Council and Fire Brigade
For a considerable time past the Hurstville Council has been endeavouring to secure an answer to certain questions pertaining to the ownership of certain property which, it is alleged,…
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Fire on a Ship. Perth
A fire broke out on Thursday on the British ship Dunblane, lying at Bunbury jetty. The fire originated in a puraffi[?] tank in the lower deck. Damage estimated at £200 was done to the vessel…
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A charge of having caused a fire in his cell at Pentridge, Melbourne, on 15th instant, laid against a convict who is serving four years' imprisonment for assault and robbery, was…
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Last Saturday a bush fire started two and a half miles north of Esperance. About midday the wind changed to the north-west, and the flames, a quarter of a mile wide, swooped down on the…
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Serious busu fires were reported from Esper[?] on Saturday. At the southern port it was the hottest day on record. During the afternoon a bush fire, which had been raging east of the port, reached the…
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At 10 p.m. yesterday a house owned by Mr. R. Richards, secretary of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, was destroyed by fire. Nothing was saved. The property was insured in the Colonial…
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WELLINGTON, Tuesday Morning.—A disastrous fire occurred at Bodangora on Saturday afternoon, when three houses and a boo[?] establishment were completely demolished. The fire…
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At 2 p.m. on Monday a fire at the Chiltern Valley mine resulted in the total destruction of the office and its contents. John Cock, mining manager, states that there is not the slightest doubt…
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LONDON, January 26.—A great fire occurred in the haberdashery warehouse of Todd, Burns, and Company, Limited, at Ar[?]gh, Ireland, yesterday. The damage is estimated…
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LONDON, Monday.--Damage to the extent of about £100,000 has been 'Wrought by a fire which broke out in Todd's haberdashery warehouse in the city of Armagh, 35 miles from Belfast…
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GRETA, Monday-- The Mayor, urgently requested by a number of ratepayers, communicated to the Mines Department the necessity for at once taking steps to have the mine sealed in…
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A great fire occurred in the haberdashery warehouse of Messrs. Todd, at Armagh, yesterday. The damage is estimated at £100,000…
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Serious bush fires were reported from Esperance on Saturday. At the southern port it was the hottest day on record. During the afternoon a bush fire, which had been raging cast of the port, reached the…
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BODANGORA, Tuesday.--A disastrous fire occurred on Saturday afternoon about 4 p. m. It commenced in a dwelling off the fruit shop occupied by Mrs. F. Green, and spread on one side…
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At the establishment of Messrs. Markell and Co., O'Connell-street, on Wednesday afternoon a number of gentlemen assembled to witness a trial exhibition of Robertson's patent fire alarm. The contrivance…
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A fire occurred in Hindley-street, on premises occupied by R. S. Wylie, saddler, and H, Cohen, wood-carver, this morning. The fire had a strong hold before the alarm was given to the…
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At last night's meeting of the Newcastle Council Alderman Charleston moved, That in consequence of several large and high buildings having been erected recently in Newcastle this council…
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Sir,--In view of the extra levy on municipalities for maintenance of fire brigades, I consider that a radical change in the control of these most useful institutions is urgently required…
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The fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held to-night. The Mayor (Alderman Cann) presided. Alderman Charleston drew attention to the reduction in the vote for the country fire…
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LONDON, Tuesday,- Noon --in connection with the outbreak of tire in the Coiney Hatch Lunatic Asylum the worst fears for the loss of life engendered by the reports…
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