Extinguishing Fire by Steam
FOR many years steam jets have been considered excellent means for extinguishing fires in enclosed spaces, and examples of their' good services have…
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Fires & bushfires, 1899
29 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
A New Fire Killer
LAST Saturday afternoon a number of the residents of Coramba were given an exhibition of a new fire extinguisher, now about to be placed on the market by Mr. Joseph…
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AN inquiry was held at Gundurimba on Tuesday by the District Coroner (Dr. L. Bernstein), concerning the origin of a fire by which certain premises at East Gundurimba, occupied by John…
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As announced last issue the members of the local Fire Brigade will carry out an interesting programme of sports on the Recreation Grouud this afternoon, admission to which is a silver…
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WHEN we regard the varied beauties of Nature the towering mountain pinnacles, the vales and glens, the rolling oceans and flowing rivers, and all the other attractive…
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THE sports arranged by the Lismore Fire Brigade in aid of the funds of the Lismore Hospital took place on Saturday afternoon. There was a fair attendance considering the afternoon, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at South Grafton. Destruction or Mr. J. T. M'Kittrick's City Stores
THE largest conflagration that has taken place in the district occurred at 3 a.m. to-day (Saturday) when the extensive business premises of Mr. J. T. M'Kittrick in Skinner…
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M'KITTRICK'S CITY STOKES DESTROYED. The most disastrous fire that has ever occurred in the Clarence district broke out at South Grafton at about 3.15 a.m. on…
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DURING the progress of the St. Patrick's Day procession in New York the Windsor Hotel was destroyed by fire with appalling loss of life…
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At 0.30 a. m., on Thursday morning a cry of "Fire," repeated several times, was heard, and those who hastened to the spot found that it was the premises of Mr. J. I. Smith…
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LAST Tuesday evening, says the Grip while the streets were thronged with people returning from the Theatre, the alarm or fire rang out at the Fire Brigade Station. The scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star. Saturday Morning, 8th APRIL, 1899. Thoughts on the Late Fire
PROMPT action, plenty of water, and a well drilled body of men…
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A CORONER'S inquiry was held on Monday at 10 a.m. in reference to the late fire in Molesworth-street. The following jury were called and sworn: A. J. Simposn (foremen), J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Training Horses to Face Fire. Moral Effect of Smokeless Powder
An interesting article in the April number of "Pearson's Magazine" by Mr. Levin Carnac describes in detail the training that is given to horse-soldiers and their horses…
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ANOTHER fire horror, second only to the great Windsor Hotel disaster, appalled the city on Friday April 7. Again it was in the million aires' district, just twenty Hocks north of the…
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A TELEGRAM from Chicago reports that shortly before midnight on the 17th April a passenger on a North-western suburban train, while crossing the Chicago River at…
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A SERIOUS outbreak of fire occurred on board the fine barque Aldergrove, lying at the Carringlon ballast jetties, Newcastle, at an early hour on Tuesday morning,…
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IN recognition of services rendered on the occasion of the fire in Molesworth-street, Mr. J. I. Smith (whose prcinisea were endangered) invited the members of the Brigade to his rooms…
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SOME time ago a lady died at Dendermonde, near Ghent, leaving the, whole of her property to her neice, Rosalie V. The latter was constantly worried by the other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Colored Nurse Kills a Child. Set Fire to the Little One's Clothing. Tired of Attending to It
In "Wilmington, U.S.A., Mary Barrett, coloured, 16 years old, confessed at Dover to having killed the 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lafferty, of Leipaie…
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