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The early reports of the board and those of the superintendent show very plainly the urgent need that existed for a reform in our fire service, the zeal and energy with which the task was taken in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →YOUNG, Saturday.--A fire occurred last night by which a weatherboard house, the property of C. Marina, and occupied by C. T. Hourn, was totally destroyed. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Superintendent Bear, of the M.F.B., has received from the secretary of the Sydney Underwriters' Association a letter thanking him, on behalf of the association, for the successful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WAGGA, Monday.—Three haystacks belonging to William Patterson, grazier, of Harefield, valued at about £700, were burnt down last week. The owner was talking: to a friend within view of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The M.F.B. yesterday afternoon received a call to a fire at 207'A Botany-street, Redfern. The alarm was at the same time communicated to a number of the volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.—A fire occurred in a wooden building, situated in the heart of the , the town, between 4 and 5 o'clock this morning. The house was occupied and owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Saturday.--Last week three haystacks, valued at about £700, belonging to William Patterson, grazier, of Harefield, were burned. The owner was talking to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Teere, who exported the case of dangerous acids on board the Cintra, without properly lettering the case or giving proper notice, was fined £20 at Melbourne on Saturday, the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The small coastal steamer Waitapu, while on he patent slip at Wellington, caught fire, and was [?]utted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. Teere, who exported the case of dangerous acids on board the Cintra, without properly lettering tho case or giving proper notice, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Saturday.--The steamer Waitapu, trading on the coast between Wellington and Patea, was completely gutted by fire to-day whilst on the patent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Bode's Royal Victoria Hotel narrowly escaped destruction by fire last Saturday night. One of the bedrooms was discovered in flames by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Royal Victoria Hotel, owned and occupied by T. C. Bode, had a very narrow escape from demolition by fire on Saturday night at 10 o'clock. It originated in one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal fire occurred at Girilambone last night, when the residence of a selector named John Smith was deatioyed, and the owner, who was alsoop in the building, was burnt to death. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early this morning an unoccupied weather-board dwelling at Spring-street, Burwood, was discovered to be on fire. The Burwood Volunteer Brigade, to whom the alarm was given, turned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.--Early yesterday the dwelling-house of Mr. M'Fadden caught fire. The inmates, including eight children, narrowly escaped. The house and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, February 13.—Fragments of the meteor which burst over Madrid on Monday night, doing great damage, fell in Madrid, at Burgos (225 miles north), and at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out early this morning in a building facing the Ocean Beach, Manly. The fire brigade were called out, but the fire had too much hold for their service to be of much avail. The house…
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