A Big Blaze. Extensive Damage Done
AT about 1.30 am. on Friday morning residents were awakened from their slumbers by the c[?]nging of the fire bell and the blowing of m[?]…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
74 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 4
Fire Alarm Handcuffs
For a person to be hand[?]fed every time an alarm of fire is sent in over the wires from a street box and for the person to receive it in…
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Tho famous inventor of the Welsbach gas mantle discovered that the metals of rare earths, of which incandescent mantles are composed,…
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A destructive fire occurred in the main street early on Friday morning, by which Messrs Gelling and Sons' produce store, machinery shed, and…
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One of the latest fire appliances is the water tower, an ingenious device for throwing water on a burning buildng from a high altitude…
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Mr. Graham, the Divisional Officer for the Western District of the Fire Brigades Board, is at present on a visit to our town making his usual…
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Considering the isolated position of most of the stations of this country, the exhibit of Messrs. Wormald Bros., Ltd., was of exceptional interest in…
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About 1.30 o'clock on Sunday morning, at an hour when most people slumber soundly, as the Imperial Hotel 'bus was returning from the. railway station with a…
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At 1.30 on Sunday morning some people coming from the railway station observed the Drapery and Boots CutRate Store, next the police station,…
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A serious fire occurred at Calarie on Thursday evening (says the "Times") when a house belonging to Mr John Mnrphy, which included the post office…
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THE following letter was received and considered at the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council. To meet the difficulty the Council…
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From Florence, on 5th March, the correspondent of the London "Daly Mail" wrote:- A family dance has ended literally in…
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From Florence, on 5th March, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mails" wrote:— A family dance has ended literally in…
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The best gas fire is obtained by a large number of small jets so arranged that each jet will be fed with pure air, and that the burned gas from the one jet cannot…
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For at least five years Cyrus Laird had resided at the exclusive Beauchamp Hotel, and had any one demanded of the hotel employes an account of his…
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David and Lucy lived in a log cabin in a great Oregon wood fifty miles from the nearest town. Their papa and mamma worked…
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The Bishop was sitting on the Post Office verandah, waiting for his mail. There had been no rain for ten months, and the day was stiflingly hot,…
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An alarming accident, disclosing the possibility of danger from a hitherto unsuspected source, occurred on Saturday evening, July 9th, on the electric…
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in Hoskins Street, Temora, on Saturday morning, when a large wooden building, owned by Mr W. J…
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The burning of the Globe Theatre, in which Shakspeare had a share, and on the stage of which he was constantly seen, is the subject of an interesting and valuable…
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