Brigade Board, relative to the new steamar which it is proposed to…
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THE following letter was received yesterday by Mr. M. Drummond, secretary to the Fire Brigade Board, relative to the new steamer which it is proposed to p[?]chase…
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SUPERINTENDENT HANSEN, of the Broken Hill fire brigade, returned this morning from Adelaide, where he has successfully carried out negotiations…
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THE now sfeahter purchased by the Broken Hill Fire Brigadtywhich arrived on Friday night, will be officially tested to-morrow afterroon in the…
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THE new steamer purchased by the Broken Hill Fire Brigade, which arrived on Friday night, will be officially tested to-morrow afternoon in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Australian Eleven. The Match with Yorkshire. The Home Team at the Wickets. Yorkshire Fire for 112. Details of the Scores. Gregory Injured. [By Cable.] London
The Austrilian Eleven (as previously cabled) made 224 in their first innings against Yorkshire to-day. The principal boorers were:—Grabara, 67;…
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A TRIAL of the fire-engine recently purchased in Adelaide for the Broken Hill Fire Brigade was made this afternoon at the back of the Town Hall…
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A TRIAL of the fire-engine recently purchased in Adelaide for the Broken Hill Fire Brigade was made this after-noon at the back of the Town Hall…
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James Hughes, an elderly man, has been suffocated by the smoke of a fire which broke out in his residence in Auckland…
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An extensive fire has occurred in Flinders-street, Townsville, resulting in the destruction of nine buildings. The fire appears to have originated in…
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Nine buildings have been destroyed by fire at Townsville. The loss is estimated at £10,000…
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A destructive fire has occurred at Messrs. Harland and Wolfs shipbuilding yards in Belfast, Ireland. The engine works were destroyed, and…
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A FIRE which would have proved disastrous but for the prompt attendance and action of the Fire Brigade occurred early this morning…
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