Big Fire
A great fire took place at Adelaide early this morning, when Harold Colton and Co's big warehouse was completely destroyed. The damage is estimated at many thousands of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1907
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Fire at Adelaide. Adelaide
A fire broke out this morning in the warehouse of Harold Colton and Co., Currie street. After two hours practionally the whole of the premises' were demolished…
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A big fire is raging in [?] distillery. A hundred and fifty thousand gallants of number stored in the premises, which are almost certain to be totally destroyed…
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At a fire at Carlton, Victoria, yesterday a Miss Stapleton courageously rushed into a burning room and rescued her orphan nephew, aged 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Queensland
Bush fires still continuo in the Charleville district, Queensland. All efforts to subdue the flames are unavailing. All the selections on the…
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A combination of water tower and fire escape for persons trapped in high buildings has recently been deviced. In the apparatus the principle of the lazy tongs has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Under Fire Brigade Supervision
The diphtheria cottage used in connection with the Glebe' childrens Hospital was burnt down this morning under supervision of the fire brigade officers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Food and Fires For Ten Thousand Poor
Tickets to enable 10,000 East London poor men, women, and children to have a Christmas dinner, and to pass the day around a good fire in their own homes, were distributed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at the Post Office
On Friday evening of last week, about 7 o'closk, the fire bell rang out loud and long, and there was a rush of those who had finished their dinners to the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dubbo Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Brigade was held at the station on Friday evening February 22, Captain Bitter presiding. The election of officers for the ensuing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Montreal. London
Seventeen (not forty children as first reported) were burnt to death at the school in Montreal (Canada). The absence of fire escapes was responsible for many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigades Bill. Sydney
A deputation of volunteer fire brigades waited upon Mr. Hogue to-day, and desired him to re-introduce the Fire Brigades Bill. Mr Hogue thought the benefits conferred…
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WE learn that a requesting has been presented to the Mayor (Mr. D. McGuinn). asking him to call a public meeting to consider the desirability of making of marking arrangements to…
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At the Macquarie Shire meeting on Saturday, on the motion of Councillors Brummell and Gaden a vote of thanks was passed to Miss Stuart (postmistress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Bill Deputation to Chief Secretary. the Question of Control
A deputation representing the Volunteer Fire Brigades waited upon the Chief Secretary on Friday and desired Mr. Hogue to reintroduce the Fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kanowna Fire. Sydney
The steamer Kanowna suffered no damage by Saturday night's fire. There is no information as to the cargo damage yet available. It was announced that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council and the Fire Brigades. A "Socialistic" Proposal
AMONG the correspondence laid before the Municipal Council at its sitting on Monday evening was the following letter from the Principal Under-Secretary:--"By direction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Bush Fires
Bush fires are raging in the Longreaun district, Queensland. One hundred miles of country are on fire, constituting the biggest con[?]gration, y[?] known in Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Queensland. Brisbane
Bush fires are raging in the Longreach district, and 100 miles of country are on fire, constituting, it is believed, the biggest conflagration yet known in Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Fire Brigade Demonstration. Proposed Holding of Event at Dubbo Next Year
THE united demonstration of the State Fire Brigades is held in January every year, in one or other of the large country towns. At the last event of the kind, some six weeks ago, the…
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