Dubbo Volunteer Fire Brigade
THE annual meeting of the Dubbo Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Friday evening at the Fire Station, the captain (Mr. J. H. Ritter) presiding. There was a full…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
143 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 8
The Fire Brigade
The latest improvement obtained by the Wellington Fire Brigade is an alarm bell attached to the front of the fire station and connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tornado and Fire in America. A City Destroyed
A tornado swept over Brinkley (Arkansas). A fire broke out amid the wreckage and completed the destruction of the city…
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A fire occurred aboard the British barque Cambusedoon in Sydney Harbour this morning. The prompt action of the crew prevented the spread of the flames beyond the chart room…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Wairoa. (From the Poverty Bay Herald, Gisborne, N.Z., of January 6, 1909.)
Some interesting particulars respecting the destructive conflagration which occurred at Wairoa were obtained by a Herald representative from M[?]. J. J. Chapman, of…
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The warehouse of Hesselman and Co., Market street, was destroyed by fire last night, and the adjoining warehouse had a narrow escape…
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Early this morning a large boarding house at Carabella-street, Kirribiili Point, caught fire throngh a spark from the chimney. Before the conflagration was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cobar's Biggest Blaze. Ward, Bushell and Co.'s Premises Demolished. Whole Block Endangered. Fire-fighters Confine the Flames After a Hard Battle. Bucket Brigade to the Rescue. Contemptible Pilfering
The blaze on Friday night last was the biggest that Cobar has experienced up-to-date. Of all the buildings in Cobar that it would be hard…
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The premises of the Canterbury Farmers' Co- operative Association at Timaru, were burnt out on Wednesday night. The conflagration originated in the tailoring department. The…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Narromine about 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the sawmill and planing works in Dandaloo-street, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire in America
A fire inflicted enormous destruction at Rochester, America, the damage being estimated at £200,000. The militia were called…
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A destructive fire occurred about 2 a. m. on Tuesday morning, when the saw mill and planing works owned by Messrs. Feldman Bros., and situated in Dandaloo -street,…
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A disastrous fire occurred at Narromine about 2 o’clock last Thursday morning, when the sawmill and planing works in Dandaloo-street, owned by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dullaca Fire Mystery
It is reported from Roma (Queensland) that the remains found in the fire in connection with the Dullaca mystery have been pronounced…
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ABOUT an hour before daylight on Thursday morning a fire broke out in the post office and postal stores, George street north adjourning the Bulletin' office. Within a few minutes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Sydney. a Post Office Destroyed. Sydney
The George-street North Post Office, a six-storied building, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Orer 100 firemen with full equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. Sydney, April 27, 1909. Sputtering Fire
A sputtering fire of compliments (left- handed, of course), is coining from Mr. Deakin and Mr. Fisher respectively. The former declares that the caucus is going to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Life Tom, in Theatre Fires
The terrible theatre fire at Acapulco. Mexico, in which 300 people are said to have been burned to death, is one of the most destructive on record; indeed the "Westminster Gazette. In 1845, 1,670 persons lost their lives in a Canton theatre; in 1872, 600 in a theatre at Tientsin; and 794 in the Ring Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lite Toll in Theatre Fires
The terrible theatre fire at Acapulco, Mexico, in Which 300 people are said to have been burned to death, is one of the most destructive on record: Indeed,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fire in Gilgandra. Three Business Places Totally Destroyed
AT about midnight on Wednesday night the residents of Gilgandra were Awakened by the dreaded cry of 'Fire, fire,' accompanied by the ringing of bells, &c. A big crowd was…
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