Fire Brigade Annual Meeting. Election of Officers
THERE was a large meeting of fire-men at the Central Fire-station on Wednesday evening last, the occasion being the annual election of officers…
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Fires & bushfires, 1892
126 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 7
Great Fires in England. LONDON, Jan 13
A fire has taken place at Watson's soapworks in Leeds, situated beneath the railway. The damage done is estimated at £300,000. The Midland Railway Company's station at Leeds…
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A hospital at Indianapolis, Indiana (U.S.A.), has been destroyed by fire. The bodies of 19 of the inmates were practically calcined. Thirty other persons also suffered injury, but have so…
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A terrible fire has occurred at the Royal Hotel, New York. The flames spread with alarming rapidity. Many of the inmates were burnt to death, while many others, unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Insurance Assurance. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—The assurance of insurance men is proverbial, but the latest move of the insurance companies doing business in the colony is unique. Owing to heavy losses, arising chiefly out of fires…
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WAGGA, Sunday.—Between 5 and 6 this morning the office of the Wagga Express newspaper was found to be on fire. Alarm bells were rung, but by this time tile flames had gained an ascendancy, and…
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DURING a storm on Tuesday evening last a large tree on Trade Hill near Goulburn was struck by lightning and was splintered in all directions. The fragments were ignited by the electric current, and…
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SIR,—In just making a few observations on the letter of "Fair Play" in your issue of Saturday last I am impressed that your correspondent will accept them in a spirit significant of his nom de…
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MR. H. O'BRIEN, coroner, held an inquest on Saturday at the Wayo Inn, on the Crookwell road, touching a fire which occurred on the sight of the 7th instant on premises…
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MR. H. O'BRIEN, corner, held an inquest on Saturday last at the Wayo Inn, touching a fire which occurred on the night of the 7th February on premises…
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SOME short time ago the fire insurance companies doing business in the colony (with one or two exceptions) came to an agreement to charge uniform rates for the insurance of…
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OWNERS of property will be glad to hear that the attempt to impose additional rates for the insurance of property in Goulburn has failed, and that in nearly all re-insurance cases, at all events, the…
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AN alarm of fire was raised at the Central Station last evening at about half past nine o'clock. The locality of the fire was ascertained to be at Syke's Hotel, Auburn-street, but the flames were…
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ON Wednesday evening at 9.30 the city was disturbed by unusually vigorous ridging of the fire-bell at the head station. It was discovered that a fire had broken out in a back…
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A disastrous fire has taken place in the harbour at Barcelona, in Spain. A petroleum vessel caught fire and the flames spread with alarming rapidity to the shipping in the vicinity. Seven steamers,…
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A disastrous fire has occured at Mendalay, the capital of Burmah. The conflagration spread over a large area, three formths of the town being reduced to ashes. There has been great loss of life…
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A fire has taken place at Rangoon, the chief town of Upper Burmah, causing damage to the amount of five lakhs of rupees. (approximately £50,000)…
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An extensive fire has token place in Tokio, the capital of Japan. About 6000 houses were destroyed, rendering great numbers of people home. less…
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ABOUT eight o'clock on Saturday night the fire-bell at the central station rang out an alarm, and on inquiry it was found that a fire had broken out in a slab building of five…
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THE ringing of tile fir bell on Saturday evening at about 8 o'clock caused quite a sensation in town. There were a large number of people in the streets, who made an eager rush towards the central brigade…
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