Boolaroo. Fire Brigade Social
The social evening held on Monday night in the Sulphide Hall by the ladies' committee for the purpose of handing over to the fire brigade the sum of £25…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
184 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10
Fire at Wickham
A big blaze occurred last night in the storage shed of the New South Wales Aerated Water and Cordial Company's factory, Hannell-street, Wickham…
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The metropolis has of late been free from extensive conflagrations; some parts of the country districts, however, have been less fortunate, and much…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A fire broke out on board the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Papanui, which arrived in London from New…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Oxford University press warehouse in Aldersgate-street, London, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated…
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A destructive fire occurred in Miller-street Gilgandra, this morning, in premises occupied by Mr. F. J. Leary, newsagent and hairdresser…
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LONDON, Monday.—Representatives of the Admiralty, of Lloyd's, the London Fire Brigade, and the principal insurance companies, have witnessed a…
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A fire occurred shortly after one o'clock this morning, by which Messrs. Hayes Brothers flour mill, in Townsend-street, was totally destroyed. The damage…
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A great fire has occurred at Little, France, when five buildings were destroyed. The buildings contained 900,000…
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Messrs. John Draling and Sons' flour mill, in Reilly-street, Collingwood, on the banks of the Yarra, was totally destroyed by fire about 4 o'clock yesterday…
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The support of the fire brigades in the Newcastle district has for so long been on an unsatisfactory basis that it is not surprising to learn that the…
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The annual meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades' Association was held in the Hamilton fire station last night, the president, Mr. G. J. Kempster, in the…
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Two Merryweather "Hatfield" petrol motor fire engines, each of 450-500 gallons per minute capacity, and capable of travelling at over 30 miles an hour on the…
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Mr. Deakin should be well able to stand fire now. He had experience of a certain amount of sniping and sharpshooting in the State House, but there was never…
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A fire which destroyed two buildings in Hammersmith, a populous suburb of London, occurred early yesterday morning…
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Once again fire has been responsible for the destruction of valuable property in Brisbane. Early on Tuesday morning last an outbreak occurred in the…
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The annual meeting of members of the Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade was held last night in the fire station. Mr. T. Fitten, president of the brigade, took the chair,…
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A disastrous[?]occurred a is evening at the A[?] Paper Mills, in South Melbourne. It broke out[?] the pulp and paper…
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A new German mechanism for fighting fire is described in a United States Consular report from Chemnitz. Fire chiefs and insurance companies are familiar…
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Marrickville was the scene of a serious outbreak of fire this morning. Mr. J. H. Davis, pawnbroker, whose shop is in the centre of Commercial-buildings,…
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