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At the last meeting of the Parramatta Council the Mayor moved to strike a rate of 1d in the £ to meet what was called the present and ever-increasing demands of the Fire Brigades Board. The sum…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The cost of contributing towards the maintenance of suburban fire brigades presses heavily upon the Parramatta Municipal Council as well as others. They are called upon to pay a sum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire, which may involve loss of life, occurred to-night, in a five-roomed house In Ballarat East. Two of the inmates, Mr. and Mrs. Durham, rushed out of the building only to find that they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About 9.25 this morning the Headquarters Fire Station received a call to a fire that was stated to have broken out at 251 Clarence-street, premises occupied by Messrs. W. S. Friend and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 7.22 last evening the Headquarters Fire Brigade and the Darlinghurst Fire Brigade were summoned to a fire at 76 Bourke-street Woolloomooloo, occupied by a Mr. William Roberts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Real flames on the stage will soon have no terrors for the most nervous theatre-goers, for the age of fire-proof actors and plays has dawned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The premises of Messrs. W. S., Friend and Co., in Clarence-street, the morning were threatened with a serious fire, which was however stopped by the prompt action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Roman Catholic church Was destroyed by fire this afternoon. It was not insu[?] The estimated damage is about £200. A fire occurred at Mr. Millard's sa[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The city fire brigades turned out at 9.25 a.m. yesterday to a small fire which had been caused in Messrs. W. S. Friend and Company's workshop, 251 Clarence-street, by a pot of tar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miss Mi[?] was annoyed; the impatient [?]apping was evidence of it. Not that a little exhibition of temper in any way detracted from her personal appearance. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The financial troubles of Camperdown have now reached an acute stage. For a long time the borough has not paid to the Fire Brigades Board the usual quarterly contribution, and the arrears have gone on accumulating…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday.--American files to hand by the Ventura give details of the disastrous fire at Baltimore as follows:-- BALTIMORE, February 7.--The tornado of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The American newspapers to hand by the mail contain long accounts of the disastrous conflagration at Bultimore last month. A despatch from the city dated February 7 says:—A [?] of fire, starting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday morning last considerable alarm was occasioned by the news that a fire had occurred at the Balmain. Hospital, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out last night at Ballarat in the warehouse of Mr. John M'Leod, general merchant. The warehouse is a two-story building adjoining the Ballarat railway station. The top story with the stock…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Fire Brigade Challenge Cup has been awarded to Watling-street (London) Fire Station for the smartest turn-out and "stop" for the year 1903. The job which won the cup was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A very clever idea just patented in America is an automatic fire kindler, the operation of which is regulated by an ordinary alarm clock'…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →China papers by the Tsinan on Thursday gave particulars of a disastrous fire on board the Osaka Shosen Kaisha's steamer Tahung Maru, near Waha. On the night of January 20, says…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Heal flames on the stage will soon have no terrors for the most nervous theatre-goers, for the age of fireproof actors and plays has dawned…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The findings of the jury on the Iroquois Theatre fire, Chicago, were as follow:-- "The cause of the fire was the drapery coming in contact with an are light. The city laws…
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