The London Fire Brigade
LONDON, February 9, 3.30 p.m.-The London County Council has decided to strengthen the metropolitan fire brigade by the addition of 122 men and 70 (horses, and Increasing the annual expenditure…
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The Fire on the Westgate
On the morning of December 25, from a cause which is at present unaccertained, the ship Westgate, belonging to Messrs. Gracie Beazley and Co., of Liverpool, lying in the South-West India Dock, London, became ignified. The…
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HOBART, Thursday.--Reports to hand regarding the bush fires are of a most appalling character. The damage done in all directions is of a serious character, and until heavy rain falls…
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A fire occurred to-day at the Corporation Yards, Kent-street, through a quantity of tar over-heating. The M.F.B., from No, 1, 2, 3, and 4 stations, turned out, and after some trouble the outbreak…
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LONDON, Wednesday. The London County Council has decided to strengthen the Metropolitan Fire Brigade by the addition of 122 men and 70 horses…
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SUNNY CORNER, Friday,--A serious fire occurred yesterday, the premises of Harry Moore, Thorpe's Pinch, a stack of hay of 50 tons, two chaff-cutters, a shed, a bay press, and farming…
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The London County Council has decided to strengthen the Metropolitan Fire Brigade by employing 122 more men, 70 more horses, and by expenditures amounting in all to £200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmania. Fire on the Monowai Hobart
A fire occurred in the hold of the steamer Monowai on the run from Melbourne to Hobart, and the vessel was for sometime in peril. She was headed for Spring Bay, and anchored…
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Hurstville enjoyed itself on Anniversary Day by officially openinig the new fire station. Being nine miles from Sydney, Hurstville cannot look for assistance to the city steam fire engines and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire at George-street Asylum. Extinguished with Local Apparatus
At about 12.45 en Monday night, the fire alarms sounded in Parramatta, the location of the outbreak being at the George-street Asylum for Infirm and…
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A great fire has occurred in a bonded warehouse at Pittsburg. Two thousand barrels of whisky exploded, causing the walls to fall, and six deaths resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Austrailan Town and Country Journal "Past. Present. Future." Saturday, February 12, 1898. The Gippsland Fires
Australians and those familiar with the hardships of bush life in the colonies have long been accustomed look back to "Black Thursday"…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The London Fire Brigade. Increase of the Force. London, Feb. 9
The London County Council has decided to strengthen the London Fire Brigade by the addition of 122 men and 75 horses. Altogether £200,000 will be…
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A disastrous fire occurred last night in a bonded warehouse in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Two-thousand barrels of whisky, which were stored in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Illustrated London Letter. Fire at Dover Castle. Something About Terriss. LONDON, December 27
The danger in which our historic buildings are placed by the possibility of fire has been illustrated afresh. A week or two ago St. Giles's Church, Cripplegate, in the City,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Station. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) a Woolshed Destroyed. Suspected Incendiarism
DENILIQUIN, Friday.-The local police have received information that the woolshed at Quiamong Station, about twenty miles from here, was totally destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock this…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.--At Korumburra early yesterday morning a fire broke out for the third time lately in what was left of a row of wooden buildings in Bridge-street. There were…
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Early Yesterday morning a fire broke oat in a large brick building at the corner of William and Kiley streets, occupied as a grocer's shop and restaurant. Before the outbreak could be got under control the…
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Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morning, a restaurant at 84 and 86 Wolloomooloo-street, opposite the watch-house, was considerably damaged by fire. The building in occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Fire Relief Fund. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—No one, I am sure, can read the heartrending accounts of the sufferings entailed by the bushfires in Victoria without being profoundly moved. But, surely, our emotion ought to take a…
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