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The date of the proposed fire brigades' demonstration and competition under the auspices of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Association has been postponed from the 22nd and 24th instants to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1106 →THE annual report and balance-sheet of the above society for the year ending March 31 were unanimously adopted at the annual meeting on Thursday, the Hon. George Thornton presiding. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A fire was discovered this morning on premises at Burren-street, Erskineville, occupied by Mr. George Schweitzer, grocer. The alarm was given by a constable to the Newtown branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About twenty minutes past two on Friday morning a fire broke outin Mr. F. Slaughter's premises, High-street, by which his shop and residence were completely destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ORANGE, Friday.—The Carriers' Arms Hotel, kept by John Martin, was completely destroyed by fire about 3 o'clock this morning. Constables Leonard and Summerfield, who were on duty, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A disastrous fire broke out at Slaughter's boot shop and mercery store at a quarter to 3 this morning. Mr. Slaughter was away from home. Mrs. Slaughter and her child escaped in their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A weatherboard house, occupied by Mrs. Ellen Hart, in Rivers-dale-road, Hawthorn, was destroyed by fire this morning. The inmates were in bed, and had a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. Hillier, the secretary of the Northern District Fire Brigade Association, has received a letter from Mr. Critchett Walker, enclosing a form of application for the grant of £500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A number of small fires occupied the attention of the M.F.B. during last night. They were occasioned principally by the "small boy with, the cracker." No. 4 division received a call at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the brigades in the suburbs were on the alert last night tor fires, and they had several calls for outbreaks, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The M.F.B. received a call at 1 o'clock this morning to Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins' foundry. Wattle-street, Ultimo. It was found that a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out in Bradley's store this morning. It was ignited by sparks from the fireplace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in the main street in the premises occupied by On Lee and Co., as a general store. Within an hour everything was destroyed. The store was recently almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lillis Brothers' wool-scouring works at Towrang were destroyed by fire last night. No one was at the works at the time. A person living near saw flames, but thought it was a bonfire. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ship Buckhurst, from Newcastle 2nd February for Panama with a cargo of coal, took fire on the voyage, and was abandoned on the 9th instant in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works to-day took further evidence regarding the proposal to erect new parliamentary buildings for the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday Night.--The ship Buck-hurst, from Newcastle February 2 Tor Panama with coal, took fire on the voyage and was abandoned on the 9th hist, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received of the burning of the ship Backhurst, which left Newcastle, New South Wales, on February 2 last, with a cargo of coal, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.L.A., presided at a meeting of the Public Works Committee yesterday, when further evidence was taken with regard to the proposal to erect new Parliamentary buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public Works Committee yesterday took further evidence on the proposal to build new Houses of Parliament. The witness examined was W. D. Bear, superintendent. of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade…
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