Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade
A SOCIAL meeting of the members of the Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the meeting room at the Fire Station, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of present…
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Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade
A SPECIAL meeting was held on Tuesday, June 2, when the resignation of W. Brooker, as secretary, was received and accepted, and Fireman W. Carpenter elected to the office…
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An inquest was held on Friday last, at the residence of Mr. John S. Flitter, Beggan Beggar, as to the cause of two fires at the wool-shed, about four miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destructive Fire at Wangaratta. a Newspaper Office Bubnt Out
A MOST disastrous fire occurred at Wangaratta on Monday moruing(the Albury Weekly [?]imes says,) when a row of buildings situated in Reid-street were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Almost Roasted Alive. a Sleeping Woman Falls Into a Fire
A PAINFUL accident (the Age says) hap-, pened on Saturday evening to a married woman named Bertine Kumberger, residing in Young place, off Drummond-street,…
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THE concert given for the benefit of the local Fire Brigade, in the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, was in every way a pronounced success. Prior to the commencement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire at Hay. a Mother and Two Children Burnt to Death. Hat
A SHOCKING fatality occurred early this morning, when a woman and two children were burnt to death. A fire broke out in a house where a man named Brown, with his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire at Hay. Mother and Two Children Burned to Death. a Woman's Heroic Battle
HAY, Tuesday.—A shocking burning fatality occurred here between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. A small tenement caught fire at that hour by means which are unexplained…
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THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, Captain Stoppelbein in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
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Mr Bruce Smith, Minister for Works, on Thursday tabled in the Assembly a return respecting the proposed railway to Parkes aud Forbes in answer to questions…
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AT 2 o'clock on Saturday morning an extensive the broke out in a two-story wooden building occupied by B. Pinchin, chemist and photographer. A high westerly wind…
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A CORRESPONDENT sends us the following account:—A fire oocurrcd at Temora at about 1.30 on Saturday morning, destroying some of what was its most important build…
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A FIRE broke out at Germanton on Monday night (the Albury Daily New, says) in an unoccupied shop; on the main street, belonging to Mr, J. Wells, blacksmith and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Fatal Fires. a Woman Burned to Death at Ballarat. Ballarat, Sunday
A WELL known resident of Ballarat East, Mrs. Ellen Moon, was burnt to death this morning in a conflagration which occurred in her dwelling, in Ebden-street. Mrs…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes:—The hotel situated midway between Cootamundra and Temora, and known as The Half-way Hotel, caught fire at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire at St. Arnaud. St. Arnaud
A FATAL fire occurred about 12 o'clock last night at Baldwin's Racecourse Hotel, near St. Arnaud. A swagman named Patrick M'Phee, aged 57, who when intoxicated was…
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THE Volunteer Fire Brigade demonstration was continued on Tuesday. The country brigades have been dissatisfied all along With the arrangements made [or carrying out the…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held on Thursday night the 19th inst. Captain M. Stoppelbein in the chair. The minutes of the last monthly meeting…
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in Sydney on Tuesday morning at Darling Harbor goods sheds. About 9 o'clock a train consisting of two wool trucks, two brake vans, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire in Riverina. Denilquin
AN extensive bush fire has been raging this district during the last few days, doing a great deal of damage. Although fullpartiullars are not to hand, it is estimated that…
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