Richmond Fire Brigade
A MEETING of members of the above was held on Wednesday evening last, Capt. G. Woodhill presiding. There was a large attendance…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
19 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
Fire at Richmond
ON Tuesday evneing the town was again alarmed by a call for assistance, and it became known that Mr W I Kelly's shed was in flames. The reel was got but and the hose connected with the…
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LAST Monday a fire broke out in the barn at Mrs. G. Turnbull's residence. Sackville Reach, when the building and contents were destroyed. About 400 bushels of…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred on Monday night, on the farm at present worked by Messrs C. and F. Hough, at Bichmond lowlands. During the day, husking had been carried…
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ON Friday evening last a fire broke out in a pretty little cottage, the property of Mrs. Herb Buttsworth, and before aid could be obtained to extinguish the fiames the place…
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IT was something over thirty years ago. The advisability had often been discussed of getting a fire engine for the town, but somehow nothing ever came of it. At last there was a big fire. It…
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On Tuesday morning last a fire was noticed by Mr Thomas Richards on his premises adjoining Mr A Stearne's store, in George-street. Mr Richards keeps a…
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On Monday night last the local Volunteer Fire Brigade held a meeting at Mr. W. Gosper's residence, Macquarie-street, there were present:—Captain Gosper in chair…
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BUSH-FIRES raged all round the district on Sunday last, when a terriffic wind-storm prevailed all day. The dust was blinding, and few people, if any, ventured outside…
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THE experiences of Monday last will not easily be forgotten by the residents of the Kurrajong, for that day was in very truth a "black Monday" for many of them…
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THE following account of the disastrous bush-fires on the Kurrajong has been kindly furnished by a resident of that locality:…
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THE following account of the disastrous bush-fires on the Kurrajong has been kindly furnished by a resident of that locality:…
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ON Friday afternoon an enquest was held at Plummer's Hotel before the District Coroner J. B. Johnston, Esq. regarding a fire which occurred at and partly destroyed an unoccupied house owned…
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A quantity ot fencing and grass suffered destruction at Mr W H Dean's Fairy Farm. Careless use of matches is skid to have been the cause of the conflagration…
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IT was my good or ill fortune to be present, only a fortnight back, at one of these terrible disasters It was a hot afternoon in the Mallee scrub, and my host and I were smoking on the verandah,…
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EARLY on Sunday morning a fire was discovered in Mr. Albert Farlow's barn by Mr. James Turnbull, who aroused some of the neighbours. In a very short time…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Pitt Town
ON Wednesday last, about mid-day, during the absence of Mr J Greenfield, at his farm, Cornwallis, and Mrs Greenfield at Windsor, the shed at their residence, Pitt Town, was discovered in flames. It…
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ON Wednesday last an enquiry was held at Kenthurst into the cause of a fire at the residenoe of George Hollowell, of Kenthurst, on the 31st day of October last, by which the building was destroyed…
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THE frequency of fires on ships, and especially on that new class of vessels called into existence by the food export trade of Austsalasia, Ms aroused the attention of…
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