Broadmeadow. Fire in Loftus-street
A fire occurred early yesterday morning in a four-roomed German-brick cottage, owned and occupied by Mr. Albert Marchant, Loftus-street, Broadmeadow. It appears that one of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
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Our Fire Brigades. Mr. Hillier's Views
Mr. W. Hillier, the secretary of the Northern Fire Brigades' Association, when seen by a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" said that…
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The protecting water screen is one ot the latest devices for protecting buildings and factories from fire. Perhaps it would he better to say that the device is for…
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The condition of the fire brigades in and around Newcastle calls for prompt reform. The absolute indifference with which the matter apparently…
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Sir,—I think it about time the residents called a meeting and urged the council to obtain some proper apparatus to deal with fires, and to have them placed…
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Mr. Frank Gardner, who has been intimately associated with local fire brigade matters for upwards of a quarter of a century, agrees with Mr. Hillier, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wickham Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
The fourteenth annual meeting of members of the Wickham Fire Brigade was held at the station last night. Mr. J. L. Fegan, M.P. president of the brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal-cutting Motors. Electricity in Fire Damp
The British Commission which inquired into the use of electricity in mines, makes the following references in dealing with portable electric motors for coal-cutters,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigades. Government Aid Promised. Sydney
Mr. Hogue, the Colonial Secretary, was seen to-day regarding the position of the fire, brigades in the Northern District Association. It was pointed out to him…
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At the meeting of the Newcastle Council last night a letter was read from the secretaries of the Newcastle, Central, and Newcastle West fire brigades, asking for a…
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The intense heat of yesterday, aided by the bush fires, made living in the township last night anything but enjoyable. Yesterday a bush fire, that has been…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A destructive fire has occurred in the retail district of Minneapolis, in Minnesota, in the United States. Three persons were…
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At about twenty minutes past two o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr. J. H. Patey, joiner, adjoining the branch of the Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in Newcastle Bolton-street Blaze. Outbreak in Brown-street
By 3.30 yesterday morning the fire in Bolton-street, particulars of which appeared in the "Newcastle Morning Herald,' was completely subdued, and all…
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Melbourne has been singularly free of late years from big fires, but last Friday night, or rather Saturday morning, there was one on a particularly large scale at…
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The fires which occurred on Friday morning in Bolton and Brown streets, illustrate in a vivid light, the imperative necessity that exists for…
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Barely had the firemen settled down to a short respite after their exertions at the fire in Bolton-street, than a second call was received, the Central Brigade bell…
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Sir,—My attention has been called to certain remarks made by Dr. Doyle and published in your issue of Saturday. Speaking to your representative in…
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Sir.—The bluff of the Salvation Army restaurant-keeper is well matched by his impertinence. I saw the fire within a few seconds of the alarm, shots being…
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Sir,—If Dr. Doyle is In earnest in stating that "scores of times he had watched sparks flying from the stove-pipe of that establishment," all I can say is, the…
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