Volunteer Fire Brigades
While the Act provides in section 109 for the establishment, maintenance, or subsidising of public bands or orchestras, it makes no such provision…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
343 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 13 of 18
Fire Exting[?]sher Demonstration
A number of citizens assembled on the wharf reserve yesterday afternoon to witness the action of the Minimax Hand Fire Extinguisher in sub[?]ing a fire. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Fokest Fires. Celebrated Forest Trees Doomed. London
Forest fires have reached the memmoth grove of Seqoia trees at Calaveras and there is little hope of saving them. One of the largest has already been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →King Edward's Subscription to Stamboul Fire Relief Fund. London
King Edward has subscribed £500 sterling towards the Stamboul Fire Reller Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Costly Fire
The Paris edition on of the "New York Herald" publishes a dispatch from Port an Prince (Hayti) attributing the burning of the town to revolutionaries, and stating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest Fires
A telegram appeared in our last issue that the forest fires in California had reached the mammoth grove of sequoia trees, in Calaveras Country, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minnesota Forest Fires Cheched. London
The forest fires in Miuncsota have been checked. About 12,000 people are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destrictive Forest Fires in America. London
A fire in the pine forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin is raging. The town of Chisholm was destroyed. Duluth is also threatened. The damage already amounts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Living Fire Engines. Story of a Wonderful Rescue
In a time, probably, a human life has never been saved by animals more extraordinary, or in a fashion more unlooked for, than recently, at a place some few…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Under Fire. Brush with Aboriginals. Perthi
The police party in pursuit of the aboriginals suspected of navena murders in the north-west territotv overtook them, and a brisk engagement ensued, the aboriginals…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Fire Brigade
THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Monday night. There was good attendance. After the despatch of formal business it was definitely decided to take…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casino Fire Brigade. Hints from the Fire Brigade Captain
CAPTAIN RAYNER, of the Casino Fire Brigade, ex-Mayor of Casino, wrote the following interesting letter, which was read before the Municipal Council on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minimax Fire Extinguisher
OF the many brands of fire extinguishers on the market perhaps none equals the "Minimax" for portability, effectiveness, and promptitude. A very interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Meeting
AT the last meeting of the local Fire Brigade it was decided that the brigade would compete in the contest at Corowa on 25th and 26th January, 1909. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forests on Fire in Ontario. London
Forests of immense area are ablaze in the province of Ontario, and threatening the town of Fort William…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire. Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred at Wyalong this morning, by which four houses were gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wyalong Fire. Sydney
It is now announced that the fire at Wyalong on Saturday morning destroyed five buildings instead of four, as was originally reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Refreshment Room. Byron Bay
About 10 o'clock last night (Sunday), a fire broke out in the Railway Refreshment Rooms, Byron Hay, leased by Mr. J. I. Smith. The fire was first discovered by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Pr[?]ie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Ter[?]ble Experience
The possibility of a prairic fire is not an item in which [?] in modern canada, appeals to the ordinary r[?]r. A young setter in the [?] west gives a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Prairie Fire. a Magnificent Spectacle and Terrible Experience
The possibility of a prairie fire is not a life in which life in modern Canada appeals to the ordinary reader A young settler in the Far West…
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