Fire at Alexandria
A fire broke out at 1.50 a.m. yesterday in a cottage in Belmont-street, Alexandria. The cottage, which was of weatherboard, was occupied by Mr. C. Townsend, but the family…
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GAS. Fire Extinguishing Demonstration
A demonstration to illustrate the working of the Clayton Fire Extinguisher was given yesterday in the presence of representatives from the Harbour Trust and…
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At the inquest held by the Melbourne City Coroner concerning the death of Laura Rahilly, a married woman, 53 years of age, the evidence tendered showed that the deceased poured a bottle of…
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The Fire Underwriters' Association has notified Captain Davies, of the Klama Volunteer Fire Brigade, that the rates of fire insurance in Klama will be to…
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Mr. W. Taylor, suburban representative on the Five Brigades Board, has issued the undermentioned information for the benefit of the different councils, in which he states that the following…
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Alderman W. Taylor, [?] tative on the Fire Brigade Board, has advised the Kogarah Council that the board dealt with the following matters affecting suburban fire stations at its last…
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The contents of a small shop in the Royal-arcade, occupied by the Parisian Electric Photo. Company, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The M.F.B. received the alarm shortly after 11 o'clock, but they were only…
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The Fire Underwriters' Association has notified Captain Davies, of the Kiama Volunteer Fire Brigade, that the rates of fire insurance in Kiama will be reduced to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire on the Pilbarra. Melbourne
The Marine Board gave consideration yesterday to the report by the Chief Inspector of Explosives on the probable cause of the fire on the Polbarra on the evening of September 11…
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The Railway Commissioners have had under consideration the necessity of taking steps to prevent bush fires from breaking out in the grass along the railway lines during the…
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The Railway Commissioners have some title anxiety as to the result of the good season, in regard, later on, to possible grass and bush fires, when the summer sun has dried the…
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Owing to the abundant growth of grass, the Railway Commissioners feel some anxiety as to possible fires when the summer sun bus dried the herbage. The grass within tho railway…
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At about half-past [?] o'clock this morning the M.F.B. received a call to a bedding factory at Chippen-street, Chippendale, occupied by H. Vernon. A fire that had broken out owing, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Balkans. Eulgarian Troops Fire on Bulgarian Bands. London, Oct. 13
Bulgarian troops have been ordered to stop Bulgarian bands passing over the frontier into Macedonia, by firing volleys it necessary. One band was saluted by a volley near Rila,…
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A demonstration to illustrate the working of the Clayton fire-extinguisher was given a few days ago in the presence of representatives of the Harbour Trust and the Underwriters' Association. A start…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. State Fire Insurance. Criticism by an Expert. Wellington
The chairman of the South British Insurance Company, in moving the annual report, referring to the State Fire Insurance Bill, said: It is the turn of the…
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This is a picture of the disastrous fire at Budapest, in which 30 persons were burnt to death, and which was visited by the Emperor of Austria…
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About 4 o'clock yesterday morning, Senior-constable Gardiner discovered a fire in a tobacconist's shop at the Marrickville tram terminus, occupied by W. Weingartner. The Marrickville and Newtown Brigades turned out and…
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