Control of Fire Brigades
Mr. J. A. Hogue, Chief Secretary, was asked on Friday by a deputation representing the Volunteer Fire Brigades of New South…
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The Annual Fire Brigades Demonstration
At the public meeting in the Council Chambers on Monday night the question of taking steps to have the next big fire brigades demonstration held in Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Fire on the Kanowna. While in Port at Melbourne. a Thousand Tons of Cargo Destroyed
"The ship is on fire" alarm was raised on board the A.U.S.N. Company's steamship Kanowna at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, just as the vessel, crowded with…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Fire at Lismore
A destructive fire broke out at Lismore early this morning, which did considerable damage before the flames were subdued. The business premises…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Cry of "Fire!" What Should You Do Then ?
Keep cool, to be sure. Sooner said than done. It is not very easy to keep either your skin, or your nerves cool when flame and smoke are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How the Crew Fared. Amongst the Fire and Exploding Shells. Many Jumped Into the Dock
All this while tile crew fared badly. After the first and lesser explosion some of the officers and men, who happened to be on deck, escaped to land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence The Recent Bush Fire at Ivanhoe (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier)
Sir,—Permit me to correct a slight inaccuracy that seems to have crept into your issue of the 5th inst. In an account of "A Bush Fire at Ivanhoe" (copied from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire in Sydney
A furniture factory in Darlington-road, Darlington, occupied by Mr. T. Harris, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon, while a shed used as a store by…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Big Fire in Melbourne
A fire broke out at about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 7th hist, at Elsternwick, in a car-shed of the St. Kilda-West Brighton tramway, by which the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →General Cables. London, Monday. Great Fire in London
A serious fire occurred in the City Road. London, by which three large warehouses were destroyed and many other buildings seriously damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By Flood and Fire. Huge Losses in America. Flooded City Burnt. London
The floods in the States of Ohio. Virginia, and Kentucky, are now subsiding, but immense and widespread damage is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football. Albury Fire Brigade
A meeting was held last evening to consider the advisability of forming a football club among the members of the Albury Fire Brigade. After…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Haystack on Fire Good Work by the Firemen
The necessity for a fire engine of some description at Albury was illustrated yesterday when a fire occurred in a haystack on the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Kiewa Street Two Shops Gutted
While the occupants of the Court House Hotel iu Kiewa-street were at luncheon at about 2 o'clock, yesterday afternoon a smell of fire was noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Socialist Colony. Laid Waste by Fire. London, March 17
Misfortune has overtaken the socialist colony founded in New Jersey by Mr. Upton Sinclair, the author of "The Jungle," a novel which created a widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →A Fire
A few minutes before 7 o'clock last night Captain Ryan of the Albury Fire Brigade received a telephone message stating that a fire was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Bingara
A Serious fire occurred at Bingara early this morning. It occurred in the store occupied by Fader & Co., and the building and its contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why Water Extinguishes Fire
It is somewhat extraordinary that water which extinguishes fire is composed of two gases one of which, hydrogen, is combustible, and burns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire at Forbes. Drapery Shop Destroyed
Messrs. J. Manson and Company's drapery establishment, consisting of a two-storey brick building in Lachlan-street, with the whole of the stock, was…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →A Fire
Mr J. Ward's bakery at Windsor, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Much portable property was removed from the building but it is…
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