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At the last meeting of the Fire Brigades Board a report was read from the chief officer in regard to a call to a fire in Clarence-street on the morning of May 6. An examination of the premises and an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At last night's meeting of the Alexandria Borough Council reference was made to the to-day in connection with the proposed local fire station. It was decided, on the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly after 6 o'clock this morning the many inmates of the Hotel Metropole, Bent-street, city, were startled from their slumbers by the clanging or fire bells and the approach of fire engines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning a wooden building in Mitchell-street, Stockton, used by the Stockton Co-operative Society as a butcher's" shop, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Melbourne message states that a fire has occurred 911 board the Lund steamer 'Wakool. It was discovered in the forehold after the vessel had left Melbourne homeward bound. Captain Pidgeon returned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At an early hour yesterday morning, the butchering shop of the Stockton Co-operative Society in Mitchell-street was quite destroyed by fire. It is not known how the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Government has resumed a piece of land in St. John's-road, Glebe, as a site for a fire station…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortly before daybreak yesterday morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to the Hotel Metropole. Anticipating a big job, all the appliances from the city stations were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire broke out in the forehold of the steamer Wakool last night, and Captain pidgeon decided to return to port after clearing the Heads for London, via Adelaide and the Cape. As soon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 2.30 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in the Stockton Co-operative Society's butcher's shop, situated in Mitchell-street, Stockton, the premises being totally destroyed. The shop was locked up at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the inquest on the body of Ada Jane Bevan, 42, the evidence showed that she fell into the fire during a fit. Her husband, a wharf labourer, was away at work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out in the Co -operative Society's butcher's shop at Stockton at 2.30 this morning, and completely gutted the building. The premises are said to be insured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A sensation was caused in shipping circles this morning, when it was reported that the Blue Anchor line steamer Wakool had been compelled to return to port owing to an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →I really most be going! GRACE. Why? See, how the embers glow and die!…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The latest intention in fire extinguishing apparatus is now ready for work at the biscuit works of Messrs. Huntley and Palmer, at Reading, England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A seven-roomed house at West End, owned by Mrs. Agnew and occupied by Mr. W. C. Green, was destroyed by fire early this morning, together with its contents. It is not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →There was another outbreak of fire on board the steamer Wakool which put back to port yesterday with the forchold on fire. Smoke was detected by the foreman directing the removal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Saturday night there was a pretty big chunderstorm. An old negro named Henry Wis[?]m lives at 531 Jefferson street. There was no one in the house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The problem of the sky-scraper hotel is a very serious one for the travelling public but it seems to have been solved in a very ingenious manner by an Englishman after a brief, but…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A fresh slight outbreak of fire occurred in the forward 'tween decks of the steamer Wakool at about 1 o'clock this morning, but it was promptly subdued without much damage…
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