Regent Fire in Nanima Crescent. Magisterial Inquiry
Mr. R. Porter, J.P., held an inquiry at the Court House on Friday last into the cause of the disastrous fire in Nanima Crescent on Saturday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
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The Fire Brigade
A meeting of the Fire Brigade was held at the Council Chambers last night. The Mayor occupied the chair, and about twenty were present. The…
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Mr. Carruthers has declined a request to contribute on additional fifteen hundred pounds towards the bush fires relief fund. The committee have resolved to ask him to reconsider…
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The State Premier ha[?] declined the request to contribute an additional £1,5000 towards the Bush Fires Belief Fund. The committee has resolved to ask him to…
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Referring to the use of phosphorus as the cause of bush fires, the Minister for La[?] thinks there is no danger from this source…
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A meeting of the above was held in the fire Station on Thursday night, about 22 Firemen being present. Capt. Griffiths occupied the chair…
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Miss Williams, of Coglin (S.A.), trod on a piece of phosphorised bait near a rabbit warren, when her clothes caught fire, and she was badly burned…
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MR. JOHN MCCUE, one of the leading farmers of the Minore district, met with a severe calamity on Friday evening, when his farm house with all contents was destroyed by fire…
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Mr. F. Trollope, chairman of the Hay Land Board, has submitted a long report to the Premier on the above subject, the following being a portion:…
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Mr. Fred [?] chairman of the land board at May, has prepared a report, at the [?] of the Premier, on the [?]…
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EARLY on Friday morning an outbreak of fire occurred in Cobborah-street in the rear of the premises occupied by Messrs. Cole and Ison. Had it not been for the…
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Sir,—I road in your issue of the 16th Mr. Trollope's report on the above subject, and he has missed what in my mind is the greatest danger of all—…
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On Saturday night last a destructive fire occurred at Mr G. H. Siemsen's, Wallawallah, about 18 miles from Narromine, by which a large iron…
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AN important discussion on the subject of protection against bash fires took place at the annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and…
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IN the opinion of a large number of settlers in country districts, many of the recent bush fires have been caused by the ignition of phosphorus laid down to poison rabbits. A conference of…
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On Wednesday last, at 10 a.m., Mr. Trealt, P.M., opened an enquiry concerning the operations of the Cobar Fire Brigade. It will be remembered that in…
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Scattered throughout the dark, sun[?] [?] of the great deep are count. here varieties of living of organisms, some minute, some large and powerful,…
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The monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade, was held in the fire station on Friday night. There was a good attendance, Captain Ritter in the chair…
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On Tuesday evening about 9 o'clock a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. G. Maples, on the Newtown slope, and resulted in the entire destruction or the building, At the…
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