Adamstown. Fire Brigade Opening
On Saturday afternoon the ceremony of opening the Adamstown Fire Brigade Station was performed by Mr. Ninian Melville, M.P., in the presence of a large concourse of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1891
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Fire Engine for Sydney
LONDON, Friday.— Sir Saul Samuel and the representatives of the various insurance companies have inspected the new fire engine for Sydney. The trials have been most…
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LONDON, Oct. 3.—Ten wharfs and 35 warehouses have been destroyed at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The damage amounts to half a million dollars…
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ABOUT half-past 3 o'clock yesterday morning the gun at Signal Hill was discharged, and the firebells immediately took up the alarm. Flames were seen shooting up from the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The entire force of the fire brigades was occupied for 12 hours at the great fire in Tooley-street. A large warehouse and wharf were entirely…
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THE damage done by the fire at Messrs. Alfred Shaw and Co.'s this morning is considerable. The fire was confined to what is known as No. 1 store, which runs right…
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AT 3.20 on Sunday morning the reflection of a fire was noticed by Mr. Joseph Simmons, son of the proprietor of the Adamstown Hotel. On looking out he noticed that the…
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As a preliminary to the monster Fire Brigades competition and sports to be held in the Lambton Park today a grand torchlight procession took place last night, and livened…
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LONDON, Friday —A fire took place on Thursday in a house at Millwall, when two women and three children wore suffocated…
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The town of Lambton was en fete on Saturday on the occasion of the Fire Brigades competition and sports held in the fine park. For a considerable time past a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Disastrous Fire
A GREAT fire occurred on Saturday morning in Hoskins-street, Temora. The buildings occupied by Mr. Tucker, butcher ; Mr. Myres, tobacconist; Mr. Pinchin, chemist;…
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A disastrous fire is reported from Geraldton. Wanswright and Co.'s woolshed and the Victorian Express Newspaper Printing establishment were completely gutted, and…
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Sir,—On Friday evening last Lambton was on last on the occasion of the fire brigades monster procession prjor to the competitions on the Saturday…
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A FIRE of a serious nature took place in the furniture warehouse of Messrs. Moore and Co., Pitt-street, near Market-street, at an early hour on Saturday morning. The flames…
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The barque Gwalla, which arrived at San Francisco from this port coal laden, took fire in the harbour on August 21. She had to be towed to a mud bank and filled with water to extinguish the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. Terrible Fire in Switzerland. a Village Destroyed. Distress and Suffering of the Inhabitants
BERNE, Monday.—A fire broke out yesterday at the village of Munsingen, in the Hosli Valley, which has enjoyed considerable renown as a resort for enjoyed considerable renown as a…
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LONDON, Friday.—A forest Ere of alarming extent has occurred in Southern Indiana. Two square miles of forest wa[?]destroyed. It approached close to the town of New…
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Theodore H. Rand, a wood clipper ship of 1171 tons register, made her first acquaintance with this port, when she arrived on Saturday from Capetown (South Africa), after a passage of 40 days. The…
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LONDON, Monday.—A fire occurred yesterday morning at Sandringham Hall, Norfolk, the country seat of the Prince of Wales. The Princess' bedroom was destroyed, also a…
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OUR boys are now in active practice for the Sydney Fire Brigade's competition, to be held on the 9th and 10th November, and intend, if strict…
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