Disastrous Fire in America
Three acres of the business portion af the city of Rochester, America, has been destroyed by fire,. The damage is estimated at £1,400,000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
180 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 9
The late fire at the Coonamble ''Independent" Office. Rewards Offered
It is notified that a reward of £25 will be paid by Government (in addition to rewards of £100 offered by Cornelius Mooy, £25 offered by Hugh Macdonald, £25 offered by George Easton, and…
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A very clever idea just patented in America is an automatic fire kindler, the operation of whioh is regulated by an ordinary alarm clock'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempted Burglary. A Householder Fires on a Prowler
ATTENTION has been drawn of late by the police and the press to the presence in and near the town of a number of disreputables and undesirables --often of half- foreign parentage—and…
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The £40 recently received by the local Fire Brigade was from the Government—a special grant. This will enable a claim to be put in to the Underwriters'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Mcphail. Four Business Places Burnt to the Ground
Our Tomingley correspondent wrote as on Wednesday as follows : A serious fire broke out in McPhail about 230 this morning by which…
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On Tuesday night, a destructive fire broke out at M'Phail, and demolished Mr, j. W. Lee's store, the post-office, Dawson's barber's saloon, aud M'Doneli's hotel and…
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The warehouse of Thorne, Prosser and Co., Wellington, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at about £50,000…
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The Cobar Volunteer Fire Brigade held it concert in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday evening last, at which a lengthy and first-class programme was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Traveller. Crimean Simpson. His Baptism of Fire
HE arrived in the Crimea in November, 54, shortly after the battle of Inkerman had been fought, and received his' Baptism of Fire' in…
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THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo Fire Brigade was held at the station on Friday evening, Captain [?]itter presiding. It was decided to hold a day's sports in…
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The Bishop was sitting on the Post Office verandah, waiting for his mall. There had been no rain for ten months, and the day was stiflingly hot,…
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The Bishop was sitting on the Post Office verandah, waiting for his mall. There had been no rain for len months, and the day was stiflingly hot…
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The monthly meeting of the Brigade was held in Mr. Leah's office on Wednesday night. Present:—Capt. Griffiths (chair), First Lieut. Lanyou…
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Ad alarm of fire was given at about 11 o'clock last night and in a few minutes Lee-street was swarming with people. The outbreak occurred in the Vectis buildings, at the…
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On Saturday last the Coroner, Mr. R. Porter, J. P., and a jury of five held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a fire which occurred at "Pomona," the…
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A fire occurred in the main street of Dalby, Queensland, yesterday, and destroyed a block of buildings, including private residences and business premises…
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Mr. B. Porter, Coroner, and a jury of five, yesterday and on Tuesday inquired into the circumstances surrounding the fire in Vectis buildings on Sunday last. Much evidence was given, but it was not of…
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A wire from Coonamble on Tuesday states:—A fire started at 4 0 this morning in Herbert G. Cobb's stationery and tobacconist department,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theatre Fires Programme of Precautions. a Manchester Example
A Birmingham correspondent sends the London. "Daily Telegraph" copies of the interesting set of rules which are in force at Bordesley…
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