Stockton Fire Brigade's Successes
Gratification has been expressed in Stockton at the success of the Stockton firemen at the Forbes competition, in repeating their achievement at Armidale…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
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Fire on the Waimate
The Sydney Underwriters' Association has received a cable stating that during the voyage of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Walmate from Wellington to Monte…
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A meeting of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund Committee was held at the Town Hall to-day. The question of distributing the fund was considered, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adamstown Fire Brigade
The local fire brigade was represented at the Fire Brigades competition at Forbes, where they won their first event in a competition by carrying off the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Stockton Fire Brigade Welcome
At the Temperance Hall last night, a meeting was held to welcome the members of the local Fire Brigade, who had just returned, from the big Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wickham. Fire Brigade Success
The success of the Wickham Fire Brigade at the Forbes fire brigades' carnival on Monday lost has been a source of much gratification to the members. It is four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Lambton. Fire Brigade
The success of the local fire brigade at the recent Forbes competition is looked upon by the residents as satisfactory, they having secured first prize in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Stockton. Fire Brigade Team
The team from the local Fire Brigade that went away to Forbes recently and did such good work in the competitions, consisted of Messrs. E. J. Lawrence (captain),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minmi Fire. Accused Discharged
John Barker and Michael Quinn were charged with wilfully setting fire to certain articles in a shed, the property of William Hogg, of Minmi, on 21st January…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saved From the Fire. an Australian-made Piano
There is at present on view in Messrs. Beale and Co's window, Hunter-street, one of that firm's Australian-made planes, which narrowly escaped total destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Merewether. Fire Brigade
A meeting of the Merewether Fire Brigade was held on Wednesday evening in the fire station. Captain G. Dudley occupied the chair, and took the opportunity…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bougainville Fire
The damage caused by the fire on the French barque Bougainville, whilst bound from New York to Wellington, is assessed at £400 value of stores and sails destroyed and injured. It…
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The war of rates between the companies doing fire insurance business here and the State Fire Insurance Department has commenced in real earnest. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forcing Flowers by Fire
The flowers can be forced by heat, such as is usually supplied to glass houses, is, of course, an old story; but that the direct action of fire heat can have any effect in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire at a Theatre
LONDON, Monday.—A fire occurred at the Casino Theatre, New York, during a rehearsal on Saturday. The company and chorus became…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heddon-greta Colliery. Fire in Northern Workings. Maitland
A fire has broken out in Heddon-Greta Colliery, and steps as being taken to isolate late it by sealing operations. The heat was discovered on Monday afternoon, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire on the Yaralla
Referring to the recent outbreak of fire on board the steamer Yaralla, a Fiji exchange says:—"The A.U.S.N. Company called for tenders in Suva, and the lowest estimate being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Waratah-fire. Inquiry Opened
At the Waratah Courthouse yesterday, the District Coroner, Mr. Charles Hibble, opened an inquiry concerning a fire on the 11th instant that partly destroyed an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broadmeadow. Fire Brigade
A meeting of the newly-formed fire brigade was held last night at the Premier Hotel. Alderman Arthur, Mayor of Hamilton, and president of the brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extensive Fire at Bourke. Bourke
Shortly after one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Mitchell-street, which resulted in the destruction of seven shops. The fire commenced at Robinson's butcher…
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