P. V. Fire Brigade, No. 2. Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting of the above brigade was held on Tuesday evening. Captain E. J. Love presiding. There was a good attendance of members…
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The Silver Country. Broken Hill, Wednesday. The Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the members of the Broken Hill Fire Brigade took place at their quarters, near the Post Office. Captain Solomon was in the chair, and gave some interesting particulars of the past…
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The well-known river steamer Hawkesbury, the property of the Hawkesbury River Steam Navigation Co., was burnt to the water's edge at about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning at Bennett's…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Talavera on Fire. Ship and Cargo Valued at £35,000. Great Destruction
Between the hour s of 1 and 2 a.m. on Jan. 14 the ship Talavera, lying at M'llwraith s wharf, foot of Market-street, was discovered on fire by the watchman. Dense volumes of…
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[?] fires were reported burning on the premises of Davis Brothers, butchers. King- street, Newtown; S. Mitchell, saddler, 58, York-street; and Jules Gaudial, restaurant-keeper, 58½,…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--At about 8 o'clock on Sunday morning a destructive fire broke out at Donald, in a draper's shop occupied by Mrs. Morgan. It extended rapidly and before it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A serious fire occurred about 9 o'clock last night, at Korong Vale, near Inglewood. It started in a wood and iron hotel occupied by Mr. Reinkelure, adjoining the railway station. The hotel was…
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WINDSOR, Wednesday.--The delegates of the Windsor Fire Brigade conferred with the Municipal Council last night to consider, the best means of having the brigade placed…
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An inquiry was commenced yesterday concerning the recent destructive fire at the premises of Messrs, Benjamin Bros., Limited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth
A disastrous bush fire has broken out at Northam, causing serious ha[?] to property. It commenced on the Spring Hill Estate, belonging Mr. to W. T. Loton, M.L.A., who has lost 1000 acres of feed…
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YASS, Thursday.—The room occupied in the Mechanics' Institute, Yass, as council chambers, was partly destroyed by fire this morning, and a number of the council's books were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Yass. At the Mechanics' Institute. YASS
The council-chambers in the Mechanics Institute and the whole of the institute narrowly escaped total destruction by fire this morning. The fire broke out in the…
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It is reported from Japan that the Japanese Parliamentary Buildings have been destroyed by fire…
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YASS, Friday.--A good number of the was people are of the opinion that the council ought to go in for a water supply and the establishment of a fire brigade…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—This morning, shortly after 1 o'clock, a fire was discovered in a hair dresser's shop situated on one of the Collins-street frontages of the Melbourne Open Exchange,…
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YASS, Friday-- Mr. N. T. Collins, coroner at Gunning, who is also coroner for Yass, will hold un inquest on the council chambers' fire at Yass on Saturday afternoon…
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At 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the building of Mossrs. Troedel, Cooper, and Co., lithographers and printers, at the cornere of York and Erskine stroets. The [?]ames first issued from the upper…
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AN alarm of fire was raised at about 2 o'clock this morning, and some few minutes later engines, escapes and appliances were at the scone of the outbreak, viz., the…
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At 2 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered by Constable Bambach in the block of buildings at the corner of York and Erskine streets and running back to York-lane, jointly…
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