Fire in London
LONDON, Thursday.—A fire occurred lastnight in the carriage builders' quarter of Long Acre. The damage is estimated at £250,000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
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Hamilton. Fire Brigade Social
The seventeenth anniversary of the Hamilton Fire Brigade was celebrated last night in the fire station by a tea and musical evening, at which the president,…
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At the Waratah Courthouse yesterday, the District Coroner, Mr. Charles Hibble, concluded an inquiry concerning a fire on the 11th instant that partly destroyed an…
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The members of the New Lambton Fire Brigade held their eight annual dinner in the Centennial Hall on Saturday evening. The president…
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LONDON, Monday.—A great fire has occurred at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in the United States. Eighteen blocks of buildings,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A great fire has occurred at the Stuyvesant Docks, New Orleans (U.S.), the terminus of the Illinois Central…
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Shortly after one o'clock this morning a fire broke out at the Centennial Cooperage, Darling Harbour, the property of Mr. A. W. M'Cormack. It appears that the…
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By way of celebrating the inauguration of the Broadmeadow Fire Brigade, which has been materially assisted by the Adamstown Brigade and its officers, a…
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The Newcastle City Council has decided to held a conference to discuss the question of controlling and making better provision for the Fire Brigades…
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At Wivenhoo on January 13th, there was launched by Messrs. Forrestt and Company, Ltd., the steel twin-screw fire-extinguishing and disinfecting steamer…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A fleet of Chinese trading boats at Wu-chow (the treaty port in Kwangsi, at the confluence of the Kwieling and the…
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The steamer Warrimoo returned to port to-day, owing to a fire having broken out on board the vessel while on the outward voyage to Hobart and New Zealand. The…
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Mr. Hake, the chief inspector of explosives, has reported to the Marine Board that the fire on the steamer Warrimoo evidently originated in one of the paper bales…
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At about three o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke, out on Messrs. J. Fenwick and Son's steam tug Leveret, lying at the King's Wharf, Newcastle. It…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A fire occurred on Monday in a five-storey tenement house in New York. Twenty persons perished, and…
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The inter-State Conference of Fire Brigade delegates, now sitting at Melbourne, is dealing with one of the most important questions as affecting…
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Shortly before six o'clock this evening an alarm of fire brought the firemen to a building in Flinders-lane, at the rear of Messrs. Ball and Welch's promises, and…
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A conference of representatives of municipal councils and fire brigades-in the Newcastle and Maitland districts was held in the Newcastle Council Chambers…
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LONDON, Friday.—A train was derailed yesterday at S[?]aux, near Paris, and several of the carriages took fire. Three passengers were killed and…
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A new type of combined fire and salvage float has been constructed for use on the Manchester Ship Canal. The craft is of great power for both the function for which it…
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