Fire at Captain's Flat
CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Monday.--A large shed, containing about £50 worth of wool, besides a quantity of hay, harness, saddlery, tools, etc., has been burned down. It belonged to Mr…
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Fire Protection at Woollahra
The secretary of the Fire Brigades Board has written to the "Woollabra Council, showing that the amount of contribution due by the council under the Fire Brigades Act is £235 6s 10d…
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Owing to the fire sullenly smouldering throughout the day, and at intervals threatening to actually break out afresh, Mr. Sparkes kept a detachment at work all day. All last night he…
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Up to an advanced hour this afternoon a number of firemen were still engaged In the work of extinguishing the smouldering fire among the debris at Messrs. J. Connell and…
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Mr. Preston's residence, known for many years is the Little George's Hotel on the Wagga-Wollongough-road to Quandary, was completely destroyed by fire on Sunday morning between 1…
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LONDON, Monday.--An official announcement has been made that the Chinese Government refuses to extend the French jurisdiction In Shanghai…
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At the St. Peters Council last night a communication was read from the secretary of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, stating that it had been found necessary to increase the…
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Hundreds of people still continue to visit the scene of the great fire which occurred yesterday at the warehouses of John Connell and Company, in Kent-street. The scene to-day bears evidence…
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TAMWORTH, Monday.—Mr. Webb, superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, arrived this morning for the purpose of advising the Fire Brigades Board as to the best means of…
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At the meeting of the St. Peters Council last night a communication was rend from the secretary of the Fire Brigades Board forwarding a statement of the estimated expenditure of the board for the current year,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Big Sydney Blaze. Discovered in Kent-street. an Early Morning Call John Connell and Co.'s Premises Gutted
Within the past few months Sydney has been afflicted with a recurrence of "big" fires. Another outbreak of such dimensions as to justify its classification in the same category was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in the City. John Connell and Co.'s Premises Destroyed. Damage Estimated at About £30,000, a Fireman Injured
Messrs. John Counell and Co's large five-story warehouse at 367 Kent-street, near King-street, was completely gutted by fire yesterday morning, and the edifice now stands a mere shell. The origin of the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A destructive bush fire is raging in the vicinity of Green's Pinch, near Kilmore, and has done a vast amount of damage to grass and fencing, and the settlers…
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CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Wednesday.—It was reported here this morning that the homestead of Mr. Henry Whittaker, of Harrold's Cross, has been completely destroyed by the bush fires that have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Station Notes. the Source of Bush Fires. (By Our Special Commissioner.)
The season for bush fires has set in, and from many localities reports come to hand of fires having occurred. The most frequent cause of bush fires is the pipe. Smokers are invariably…
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TAMWORTH, Monday.--Mr. Webb, superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, attended a special drill of the local brigade last night, when experiments were made from 4in. and 6in. mains,…
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About half-past four o'clock on Saturday afternoon the railway platform af Toongabbie was found to be on five. When first discovered, Mr. Ambrose Hallen was…
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Our London correspondent writes (says the Melbourne "Argus") that the Agent-General has accepted the tender of Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Company to construct for the Melbourne…
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On Saturday night last at the Granville Fire Station a soiree, in some respects complimentary to Captain Epps, and in others a sort of commemoration of the success…
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A fire broke out in the stables of Holy Cross College, occupied by the Patrician Brothers, at Ryde, early on Monday morning. A sulky, buggy, cart, dray, harness, and sundry stable requisites,…
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