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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

1,918 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 96

Sun Fire Insurance Office

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 25

Messrs. Royle and Coy. of Bond-street Sydney, agents for the Sun Fire Insurance Office of London, have forwarded us a copy of the directors report and statement of…

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Wireless Fire Alarms. in the Belgian Capital

Evening News · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 4

LONDON, July 23, 2.55 p.m.—Wireless fire alarms have been experimentally introduced at Brussels, the capital of Belgium…

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Fire Alarms. a Wireless System. Tried in Brussels. London

The Australian Star · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 4

A system of wireless fire alarms has been introduced into Brussels as an experiment…

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The Broken Hill Water Supply. Pumping Started. Fire Precautions. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 July 1903 · page 4

It is anticipated that the various pump and boiler connections will be completed to-night, and that pumping into the Water Supply Company's reservoir will be started Mr. Whitehe[?]d (company's…

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The Forest Fires in Canada

The World's News · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 9

Australian readers, especially those whose lot is cast in the country districts, win readily understand the sketch given here, for have we not our equivalent—the dreaded bush fire. The fires here depicted, as the cable stated, ravaged Canada and certain of the…

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Wireless Fire Alarms

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Wireless fire alarms have been introduced experimentally in Brussels…

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Special Fire Drill

Evening News · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 2

At the headquarters station of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, in Castlereagh-street, on Friday evening, a special drill was performed, before the Lord Mayor, the aldermen of the city,…

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The Fire Brigades

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 2

THE St George fire brigades have been supplied with flying gear., similar to that used by the various metropolitan brigades…

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New Fire Station

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 8

Sir John See (the State Premier) will open the new fire station at Concord this afternoon. Sir John See will leave Sydney by the 2.5 p.m. train from Redfern, and will…

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Rockdale Fire Brigade Band

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 3

THE above band will play at Kogarah to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon in connection with the demonstration…

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"Boondi" on The Fire Friend—-or Friend

The Arrow · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 5

AS I sit at my desk this morning wondering what should be the subject of this week's discourse, the warmth of the room suggests that, in this world at least, I…

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Rockdale Fire Brigade Band. Half-Yearly Meeting

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 3

THE Rockdale Fire Brigade Band held its half-yearly meeting on Monday night in the band room, at the Rockdale fire-station. There was a full…

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Big Fire Averted

Truth · Sunday 26 July 1903 · page 4

There was a narrow escape from a big conflagration in George-street, city, early this morning. Stewart's bootmaking establishment and the League of Queensland Wheelmen…

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Fire Brigade for Concord

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 26 July 1903 · page 1

Mr. Kidd, in speaking at Concord yesterday on the occasion of the opening of a new volunteer lire station, said that the Government had despatched Superintendent Webb to…

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Opening a New Fire Station. Government Interest in Brigades. a Ministerial Defence

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 July 1903 · page 5

Some time ago Mr. W. Archer, M.L.A. for Burwood, obtained a Government grant of £300 for the purpose of establishing a fire station in the Municipality of Concord…

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Anxious to Get Out. a Town Burnt Out

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 5

Mr. Reid, speaking at Korang Vale (Vic.), said that instead of growing stronger, Australia was getting weaker. It was the one new country in the world to which people were not arriving, but A letter has been received at Sydney from the West Coast of South America, written by the captain of a vessel which arrived at Pisagua lately, from Australia. The captain writes:—"A11 the…

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Concord Fire Station

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The official opening of the recently-erected Fire Station at Concord took place on Saturday afternoon, the ceremony being performed by Mr. J. Kidd (Minister for Mines and Agriculture), in…

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Council and Fire Brigades Board

Evening News · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 3

In June last the Burwood Council, in consequence of a demand made by the Fire Brigades Board for payment of the contribution then said to be overdue, wrote to the board stating that…

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Parramatta District. Fire Station at Auburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 5

The Auburn Council is not satisfied with the arrangements made by the Fire Brigades Board in the matter of fire-fighting. At present the residents of Auburn, in the case of a fire breaking out, have…

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