Fire Brigade Ball
THERE was a very large crowd at the annual Fire Brigade ball in the School of Arts on Wednesday night. About 100 couples turned up. The floor was in really…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
343 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 18
Fire Brigade Social
THE annual social in aid of the Casino Volunteer Fire Brigade took place in the School of Arts Hall on Wednesday night, and was an unqualified success in every…
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Shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning the are brigade received an alarm of are, and, after a smart turmout, soon reached the scene of the outhreack at Mr. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Northern Star. Published Daily. Saturday, August 1,5908. Fire Brigade Equipments
Twice within a week, in reporting the work of the Fire Brigade, it had to be told that the Brigade was hampered in its efficiency by defective hose and then by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Lord Brassey's Seat. Many Works of Art and Treasures Lost. London
A fire, originating in the kitchen on Sunday afternoon, destroyed the eastern part of Normanhurst Court, Lord Brassey's Sussex seat. Though many fine works of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Bush Fires in British Columbia. London
Bush fires destroyed Fernie, a town of British Columbia. Five thousand people are homeless, 100 were injured and 70 killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Bush Fire in Kootenay Valley. Enormous Damage London
The great bush fire at Kootenay Valley. British Columbia, is still raging. it is reports that 800 lives have been lost, and 10,000 are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chicago Dock Fire. Quantity Wheat Burnt. London
A fire at the Burlington Dock, Chicago, destroyed two elevators and over hall a million bushels of grain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Oil Fire in Mexico. Terrific Explosion. London
By a great oil fire at Tampico, in Mexico, millions of gallons of oil were burnt, and the fire culminated in a terrific explosion, tearing a vast hole in the earth, 1500…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Fire Brigades
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Wood) has presented to Parliament the report of the Fire Brigades Board for the year 1907. It set out that the annual ratable value of the…
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was held in the Fire Station on Monday night, when every fireman answered to his name. Captain Rayner occupied the chair. A letter was read from the Hon. C. A. Lee,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Columbia Fires Still Raging. Other Towns in Danger. London
All mines in the Crows' Nest region of British Columbia are shut down. Relays of miners are fighting the bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomb Explosion on a Liner. Takes Fire and Sinks. Four Men Killed
In a terrific explosion which ripped up the deck of the Hamburg-American liner Arcadia in the Delware River at Philadelphia on June 20, four men were killed, three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Devastated by Fire. Industries Ruined. 10,000 People Without Work. London
The whole Kootenuy country away from the railway lines is a mass of seething flames. The Fernie fire is still smouldering, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country Seat Burnt. Mr. Churchill at the Fire. Many Priceless Objects Destroyed. London
Burley-on-the-Hill, Oakham, has been burnt to the ground at night. The guests, including Mr. Winston Churchill escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Donaeuschingen. London, Friday afternoon
A fire destroyed 100 houses at Donaueschingen, and 2000 people are homeless There is much distress…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Affairs at Fernie. Fire Still Raging in Mountains. London, Friday afternoon
A total of 30 deaths have occurred at Fernie. The people are returning to build the town…
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A SATISFACTORY trial took place at the head station of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade on Thursday last of a patent fire hydrant. The new apparatus (states the…
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The overland motorists, Dutton and Aunger, had an exciting experience when near Daly Waters on Saturday. The natives had set fire to the forest,…
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ECHOES of the Chicago school holocaust are revived by an instruction issued to teachers in the current "Public Instruction Gazette." It appears…
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