Fires. Three Places Destroyed. Fireman Badly Burnt
On Saturday night at 7.30 a fire occurred in a four-roomed wood and iron house at the extreme end of Argentstreet North. The place, which was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
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Fire at Wellington. Wellington
A fire broke out in the Past Office block of buildings, Wellington (N.Z.). last night. The flames were fanned by a [?] gale. The fire gutted a…
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In connection with the fire at the South on Saturday night it has been ascertained that the insurances on the…
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A small fire broke out at about 11 o'clock last night in a house in Gypsum-street, Hallway Town. The house was a three-roomed wood and iron one,…
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About 6 o'clock last hight a fire broke out in a three-roomed wood, iron, and stone house, sitnated on the Pinnaclesroad, Railway Town…
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The mines whistles blew the alarm of fire at about 7.30 last night, and the fire brigade turned out. The alarm however, proved to be false, and they were…
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A fire occurred at Grafton, to-day and destroyed M'Cann's general store, Woiloy's Market Hotel, and Webb's tailoring and mercery establishment…
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Another fire [?] at 7 o'clock last night, when a two-roomed wood-and-iron house in Beryl-street North, owned and occupied by W. Burrows, was totally…
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Fires occurred this morning on premises in Liveroool-street and Wentworth Park-road, but were speedily extinguished. Only trivial damage was…
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To add to the already long list of fires which have occurred this month, another of large dimonsions happened last night, the old Globe boarding…
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An epidemic of lires has struck Broken Hill with a vengeance, and probably not since the year after the 92 strike has there been such an…
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The damage caused by the fire at the Meadowbank Engineering Works is estimated at £15,000. About 100 men of the 350 employed will be thrown out…
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The Meadowbank Engineering works on the Parramatta River were, destroyed by fire this morning. A large quantity, of rolling stock and…
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There was a lull in the epidemic of fires last night, and it is to be hoped that it will be long sustained. The South Brigade attended to a call at the…
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The stablos; coachhouse, and granary belonging to Mr. George M'Gregor, of Singleton, were yesterday destroyed by fire. The total loss is estimated at…
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The damage caused by the fire at the Meadowbank Engineering Works is estimated at £15,000. About 100 men of the' 350 employed will be thrown out…
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The following are the signals by which the whistles at the mines give the alarm of fire and indicate its locality:…
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The damage causad by the fire at Mullumbimby is estimated at between £6000 and £7000. About one-half of this is thought to be covered by…
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Thomas Hill's store, at the imagery mines near Hermidale, was burnt last night. The store, used as a pest office at the Elliss Sawmills, Nambucca…
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The list of fire signals lacks one very important and indeed indispensable item-a definition of the word "pause." We are told that one signal consists…
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