The Sydney Fire Department
A recent issue of the Coast Review, a Californian magazine, contains the following :--"Our Australian cousins are very progressive, but if the fire department of Sydney be accepted as a…
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Fire and [?]amp Proof Paper
For making paper capable of resisting fire and damp, Herr W. Herre proposes to add to the pulp during the process of grinding in the rag engine solutions of certain salts which, by mutual…
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Sir,—With reference to the letter of "Palmam qui Meruit Ferat," in a late issue, allow me to say the fire in question was extinguished by myself, my nephew, and Captain Carruthers, of the barque…
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The premises of Chas. Townsend, at Bumbery, were burned to the ground on Saturday night. A little boy, seven years of age, was burned to death in the house…
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The singular sight was lately witnessed of fire issuing from the waters of the river Clyde, a few hundred yards below Bothwell Bridge, and it attracted to the scene thousands of curious spectators. For some time back, near…
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A small outbreak of fire occurred in Burwood on Thursday evening, on the premises occupied by Mr.F.A. Broughton, in Belmore-street. It appears that a spark from some garden rubbish ignited a bush…
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We learn that in tenders were received at the Department of Works on Tuesday for the erection of the new chief fire-brigade station. A site had previously been acquired in…
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About half-past 9 o'clock on Saturday night the home-tead of Mr. Charles Townsend. sen., a farmer living at Bumbury, on the Orange-road, was, with its contents, totally consumed by fire, and Mr. Townsend's grandchild,…
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The ceremony of christening the engine presented by Messrs Hudson Bros. to the recently formed Granville Fire Brigade was performed by the Mayor of Granville, Mr. John Nobbs, on…
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The energetic residents of Granville, fully alive to the responsibility of providing for the safety of the thousands of pounds' worth of valuable property which has so suddenly grown up in their midst, haye…
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THE organisation of the Granville Fire Brigade was celebrated on Saturday last by a procession, christening of the engine, and sports and amusements. A procession marched from the…
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On Saturday, September 5, at about 6 p.m., a fire was observed on Struth's Wharf at the foot of Kingstreet, occupied by Messrs. Howard, Smith and Sons. A small quantity of shelving, some stone,…
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ORANGE, Friday.--Messrs. Heaton Bros.' produce stores were burned to the ground last night and a large quantity of forage destroyed, The origin of the fire is unknown…
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About 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the large produce sheds of Messrs. Heaton Brothers, near the railway station, and soon assumed serious dimensions. The shed was heavily stocked, and the flames spread with tremendous…
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Once more our voice is raised to demand what has been done in the direction of bringing the accounts of the insurance companies into something like a reasonable state of uniformity, and…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Fire Brigades Select Committee resumed the inquiry to-day, when Mr. W. S. Clarke, a member of the Fire Brigade Board in New South Wales…
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A large fire occurred in North Adelaide at about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 15, and resulted in the destruction of Messrs. Lecornu and Company's mattress factory. The building was constructed of…
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Shortly before 7 o'clock this morning a fire was observed in the office of the Australian Gaslight Company, 163, Kent-street. It is supposed that the fire was caused by one of the employes having left…
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We were much interested in the exhibitions given of Ghest and Co.'s Chemical Fire ranging and Automatic Climax Hand Grenades, at the late Agricultural Society's meeting on Moore Park as the way in which the fires were…
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A FIRE, fortunately unattended by any very serious results, occurred at the Bathurst Convent of Mercy a few evenings ago. A crowd was speedily on the spot, and it was then discovered that a wooden…
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