Fire Brigades' Demonstration. MELBOURNE
The annual competitions between the fire brigades began in Geelong yesterday. About 5000 people were present on the Agricultural Society's ground, the day being observed as a…
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Another Fire in Adelaide. ADELAIDE
Another large fire occurred yesterday in the heart of the city upon the premises of Mr. Thos. Jackson, hairdresser, Rundle-street. The room where the fire broke out was used by Messrs. F…
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Last night the Court House Hotel and several adjoining buildings were burnt to the ground. The conflagration was something territble; nothing was saved from the ruins of the hotel, the inmates escaping only with their lives. Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigades Annual Demonstration. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The annual fire brigade competition began at Geelng to-day, in the Agricultural Society's Grounds, 5000 people being present. The events which were decided were hose practice, ladder and hose, and fife and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Large Fire in Coonamble. a Hotel and Other Buildings' Destroyed. the Town Hall Burned Down. Damage £2500. COONAMBLE
The most disastrous fire which ever took place in Coonamble occurred at 2.15 a.m. to-day. Several buildings were burned to the ground. In order that the Royal Hotel might be saved, the…
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Nominations for a representative of the suburban municipalities on the Fire Brigades Board were received by Mr. William Day, returning officer, at the Town Hall on Thursday. Twenty-five municipalities…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fires in Adelaide. ADELAIDE
The inquest into the cause of the first of the late series of fires in Norwood was resumed by the city coroner yesterday, when the circumstances which attended the fire which destroyed…
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Paris, February 1.—A great fire broke out last night in the Cite Joly, near the cemetery of Père La Chaise by which, a lace and trimming manufactory, several coal depots, and some shops containing scenic decorations for several of the…
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The contests were resumed yesterday in Geelong. Only two events were decided. A large number of protests had to be considered. Hose practice, for six men, who did not take part in…
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The origin of the fire in Rundle-street yesterday was as follows:—A chemist, named Mr. John Opie, was engaged manufacturing Brunswick black in a room at the rear of Mr. Jackson's premises,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire in Coonamble. COONAMBLE
The inquest into the fire which occurred in Coonamble on Wednesday morning terminated last evening. The jury found that there is no evidence to show how the fire originated. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Fire Brigades' Competition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The fire brigades' competition was continued at Geelong to-day. The hose practice, for six men not taking part in previous events, was won by the Ballarat Brigade, Maldon being second, and Geelong…
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An extensive bush fire broke out on Friday, the 7th instant, near Corowa, on land belonging to Mr James Sproule, which destroyed all his fencing and grass, in all about 800 acres. The fire was…
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A serious fire broke out at half-past 1 o'clock this morning at Chance's jam and sauce factory, at Unley, causing much destruction of property. The fire started, so far as can be ascertained, in the…
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The fire escape herewith illustrated consists of balconies for each story, or for alternate stories, of a building, arranged on central pivots, on which they may be swung in such a way that the rising end of one will meet the lowering…
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ON Tuesday a deputation consisting of Mr. Griffiths, M.L.A., Mr. Burdekin, M.L.A., Mr. Butcher, M.L.A., and Messrs. Gorman, Swadling, M'Guinness, Horan, and D. and W. Ager, members of the…
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A deputation, consisting of Mr. Griffiths, M.L.A., Mr. Burdekin, M.L.A., Mr. Batcher, M.L.A., and Messrs. Gorman, Swadling, M'Guinness, Horan, and D. and W. Ager, members of the Metropolitan Associated Fire…
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YOUNG, Friday. -- A narrow escape from fire occurred last night. M. W. J. Watson, who was standing in conversation with a friend outside his business premises, noticed what he thought to be a…
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The contests in Geelong terminated last evening. The representative race, the lasthose event, was won by Geelong, Kew being second and Kensington third. Both engine practice events were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Fires. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Maitland
Callaghan's Metropolitan Hotel in High-street Maitland, had a narrow escape from being burned clown on Thursday night. The bed clothes in one of the rooms caught fire. The flames were…
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