The Majura Fire
THE Coroner yesterday held an inquest with a view of discovering, if possible, the cause of the outbreak of fire which on the 4th instant totally destroyed the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
64 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4
Fire Brigade
THE following team has been selected to represent the Braid wood Fire Brigade in various events at the carnival in Goulburn this week:—Messrs M. Anderson, W…
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A deputation from Newcastle and district asked the Premier this week to [?] constructed the [?] brigades system. As it was, they pointed [?] they were…
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The Acting-Deputy Postmaster General at Brisbane was on Saturday advised by the post-master at Banana that the police-station at…
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In Siam is a fire that not only lasts for years, but has what have been aptly termed "lineal deacenddants." It is to bt found in a…
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A new French fire and heat-proof case for the protection of jewels and other valuables consists of two boxes made of asbestos, one of which is…
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A disastrous fire occurred in Main-street, West Wyalong, yesterday at 11 o'clock in the morning, when several buildings were destroyed…
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ON Monday night last about 11 o'clock the loud ringing of the bell at the Fire Brigade station startled many people from their drowsy slumbers into alarmed wakefulness,…
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A serious fire occurred at Bega on Thursday morning, Sturah's saddler's shop and the "Southern Star" newspaper and printing office…
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MR. GRAHAM, inspector under the Board of Fire Commissioners, during the last few days has been in town in connection with the local Fire Brigade. Mr. Graham makes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Playing with Fire
Fire tricks were practised in very ancient times. The first known fire breather was a Synian slave named Eunus, a leader in the servile war in…
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The Methodist Church at Foxton, New Zealand, together with twelve shops and a billiard saloon, have been destroyed by fire…
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A terrible fire occurred at Coolamon on Wednesday night, which destroyed many of the leading business establishments. Owing to the scarcity of water, very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Telegrams. Sydney. Friday, 5 p.m. Big Fires
A disastrous fire occurred in the main street of Outtrim, Victoria, yesterday. Twelve shops were Yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Midnight Alarm Fire at Lithgow Iron Works. Lithgow
About midnight on Saturday the usual quiet of cbc town was disturbed by the clanging of the boll at the fire station, and the harrying of people in the direction of the…
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Many cargo vessels have a pipe running from the hold to the deck. This is a fire indicator. If even a trifling fire occurs in the hold, smoke will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country Fires. Hotel Destroyed. Wyalong, "Wednesday
The residents of the town were roused at an early hour this morning by an alarm of fire. It was found that the outbreak…
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Probably the most remarkable manner of extinguishing fire occurred at [?]oswell, a mining town in Pa., America. Hundreds of men, women, boys…
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THE new fire brigades scheme provides not only for the abolition of the present Fire Brigade Board, and the creation of a fire commissioner in its place, but for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Life for a Love Token Two Girls Perish. Pathetic Fire Tragedies
Two young girls lost their lives in a life at Crouch End on Saturday after noon, August 27. In the most deplorable circumstances. Both had ample notice of…
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