Powerful Fire Engine
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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Fires & bushfires, 1905
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Northern Fire Brigades. Annual Meeting
The fifteenth annual meeting of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Association was held last night in the Newcastle West. Fire Brigade Station. Mr. G. Tudor,…
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A fire broke out shortly before ten o'clock to-night, on premises in Ultimo-road, occupied by Messrs J. H. Brodle and Co., Ltd., trading as the Natural Food…
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Reports lately have reached us from various country towns of more or less serious conflagrations. Charleville, in the west, was the first place to suffer…
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A fire occurred yesterday afternoon in the large building occupied by the Newcastle Ice Company, situated at the rear of the Honeysuckle Point railway station…
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A fire occurred yesterday afternoon in the main road of Hetton Colliery, Carrington. It was discovered shortly before two o'clock by two of the miners, who at once…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A great fire has occurred at Pisagua, in Chili. One third of the buildings in the city, including several banks, were burned…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A big fire at Bremen has resulted in the destruction of the Nord See Steamship Co.'s wharves and sheds…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A tragic fire is reported from Canada. The disaster occurred at a place near Montreal, the scene of the…
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Shortly after 7 o'clock on Sunday morning Messrs. Fenwick's passenger, river steamer, Sarah Hixon, which was moored alongside the public wharf, which runs between Lismore…
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At the conference of municipal and fire brigades representatives a months ago it was decided to meet again last night at the Newcastle Council Chamber…
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Dr. Frank Liddell, M.H.R., has received the following letter from the Postmaster-General's department relative to the West Maitland Fire Brigade telephone alarms:—…
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A fire broke out yesterday evening in a building occupied by Mr. Zarcal, through a kerosene lamp being knocked down. Zarcal's, and six other buildings in…
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A combined meeting of the Wallsend and Plattsburg Municipal Councils was held in the Mechanics' Institute on Monday evening. Present: The…
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The conference of fire brigades and municipal representatives, adjourned from March 30, was held at the council chambers last evening, the Mayor, Alderman…
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The debate at the Conference in Newcastle between municipal and fire brigade representatives brought out several very interesting points. But…
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The inception in New Zealand of State fire insurance aroused very keen interest there and in other parts of the world, and the controversy to which it…
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Sir,—As was pointed out in your issue of the 9th inst., the period of operation of State fire insurance in New Zealand has been too short to justify a…
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A benefit entertainment was given in the Mechanics' Institute on Friday night by the Adamstown Variety Company in aid of the Fire Brigade. Alderman W…
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Sir,—There is little doubt but, as Mr. Leslie says, my want of a "practical acquaintance with the details of the insurance would make my task of formulating…
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