The Young Fire Brigade
THE Young Five Brigade can now be regarded as firmly established, for preparations have been made for his equipment and his entry into f[?]l working order. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
100 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 5
Oil Wells on Fire. London, July 6
Lightning ignited 6 oil wells at Goryslav, Galicia. The flames rose 600 feet, but the fire was prevented spreading to the West oilfield…
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A new fire detector of unusual kind is a fine copper wire encased in fusible metal, which, in turn, is covered with insulating material and enclosed in a…
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About 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday the Goulburn fire stations announced by their alarm bells ringing that a fire had broken out. Inquiry proved that it had occurred in a loft at the back…
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Great bush fires have done immense destruction in the Kootenay Valley, British Columbia, and are still raging. It is reported that 800 lives have been lost,…
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There is a warning to Australia in the great bush fire which the cable reports as raging in Kooteney district of British Columbia. It is estimated that 800 lives…
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A pestilence is feared at Fernie, British Columbia, destroyed by forest fires. Two thousand women and children are without provision for sanitation. Two cases of…
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All the mines in the Crow's Nest region of British Columbia have shut down, and relays of miners are fighting the forest fire. Many of the inhabitants of Fernie are taking…
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A thirteen-year-old girl, Miss Margaret Euler, is, writes the "Daily Mail," to be made an honorary member of the New York Fire Brigade in recognition…
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When the steamer Hunter was returning from seeing the American fleet through the Heads on Thursday, some person thoughtlessly threw a lighted match on deck. The…
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A fire broke out in the Stamboul quarter [?]f Constantinople yesterday, and at night as still burning. Fifteen hundred shops and houses have…
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There was nothing very noticeable is the fact. I have seen navvies and other workmen too often warming up their victuals to be particularly struck by the…
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Immense areas of forests in the province of Ontario. Canada, are ablaze. The flames are threatening Fort William. The defalcations of Alberti, an ex-Minister of…
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A truck of lime, consigned by Messrs. Gray Bros., of Kingsdale, to Roslyn, caught fire on Sunday morning about 3 o'clock. The lime was in bags and covered with three tarpaulins. How…
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The Bishop was sitting on the Post Office verandah, waiting for his mall. There had been no rain for ten months, and the day was stiflingly hot,…
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A correspondent informs us of a misfortune which befell a man named John Wiseman, who was employed at Mr. Baxter's, Longfield, packing and burning off. When he came home last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local & General. Yass Fire Brigade
The Yass Fire Brigade recently applied for a special grant from the Government for the purpose of improving the equipment. Superintendent Webb…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade. Superintendent’s Visit
As previously mentioned, Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, arrived in Yass by the express on Tuesday morning, and spent the day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. Burraga, Thursday. Fire at Burraga
Half the buildings on the main street here had a miraculous escape from destruction by fire last night. The business place of Mr. Trathen was completely destroyed…
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Melbourne, Friday.—Loss of life and grave damage to property were narrowly averted to-day at a fire in the premises of Michael Bacash, a Syrian draper and fancy…
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