A Shipment of Wool on Fire
THE fire on the burque Beltana has been extinguished at Lyttleton, and the batches on the vessel were opened on the 22ad December. An expert in the use of chemicals…
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Prevention of Bush Fires
MR. Perrin the Victorian Conservator of Forests, is making special arrangements for the preservation of state forests from fire this season. In the Ballarat and Creswick…
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A VERY serious and, in some respect, a thrilling fire occurred on Saturday evening (the Argus says) in Lonsdale-street, in the new building occupied by Messrs. Levy…
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THE Coffee Palace (Ekman's) in Victoria-street, West Melbourne, had a remarkable escape from destruction by fire on Friday evening (the Daily Telegraph says). The…
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A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, the Captain being in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire on the Arawa. Naerow Escape of the Vessel
AT 1.15 on the morning of January 5 a fire was discovered on board Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's fine steamer Arawa, loading at Queen's Wharf, Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Fire in an Eightstory Building. Fifteen Persons Killed. Suicide of a Fear-maddened Victim. (From the S. F. Bulletin.)
MINNEAPOLIS, November 30.—A fire was discovered on the third floor of the Tribune building about 10-45 o'olook to-night, and soon the entire building was wrapped in…
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A SERIOUS fire (the Argus says) occurred on Thursday night in a large block of buildings in Queen-street, known as the Adelaide-chambers. Some contradiction exists as to…
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THE Victorian conservator of Forests has (states the Melbourne Age) adopted a new method for the prevention of fires in the State forests. This consists in the creation of what are known as…
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AN Albury telegram on Friday says:—The intense heat continues without any apparent prospect of a chance. To-day the official registration showed the maximum heat to be…
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A FIRE broke out on Thursday afternoon on Mr. Kevin O'Rouke's stubble paddock, in the neighbourhood of Old Junee. The wind rose during the night, and the flames…
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A FIRE broke out on Thursday afternoon oh Mr Kevin O'Rourke's stubble paddock, in the neighbourhood of Old Junee. The wind rose during the…
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THE following, by the R. M.S. Shannon has been telegraphed from Albany:- Forest Gate, an eastern surburb of London, was the scene of a sad calamity at an early…
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A WELL ATTENDED meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night. The Captain being in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…
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IRWIN'S Provincial Hotel, in Lydiard-street, one of the leading and most extensive public houses in Ballarat, was almost totally consumed by fire shortly after midnight. The…
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THE fourth competition for M'Lean Bros. and Riggs Cup (to be won three times) took place last night. The winner this time being Fireman De Groot. The previous…
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A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, 1st Lieut. Counor being in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read…
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THE fifth competition for Messrs M'Lean B os. and Rigg's Cup (to be won three times) took place last night, the winner this time being Fireman S. A. Mumford. The previous…
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A TERRIFIC cyclone carried bodily the .chief railway station of Louisville into the river Ohio. Two thousand [?] were razed to the ground in…
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The regular monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, Second-Leiutenant Edney, being in the chair. The Secretary was instructed to write to…
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