General Meetings. Fire Brigades Board
The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board was occupied on Wednesday afternoon with the transaction of a large quantity of business of varied nature. There were present Messrs…
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The Fire at the Liverpool Wool-scouring Works
LIVERPOOL, Sunday.--An Inquest on the recent fire at the Collingwood wool-scouring works was held yesterday, an open verdict being returned. Mr. Theo. Powell, curator…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Scotland. a Ducal Mansion Destroyed. London, June 14
Mar Lodge, Br[?] near Balmoral, the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Fife, has been destroyed by fire. Her Majesty the Queen, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Star's Special Cables a Ducal Seat. Destroyed by Fire. London, June 15
A destructive fire, originating in the library, broke out in Marr Lodge, Aberdeenshire, yesterday. Marr Lodge is one of the residences of the Duke of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Queen at a Fire. Mar Lodge Destroyed. the Fifes' Highland Home
LONDON, June 14.—Mar Lodge, Braemar, the favorite residence of the Duke and Duchess of Fife, in the Highlands, was totally destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Portugal. Parliamentary Buildings Destroyed. London, June l8
The Portuguese Chamber of Deputies at Lisbon has been burned down. The fir[?] was caused by the carelessness of some workmen who were repairing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in New York. a Theatre Destroyed. London, June 17
Jacobs's Theatre, New York, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 250,000dol…
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LONDON, June 18.—A disastrous fire occurred at Lisbon yesterday, by which the Portuguese Houses of Parliament were destroyed…
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WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—At 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a shed used in connection with G. W. Commen's coach factory, in a populous part of the…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--News brought by the R.M.S. Mariposa from Samoa slates that a large gathering of natives at Atua is causing disquiet. The natives are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Wollongong. a Buggy Store Destroyed. Excitement at an Entertainment. WOLLONGONG
A large fire broke out last eight at 10 o'clock in a buggy store and shed owned and occupied by Mr. G. W. Commons, and a stable used by Messrs. W. Brown and…
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WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--Last night a fire broke out in the bulk store of G. W. Commons, coachbuilder, Kiera-street. The brigade were soon in attendance, but…
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NAPIER, Friday.--A weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. Joseph Fry, was totally destroyed by fire this morning, only two articles of furniture being saved. The…
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One night last week, the bell belonging to the Church of England was furiously tolled, indicating that something had gone wrong. However, it turned…
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The cool weather of autumn was come. After sunset there was really a frosty feel in the air. "We had better make up a little fire in the grate…
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A method of detecting fire damp by sound has been invented by M. Hardy and approved by the French Academie des Sciences. It is based on the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, June 13
An extensive fin broke out in Haig's wool-scooring works at 9 o'clock this evening, completely gutting the new drying premises recently erected at a cost of £3000. The fire was confined…
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The Portuguese Chamber of Deputies at Lisbon has been burned down. The fire was caused by the carelessness of some workmen who wore repairing the…
Continued on Trove, page 1262 →A Reign of Terror. Fires in Warrnambool. Mysterious Incendiarism. MELBOURNE
The town of Warrnambool, in the western district, is at present experiencing a State of terror, for from dusk till dawn everyone is waiting for the cry of fire…
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The new branch of the M.F.B., recently established at North Sydney, received their first call to a fire at 10.32 on Saturday night to W. W. Whatmore's boilingdown…
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