Fire in Kent-street
At about half-past 8 this morning word was sent to the headquarters of the M. F. B. that fire had broken out at a warehouse, 332 Kent -street, occupied by Messrs…
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Precaution in case of Fire
A lady has described her nightly precaution in case of a possible fire. For years I have never slept without seeing that a couple of silk handkerchiefs hung near my toilet stand, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Petersham. Coroner's Inquest
The Deputy City Coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Bald-faced Stag Hotel, Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, concerning a fire which was discovered on the evening of the 10th instant at the…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board held its fortnightly session on Wednesday. Reports were received that at the inquiry at the City Coroner's Court into the origin of the fire at Messrs. D…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Board met on Wednesday, Letters from the Chief Secretary were read, announcing the extension of the Fire Brigades Act to Auburn…
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KIAMA, Thursday. -- The district Coroner held an inquest yesterday on a fire at Jamberoo on Saturday night in a cottage owned by Mrs. Thomas Collins, and occupied…
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KIAMA, Friday.— At the inquest held by the district coroner concerning the origin of the fire which occurred at Jamberoo last Saturday night in a cottage owned by Messrs. Thomas Collins,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Valparaiso—fire on La France
The Valparaiso, Captain Penboss. yesterday arrived in boilast from Iquique, after a 54 days' passage. While she was there the five-masted ship La France came into port with coal cargo orr fire, but…
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LONDON, February 16.— A disastrous conflagration has taken place at Foochow, one of the Chinese treaty ports. Fifteen hundred houses were burnt down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enveloped in Flames. a Child's Clothes on Fire. MELBOURNE
Annie Parker, 11 years of age, was engaged in the kitchen at her home at Brunswick to-day, when a spark from the fire ignited her light dress, and she was soon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Fire in China. Fifteen Hundred Houses Burned. London, Feb. 15
A disastrous conflagration has taken place at Foo Ohow, in China. Fifteen hundred houses were burned down…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board held its fortnightly session on Wednesday. Reports were received. That at the inquiry at the City Coroner's Court into the origin…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Precaution in Case of Fire
A lady has described her nightly precaution in case of a possible fire. For years I have never slept without seeing that a couple of silk handkerchiefs hung near my toilet stand, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Estimation of Fire-damp by Sound
A method of analysing mixtures of two gases of different densities by sound vibrations has been described to the French [?] of Sciences by M. E. Hardy. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Great Fire in China. Fifteen Hundred Houses Burned. London, Feb. 15
A disastrous conflagration has taken place at Foo Chow, in China. Fifteen hundred houses were burned down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Zealand. Destructive Bush Fires
AUCKLAND, Saturday.--Heavy bush fires are raging in the Shannon district (Wellington). At Palmerston North, yesterday, an eight-roomed house, the property of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Country. Fire at Wagga
WAGGA, Sunday.--A dwelling-house containing about 14 rooms, in the occupation of Mr. D'Archy, proprietor of the Marrar Wool Scouring Works, North Wagga, was burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Metropolitan Fire Brigade. An Ambulance Class
Superintendent Bear, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, having given his concurrence with the idea of having the men of the brigade instructed in the principles of "first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Peculiar Mishap. Thrown Into a Fire
GUNNEDAH, Monday.—Phillip Burns, a selector on the Namoi River, was burning off timber on his selection, when the horse he was riding trod on a bed of hot ashes and threw its rider into the…
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