Bush Fire Brigade
A meeting of the Malebo section of the Gobbagumbalin and District Bush Fire Brigade took place at the residence of Mr. W. C. Mitchell. There…
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Lake Albert Bush Fire Brigade
A meeting of the committee of the above was held on Friday, 28th Oct., when there was an attendance of 16, Mr. J. Angel being in the chair. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Voice of the People Flea for a Fire Brigade. to the Editor
SIR,—With the advent of the water supply to Gundagai, the advocacy for the establishment of a local fire brigade is certainly propitions. It is…
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A meeting of the Downside branch of the Gobbagumbalin and District Fire Brigade was held at Mr. P. Corbett's residence on November 1. There were…
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There was a sensational denouement to the preparations for a balloon ascent from the Exhibition Grounds, Sydney, on Friday. Captain Penfold, the well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →State Parliament. Fire Brigades Bill. Council Amendments Disagreed With. a Constitutional Question. Two Houses in Conflict. Sydney
The Assembly disagreed by 38 to 27 with the Legislative Council's Amendment of the Fire Brigades Bill by the addition that a "fire" elected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. £15,000 Damage. Effect of Firemen's Strike. Hobart
One of the most disastrous fires seen in Hobart for many years occurred at an early hoar this morning. It broke out at the old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth and State. the Labor Split. the Fire Brigades Bill. Sydney
The State Labor Party's determination to support Mr. Wade's attitude in respect of the financial agreement is the sole topic in political circles…
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On Sunday night last, or towards the early houts of Monday morning, the fire bell pealed out its warning to the Tumut townspeople. It…
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A disastrous fine is raging in the surface working of Boulder Perseverance Mines. The damage is estimated at £300,000. The adjoining mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Hobart
A fire broke out in the old Exhibition Buildings, Hobart, on Thursday. The area of the buildings is about an acre and a half. Part was used as a produce…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Calamitous Fire Frantic Efforts at Escape. Many Lives Lost. London, Nov. 10
Ten men were burnt to death while struggling to escape through the barred windows from a burning celluloid factory at New York. A small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire at Milbrulong
A bush fire is reported to have started on Pinedeen, near Milbrulong, on Monday. A thirty-acre crop was destroyed and about 500 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigades. Lake Albert Branch
The fortnightly meeting of the committee was held on Friday last when Mr. Jas. Angel presided over a large attendance. A considerable amount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Awful Mine Disaster Colliery on Fire. 460 Men Perish. London
News of a dreadful mine disaster was received to-day from America. It is stated in advices from Spring Valley, Illinois, the centre of a large coal-mining: district, that a fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mine on Fire. 460 Hen Perish. Rescue Work Abandoned. London, Nov. 14
A shocking mining disaster is reported from Suring Valley, in the State of Illinois. A fire broke out in the coal mine…
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News from Balranald tells of bush fires which have done considerable damage in the district. It took 50 men to suppress an outbreak on Paika station. They…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Kalgoorlie Mine Fire
The plant of the Great Boulder Perseverance mine was destroyed by fire to the extend of between £40,000 and £50,000 on Wednesday last week. The…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Bush Fire! Beware!
A disastrous fire has been raging and ravaging tho country along tho Barellan line. On Yarrangong the property of Victorian people, and Mr. W. Gardiner's has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire. Gundagai
The first bush fire of the season started this afternoon on a hill four miles from town, on the Gundagai to Tumut road. A large number of…
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