Fire on the Show Ground
Justs as the council was about to begain business on Wednesday night, n telephone message was received that "The Show Ground was on fire." Tho Mayor and Alderman Campbell…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
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Fire in Sydney. Considerable Damage Done
At midnight on Thursday the M.F.B. received a call to a five which had broken out in the premises of Johnion ond Sons, leather and grindery merchants…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Brigade Wanted. (To the Editor of the Chronicle.)
SIR,—The residents of this town have had two or three warnings lately as to the defenceless position the town is in should a fire break out. Although we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Near Rockhampton. School Inspector Burnet to Death. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The Grand Hotel at Emu Park, near Roekhampton was burnt to the round last night. Mr T. Russel Brown. Inspector of State Schools, was so serious…
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Mr Robert Woods, who lives on the Corinda. side of Glendon. sustained a rather heavy loss on Saturday afternoon. Fire was seen to be issuing from a. large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOy Killed by Lightning. a Ball of Fire
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'A big bond store at Elliott Bros.' Balmain works was burned yesterday. From the moment during the afternoon when the fire was discovered there was not the least…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Disastrous Fire
A fire broke out late on Tuesday afternoon in the bonded stores of Messrs Elliott Bros., at their chemical works at Balmain. The Metropolitan Fire…
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"Three removes are as bad as a fire," says common experience. But a fire is very bad indeed. And the vagaries of the persons who attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Advance Under Fire
In "Harper's" for October William Guldner, a survivor of the battle of Gravelotte the most hard-fought victory of the Franco-Prussian war, tells how he saw the victory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Fire Brigade
Mr. John Gillies. M.L.A., is in receipt of a letter from the chief Secretary's Department. regarding a communication presented by him from the Town Clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire at Wickham. Man Suffocated. Hotel Almost Destroyed. Newcastle
A fire occurred early to-day at the Islington Hotel at Wickham, kept by Mr. T. H. Alcocks. One life was lost, and several narrow escapes were reported. There…
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Guthrte's cheese factory at Springvale, Bega. was totally destroyed by fire this morning, with the contents of 200 cheeses. The loss is estimated at £500…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades' Bill. Sydney
Another deputation to-day from the Fire and Underwriters' Association waited upon Mr Wood, the Coi[?]uial Secretary, with a batch of amendments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wickham. Man Burned to Death
A fire occurred at an early hour on Saturday morning in the Islington Hotel at Wickbam. Kept by F. H Alcocks. One life was lost and several narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Wickham. Man Burned to Death
A fire occurred at an early hour on Saturday morning in the Islington Hotel at Wickham, kept by F. H. Alcocks. One life was lost, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Municipality. the Fire Brigades Bill
At the last regular mooting of the council of the municipality of West Maitland a communication was rend from the Town Clerk, Goulburn, asking co-operation in the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Telephone Fire. Stampede of 1200 Girls. Paris Exchange Destroyed. £l,800.000 DAMAGE
From Paris, on the night of September 20, the Paris correspondent of the "Dally Mail" wrote:— A fire of a most disastrous character,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Glen Maynard
On Wednesday last. Mr A. H. FRZroy, of Glen Maynard, sustained a serious loss by a fire taking place In a fine shed, 50 feet x 25 feet, containing hay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire at Wickham. Man Suffocated
A fire occurred on Saturday at the Islington Hotel at Wickham, kept by Mr. T. H. Alcocks. One life was lost, and several narrow escapes were reported. There…
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