Willoughby Fire Station
A public meeting was held at Willoughby last evening in connection with the movement to establish a volunteer fire brigade for the district. The chair was occupied by the Mayor (Alderman…
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Fire at Redfern
A fire of a very serious nature occurred in Baptist-street, Redfern, during the early hours of April 5. resulting in the complete destruction of two well-known factories with…
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Some months ago, after much negotiation between the Willoughby Council and the Fire Brigades Board, the latter decided to erect a fire station at Chatswood, upon a central and…
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LONDON, April 9, 3 p. m. — The residence of Mr. Wallace Andrews, a New York, millionaire, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday…
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Yesterday a fire was discovered in the residence of Mrs. Ellen Hope, situate at 19 Berry-street, North Sydney. The alarm was given, and the local branch of the M.F.B. was quickly on the spot…
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A REPRESENTATIVES of the Freeman recently made a tour of most of the camps of our Defence Forces in order to ascertain how the officers and men were faring, and what kind of work was being done by…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire Brigade Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Show. (Photos, by F. Lee, Woollahra.) Fire Brigade Display. (Sea illustration on this page.)
At the recent show the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, under Superintendent Webb and Deputy-Super intendent Sparkes, gave a very interesting and skilful display. Engaged in the work were twenty firemen, a steamer…
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Last month the Liverpool steamer Elaine, when 30 miles west of Portland; voyaging down channel from Rochestar to Liverpool, with a cargo of cement, caught fire. A lamp…
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At about 3.15 yesterday morning, the North Sydney branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call for a fire at 19 Berry-street, occupied by Mrs. Ellen Hope as a private dwelling…
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By the R.M.S. Alameda which arrived at Auckland from San Francisco on Wednesday, the following details of the burning of the Windsor Hotel were received from the New York…
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The incoming mall brings fuller details of the awful catastrophe at the Hotel Windsor, New York, on March 17. The estimated loss of life was 16…
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A public meeting was held on Friday night in the Willoughby Council-chambers for the purpose of forming a volunteer fire brigade for the district. The chair was occupied by the Mayor (Alderman G. F…
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GOULBURN, Monday.--A louvred van on the express goods train caught fire soon after leaving for the south this morning. The van contained general goods, nearly all of which were destroyed…
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HAY, Monday.—The One-tree Hotel, on the Hay-Boligal road, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The outbreak was observed at about half-past 8, and, despite the efforts of the…
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LONDON, April 17, 4.20 p.m.—A serious fire occurred to-day in the upper floors of a house eleven storeys high, at Hyde Park Corner, the floors being destroyed…
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A fire which occurred at Hyde Park Corner, where the buildings towered 11 stories high, demonstrated the inadequacy of the fire-fighting appliances of the London brigades…
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ssLAUEIETON. Tuesday.—About 3 o'clock this morning an alarm of fire was given by Robert Longworth, who was on his way to his butchering establishment. On inquiry, the fire was found to…
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One of the largest public meetings over held in Gladesville took place in the Temperance-hall on Holiday night, under the auspices of the Gladesville Progress Association for the purpose of considering the advisability of…
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A serious fire occurred this morning in the upper floors of a building of 11 storeys, situate at Hyde Park Corner, London. The fire-ladders were too short to reach…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A big fire occurred in the city this morning, the upper portions of a building 11 storeys high, situate at Hyde Park Corner, being destroyed…
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