Fire Brigade Demonstration
THE monster Fire Brigade Demonstration at Armidale on Boxing Day Monday passed off successfully. About 50 brigades form various parts of the State, including Glen Innes, were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
157 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 8
Fire Brigade Demonstration
WE have been asked to publish the "times" made by the competing teams in the eight-men engine drill at the recent Armidale demonstration. They are:--Goulburn 47 25secs., Wallsend-Plattsburg…
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An appalling tragedy occurred last night in the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, hundreds of lives being lost. The building--a magnificent…
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The death-roll through the fire at the Chicago theatre is:--Bodies recovered, 564: missing, 314; injured, 157. In several cases[?] whose families have been wi[?]ed out…
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A terrible castrophe is reported from Chicago. A fire occurred in the Iroquois Theatre during a performance of "Blue Beard," and more than 600 persons…
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A terrible calamity is reported from Chicago. The Iroquois Theatre was burned during a performance, and many of the spectators and actors were…
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THE most awful theatre calamity on record occurred in the newly-built Iroquois Theatre, Caicaga on Wednesday. The pantomime "Bluebeird" was being…
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The Iroquois theatre, Chicago, has been destroyed by fire. 600 lives were lost. The water from the hoses froze as it fell on the streets. The victims…
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A FIRE, of an appalling character, resulting in enormous loss of life, occurred on-31st December in Mi. Charles Frohmann's Iroquois theatre, in Chicago, while a performance was…
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KEMPTON & Sons' flour mills, at Kensington, were destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £10,000…
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A big fire occurred on Sunday night, when Kempton and Sons' flour mills at Kensington, Victoria, were destroyed. The damage is estimated to amount to £10,000…
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The loss by the recent fire at the Kempton Flour Mills, Melbourne, is estimated at £35,000…
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[?]horrifying disaster which occurred re[?] at Chicago adds another to the long list at catastrophes of which America may [?]liably boast. Chicago already held the…
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A destructive fire occurred at Slade Vale, in the Warwick district, Queensland, on Friday, last week. A waggon…
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The fire at the Wallaroo mine, South Australia, is still burning, The fire is extending in a downward direction…
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A despatch to the San Francisco papers from Chicago, on December 30. stated:—More than 500 men women and…
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OUR BOURGEOISIE have every reason to be proud of the public institutions of Glen Innes, yet we feel it our duty to…
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AFTER the usual monthly practice on Friday evening the annual meeting of firemen took place in the shed, when 13 members were present Captain Sully presided and after some correspondence…
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Two fires were discovered in a tunnel of the Oakvale Colliery, near Singleton. Slight damage was done. Arson is suspected…
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The promises of Troedal and Co., printers, Flinders-lane, Melbourne, have been gutted by fire. The stock was insured for £12,000, while the building was also insured for a…
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