Fire at Gundagai
GUNDAGAI, Monday.--About 8 o'clock on Saturday night a cottage, the property of Mrs. Thomas Bedford, of this town, was burnt to the ground in a few minutes. The place was…
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Fire in Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A fire occurred at had past 2 this morning on the premises in King-street recently occupied by Mr. R. Rodgers, builder and contractor. It was…
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At about 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in Harbor-street, Darling Harbor, which, rapidly assuming extensive proportions threatened the destruction of a…
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The most crowded part of Bermondsey, London, was in September the scene of a fire by which four people sustained terrible injuries. There were six people sleeping in the house, Mr. T. and…
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About 10 o'clock on Friday night the 22nd, a fire broke out on the premises of W. E. Rued, fruiterer, on the Parramatta-road. through the upsetting of a kerosene lamp,…
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GRAFTON, TUESDAY.-- Walker's Steam [?]erry Hotel at South Grafton was totally destroyed by fire between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, The fire is supposed to have originated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial Fire Brigades' Conference. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The annual Intercolonial Conference of the representatives of Fire Brigades was held in the Town Hall to-day. There were 103 delegates present, representing the metropolitan and country districts of Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Law. Supreme Court. Thursday, November 4. IN BANCO.--(Before their Honors Mr. Justice . Fancett, Mr. Justice Windeyer and Mr. Justice Innes.) Ferguson and Another V. National Fire and National Insurance Company of New Zealand
In this action on a policy of insurance, in which the plaintiffs, Percy Charles Ferguson and Lucien Grimwood, sought to recover £2000 damages for loss sustained in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Law Report. Supreme Court.—thursday, November 4. In Banco.—(Before their Honors Mr. Justice FAUCETT, Mr. Justice WINDEYER, and Mr. Justice Innes.) Pergusson and Antoher v. the National Fire Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand
This was an argument on a demurrer, the point at issue being whether, through the property insured having passed from one partner to another, there was a breach of the condition in the policy which provided that if the property…
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The preparations for the seventh annual Intercolonial Fire Brigades Demonstration, on the 9th and 10th instants, are, we learn, in an advanced stage of completeness. The celebration will be prefaced on the…
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BATHURST, Thursday.--At a meeting of the Fire Brigade Board it was stated that certain fire insurance companies refnsed to pay contributions, and it was decided to write these…
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THE members of the Parramatta Volunteer Fire Brigade, No. 1, held their annual dinner in the engine station, Church-street, on Tuesday evening, the re-union passing off with…
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Yesterday and to-day large numbers of representatives of the fire brigades from all the colonies arrived in the city to take part in the demonstration which will commence this evening and be continued…
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An inquest was held in the Parramatta District' Hospital oa Saturday afternoon, on the body or a child named Ellen Cosroy, 3½ years old, who expired in the institution in the morning from burns…
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to the number of about 1000 men, with engines and reels, accompanied by their various bands, marched through the streets shortly before 10 o'clock, en route to the convincing ground, at Prince Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades Demonstration. the Torchlight Procession
The torchlight procession in connection with the annual Fire Brigades Demonstration was held last evening. In the afternoon a meeting of firemen was held in the Town Hall, at which the final details in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Intercolonial Fire-brigades Demonstration. Grand Torchlight Procession
Proceedings in connection with the annual intercolonial demonstration of fire-brigades commenced yesterday evening by a torchlight procession through some of the main streets of the…
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Marshall: Captain Torning, Judges: Captains Butcher, Woods, Allen, and Morgan; Superintendent Laws, Excaptains Tuck, Martin, and Bird, Mr. W. S. Judd (V.F.B. Association). Referees Mr. C. Bown (chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intercolonial Fire Brigades' Demonstration. Competitions at Prince Alfred Park
The intercolonial fire brigades demonstration commenced yesterday at Prince Alfred Park, in presence of a large concourse of spectators, about 12,000 persons being present according to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No. 1 Fire Brigade Dinner. to the Editor of the Mercury
SIR,—In last Saturday’s MERCURY, in the report of the No. 1 Fire Brigade dinner, the chairman, Captain De Saxe,' is credited with having stated that he had received an apology…
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