Fire Brigade Sports
Sports in aid of the Wellington Fire Brigade were held on the showground on New Year's Day, and, we are sorry to say, were very poorly attended indeed, there not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1904
180 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 9
Theatre Fire at Chicago. OVER 600 Women and Children Killed
The cable informs us of a terrible disaster at the Iriquois Theatre, Chicago, U.S.A., by which over 600 deaths were caused, mostly of women and children, the performance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What People are Saying. the Fire Brigade and Picnics Notice (as appeared on Friday evening)
The Fire Brigade will hold a grand concert on a date to be fixed, when, amongst other items, will be rendered that beautifully pathic ballad entitled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Locomotives and Bush Fires. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Dispatch.)
Sir,—Now the dry season is on as, it seems absolutely required that the Railway Commissioners should insist on the using of the most efficacious form of spark arrester on the…
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AT the Young Police Court last week a man named James Kelly was charged with careless use of fire. It was stated that it was in consequence of the accused's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades Competition The Dubbo Men's Experiences
THE members of the Dubbo Fire Brigade who visited Armidale recently to take part in the annual fire brigades competitions have returned to Dubbo, and from their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cobar Fire Brigade. Return of Armidale Team
Captain Griffiths and the other competitors (with two exceptions) of the Cobar Volunteer Fire Brigade who attonded the recent competitions at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Flour Mill Fire
Kimpton's extensive flour mills at Melbourne were partially destroyed by fire last night. The damage done was enormous…
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The loss by the recent fire at Kempton Mills, Melbourne, is estimated at £35,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narromine. Fire at Hartwood
THE inquest into the recent fire at Hartwood was concluded before the District Coroner (Mr. R. Q. Dulhunty) on Friday last. The evidence taken was very volumuous. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Samples on Fire
A FIRE broke out at Mu[?]ay's Hotel, Gilgandra, on Tuesday night, owing to a lamp falling among a lot of samples which were displayed in the sample room,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chicago Fire. Full Details of the Disaster. Piles of Corpses—Heartrending Scenes
AUCKLAND, Monday.—Files by the R.M.S. Sierra are fall of details of the horrible disaster at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago. They show that the people in the two balconies…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Norway
A great fire has occurred at Walesund, Norway, the customs house and twenty email houses only remaining after the conflagration. The flames from the town caught…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. a Town Destroyed. London
A fire at Aalesund, Norway, has completely destroyed the town, and rendered 12,000 people homeless. The damages are estimated at £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade
After considerable trouble a fire brigade was formed in Wellington, and a number of energetic men were appointed as firemen, Mr. A Deveson being made captain…
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THE annual meeting of the Dubbo Fire Brigade was held on Friday evening, when the following office-bearers for the ensuing year were elected:—Captain, J. H. Rilter;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Fire Brigade. Annual Election of Officers
THE election of officers of the Dubbo Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the Brigade rooms on Friday evening, Captain Ritter in the chair. There was a good attendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Melboure Fire
The premises of Troedel and Company, wholesale manufacturing, were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The stock was insured for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo Yolunteer Fire Brigade
A SPECIAL meeting of the Dubbo Volunteer Fire Brigade was hald on Friday evening at the station, for the purpose ot receiving and adopting the annul report and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tremendous Fire. London
A tremendous fire in reported from Baltimore. A wholesale dry goods establishment and 70 business houses were destroyed in two hours, despite the use of dynamite to prevent the…
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