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Marshal: 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 5 →The following events have been decided since our Wednesday's report:— Hose and ladder, eight men (completed Wednesday).—Sandhurst City, 32 3-5sec : Standard Brewery,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marshal: 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 →The annual Intercolonial Fire Brigades' Demonstration, which was commenced on Monday evening by the torchlight procession, was continued on Tuesday in Prince Alfred Park, when portion of the programme of events, was gone…
Continued on Trove, page 1030 →The following extract from the "Australasian Fireman". describes an excellent plan for averting; the 'awful calamities which sometimes occur from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In oonnection with one of the illustrations on this page, some account of a proposed system of fireengine elevators may be interesting. The idea originated in New York, where the high value of building…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →An inquest was held on Friday at the court-house, Ryde, by Mr. John E. Manning, J.P., District Coroner; concerning the partial destruction of St. Anne's Parsonage by fire on the night of Wednesday, the 10th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HILLSTON, Thursday. --The Gladstone Hotel on the Lachlan, six miles below Hillston, was burnt to the ground on Wednesday with the stock-in-trade, furniture and a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- A shop and general store, the proverty of Mr. Redgrove, was destroyed by fire at Anvil Creek on Monday. It is asserted that over £300 in money…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Measrs. Walter Emmott and W. Ackroyd have applied the electric glow lamp in use as a miner's lamp to signal fire-damp. In their apparatus (Bee illustiation)…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The torchlight procession in connection with the annual Fire Brigades Demonstration was held on Monday evening, November 8. Shortly after 7 o'clock the firemen began to assemble in the vicinity of Governor Bourke's Statue, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1050 →Ever since the terrible conflagration which laid Chicago in ruins, the authorities of that city have strained every nerve to make as perfect as possible their arrangements for meeting fiery outbreaks: and…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →ORANGE, Monday.--The house of a man named Cameron was destroyed by fire last night. The house was insured for £200 by the Orange Permanent Building Society. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IF the Parramatta No. 2 Volunteer Fire Brigade were not so successful at the late competitions as they could have wished, the success of their second quadrille party should be some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extensive fire broke out this morning shortly after 1 o'clock, in the promises of Messrs. R. Precious and Co., importers of fancy goods, at the corner of King and York streets. The flames were discovered simultaneously by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At twenty-five minutes past 1 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered by Senior-constable Dier upon the premises occupied by Messrs. R. Presions, Doust, and Co. as a tancy goods warehouse in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning a lira broke out at the rear of the premises occupied by Messrs. It. Precious and Co., general importers and dealers, at the corner of York and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The fire which resulted in the almost complete destruction of Messrs. R. Precious and Co.'s warehouse, at the corner of York and King streets, shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An alarm of fire rang out this (Friday) morning at half0past 1 o'clock, and very shortly after the steam engines of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were at the scene of the conflagration; and a good supply of…
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