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An explosion of spirit vapour in a varnish factory at Waterloo yesterday resulted in a man being so severely burned that his removal to hospital became a matter of urgency, and eventually…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extensive fire occurred in Botany-road, Alexandria, yesterday afternoon, a large wood and iron building, occupied by Messrs. A. and G. Borthwick, varnish manufacturers, being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. T. E. MacNeviu, S.M., presided over an inquest held at the Burwood Court yesterday into the cause of the fire at the Burwood School of Arts. Mr. E. W. Deacon was present as representing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At last night's meeting of the Waterloo Council the circular letter from Alderman W. Taylor (municipal representative on the Fire Brigades Board) referring to the municipalities contribution…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BALLINA, Friday.—The rainfall registered last year was 46½in. The heat wave seriously injured maize crops in the district. Extensive fire have been raging on Wardell-road from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A curious story comes from the suburbs of London. A resident in the near neighborhood of London has a museum in his house, in which the principal curiosity is a Fire God, which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred in the petroleum wells at Borislaw, Galicia, early on the morning of November 24, and spread with fearful rapidity. At 9 o'clock the same evening 20 wells, with their towers,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →ON account of the severe illness of Bandmaster J. C. Walker, the January Sunday afternoon performance of the Rockdale Fire Brigade Band at Shady…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A ludicrous scene took place during a fire at the Amsterdam Zoo quite recently. The keepers, in their anxiety, thrust all sorts of strange animals into the hands of the firemen and their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is generally a[?]tted that the fire brigades in the metropolitan area are under manned, and that the increase in the contribution to the Fire Brigades Board for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Waterloo Council on Thursday evening had under consideration the communication from Alderman W. Taylor (representative of suburban municipalities on the Fire Brigades Board),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the last meeting ot the East Willoughby Progress Association, it was resolved--"That a petition from the ratepayers of Naremburn Ward be presented to the Willoughby Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The latest communication from the Fire Brigades Board to the municipal councils in the metropolitan area has come to many in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the High School for Girls, St. Louis, U.S.A., a new permanent fire escape has just been erected. It consists of a large cylinder, which, stands outside the building, and is connected with it at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Thursday morning the two-roomed dwelling of Frederick Farmell situated on his selection at Derriwong was destroyed by fire. GUNDAGAI, Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GUNDAGAI, Saturday. -- At 5 o'clock this, afternoon a fire broke out in a kitchen at the rear of Goldsmith's chemist shop, which is situated in the centre of the town in the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BALLINA, Saturday.—Further sugarcane fires i have taken place in this district. Mr. A. M'Leod, of Teven Creek, has lost all but two acres; and Chilcott, of Cumbalum, has had twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Thomas M'Nairiarra's residence at Lamb's Creek which was also the receiving post-office, was with all its contents burned to the ground last week. The loss was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strathfield Municipal Council, in common with the other suburban municipalities, had before it at its last meeting the communication from Alderman W. Taylor relative to the increased levy demanded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last week some excitement was caused at Mosman by the breaking out of a fire in Currabeena Park. The flames spread quickly, and, if it had not been for the prompt exertions of the local…
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