Fire Protection of Military Establishments
The war office authorities have recently adopted important improvements in their hand-power fire engines used in the protection of Barracks and other military…
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16 stories in Illawarra's papers
Fire at the Artillery Barracks
Shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out at the barracks occupied by the Permanent Artillery, on Signal Hill. It was discovered by one of…
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A fire broke out between 11 and 12 o'clock on Friday night, in the dwelling of Mr. James Martin, on the Mount Drummond Estate, near Spring Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Austinmer
About four o'clock yesterday morning, when the early train from Sydney was approaching Austinmer, the driver perceived huge flames of fire issuing from what was…
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The particularly careless manner in which fires are lighted and left burning in the bush has been exemplified by instances recently reported to the Department of…
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The particularly careless manner in which fires are lighted and left burning in the bush has been exemplified by instances recently reported to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wollongong Fire Brigades Board. Proposed Purchase of a New Engine
At the monthly meeting of the Wollongong Fire Brigades Board, on Saturday, all the members (the Mayor, Mr. H. Woodward, and Mr. A. Campbell, M.P.) were…
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In response to a requisition a public meeting was convened by the Mayor on Thursday night in the Council Chamber to consider the above subject, when there…
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A fire occurred at Bulli at an early hour on Tuesday morning, by which the premises for years known as the Black Diamond Hotel, together with the hall…
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The following letter bearing upon the above subject, when mooted some five years ago, was received by the Secretary of the committee who took the matter in…
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The men of the Wellington(N.Z.) Municipal Fire Brigade in all seriousness declare that the nasal organs of their horses have, by practice, become so…
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There is an interesting article by Harvey B. Chess in the Engineering Magazine for January entitled. "Fire Losses and the Age of Clay." It is an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Bordeaux
London, Thursday Night.—Telegrams from a Paris report the total destruction by fire of the wine cellars and premises of Messrs. Eschenaner and Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mount Ousley. the Outbuildings and Contents Destroyed
About 11 o'clock on Saturday night Mr. James Townsend, of Cabbage Tree, discovered a fire in the outbuildings belonging to Mount Ousley, the residence of Mrs. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—That the condition of the laboring classes might be considerably improved, and that the many hardships and sufferings to which considerable numbers of them are…
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The passengers in a second-class carriage on the 8.30 train on Monday numbering two gentlemen, noticed a strong smell of burning while in the…
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