Fire-proof Theatres
Mr. Mausshardt, a German inventor, has recently made an attempt, successful, it seems, to permit spectators to escape quickly from a theatre in the case of fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
213 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
Fire on a Barque
News has been received from New Zealand that a fire broke out recently on the Norwegian barque Alma which was lying at Gladstone Pier. Lyttelton. The vessel had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Protection Against Fire-damp
Recent mine disasters in Pennsylvania have resulted in some novel and interesting experiments for guarding against the dread results of accumulations of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Great Fire in Japan
LONDON, Tuesday.—Twenty-seven army storehouses at Hiroshima, Japan, have been burnt the damage amounting to £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Brisbane. Four Lives Lost. Brisbane
A disastrous fire occurred in Melbourne-street, Brisbane, shortly before 1 o'clock this morning. The fire broke out in a fruit shop owned by Mr. Webber, close to…
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In connection with the outbreak of fire on board the steamer Turakina at Wellington, a New Zealand exchange says:—"Smoke issued from the hatchway immediately behind the…
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Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, the 3rd inst., a fire broke out in a two-storied wooden building adjoining M'Mahon's fine hotel. The Palace, in Melbourne-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broadmeadow. Fire Brigade
Last night a meeting of the Broad-Meadow Fire Brigade was held in the new fire station, near the railway crossing. There was a full attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton. Fire Brigade Social
The annual social of the New Lambton Fire Brigade was held in Canning's Hall on Friday evening, and proved a successful and enjoyable function. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broadmeadow Fire Brigade New Station Opened
The new station of the Broadmeadow Volunteer Fire Brigade was officially opened on Saturday, and incidentally the new reel was christened. It was originally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lambton. Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Lambton Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Thursday night. Mr. Lawson Critchou presided, and there were also present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. Wickham. Fire Brigade Benefit
The Golden Gate Vaudeville Company gave an entertainment in the Wickham School of Arts last evening in aid of the Wickham Fire Brigade, and their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigades. Visit by Superintendent Webb
Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades, after a visit to Singleton, broke his journey at Newcastle yesterday, and during his stay paid a hurried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Thirty-two Men Killed. London
A terrible fire has occurred at a model lodging-house at Glasgow. Thirty-two men perished in the fire, and 32 were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Berlin Fire Brigade
The Berlin Fire Brigade, "Engineering" says, is a marvel of systematic organisation, but in equipment there are quite a number of brigades in German that stand…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. Hogue, is sanguine that he will be able to pass the Fire Brigade Bill during the present session, notwithstanding the intention of the…
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Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., has received the following communication from the Under-Secretary for Finance and Trade:—"I have the honour, by direction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sydney Letter. Regarding the Crime of Perjury.—harrowing Stories of Bush Fires.—can Men Write Alike As Well As Think Alike?—wanted, a Series of Cheap and Popular Australian Reference Books.—are Any of Our Judges Lazy?—how Judges and Ministers Work. Sydney
An old phase of offence is perjury. A comparatively new phase—not of offence, but of action—is in punishing those who are guilty of it with imprisonment. But…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Smart Fire Brigade
New York has a wonderfully smart firs brigade. From the time an alarm is received in an engine-house until the engine is on the street (said an official to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Something Relating to Bush Fires
The bush-fire in Australia is, in a sense, quite as serious an affair as drought in the same country. But while drought is to some extent man's master, the bush-fire…
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