Municipal Council. Wagga's Contribution to Fire Brigade Support
The fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall on Thursday night. Alderman T. Dobney (Mayor) was in…
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Terrible Fires. a Town Deserted. London, July 6
The inhabitants of Cornucopia, in the State of Wisconsin (America) fled. The town is almost surrounded by raping forest fires. Neighboring towns…
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Sparks from a locomotive set fire to timber yards at Ontario. One million dollars of sawn timber was destoyed…
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Just bordering on the Arctic circle 50 miles north-west of the northern coast of Scotland, lies the large island, Iceland. It is larger than…
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At the Ascot pony races to-day the well-known horseman, Dove, rode no less than five winners, choice…
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The Lieutenant-Governor at Halifax has received a message to the effect that the King is distressed to hear of the terrible fire which resulted in…
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Fire extinguishing authorities are constantly agitating for new and improved forms of emergency fire engines for narrow city streets but it…
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An outbreak of fire occurred in the engine room at Messrs. Gelme's Baylis-street, yesterday, which, but for the promptitude of the employes…
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Forest fires have developed for the worst decade known in Canada. Three small towns have been wiped out, and unless rain falls a terrible catastrophe is…
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A fire occurred in a parlor at the Australian Hotel yesterday which did damage to furniture, carpets and linen to the extent of about £13. A…
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A disastrous fire swept the north-western part of Chicago, causing damage to the extent of one hundred thousand pounds, and rendered…
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Wadeworth town, 15 miles east of Reno, has been almost wiped out by a fire. every building was destroyed. The loss is estimated at…
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Menlough Castle, County Galway, Ireland, the residence of Sir Valentine Blake, Bart, has been burnt down. His daughter, a helpless invalid, was…
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Wickham's big store at Bega, was completely gutted by fire. The building is worth £3,500 without the stock. The loss is only partly covered by…
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Shortly before seven this morning the boilermaker's division of the Eve[?]leigh workshops was discovered to be ablaze. A serious conflagration…
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Alderman T. Dobney (mayor) had something to say at Thursday night's meeting of the Municipal Council relative to the high rates which have to…
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A fusing electric light wire set fire to the goods in the window of a draper's shop at Acerington, Lancashire. Three women who were serving and…
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Oliver Leslie Searle, a youth of 16, arrested at Collingwood, Melbourne, the other day, confessed to having, without any motive, set fire to the shop of his…
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A fire was caused in a bedroom at Parramatta this morning by Mrs. Hoadley, who, in attempting to light a candle, fell asleep. The bed…
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At 10 o'clock this morning a quantity of turpentine caught fire at Mitchell's grocery factory, Sussex-st. Forty factory girls became…
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