Bush Fires Relief Fund
The hon. secretaries beg to acknowledge receipt of remittances and cheques from the following on behalf of the above fund. Mr. J. W. Abigail, 21s; Langdon, Hopkins, and…
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Bush Fires Relief. Committee Without Funds
A meeting of the executive committee of the lord Mayor's. Bush Fires Relief Fund was held in the Town Hall to-day. Mr. T. A. Dibbs presided, and there were also present Messrs. A…
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Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, rather prides itself on the up-to-date character of its fire-prevention and fire-fighting appliances. Yet it was the subject of grave…
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BATHURST, Wednesday.--A fire took place today at the residence of Mrs. Henry Lee, Wallaroy, when five stacks of straw, a stack of ensilage. and a quantity of fencing and piggeries…
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A fire broke out in Commercial-st., Talbot. Mrs. M'Phee. who with three children was in bed at the time, was awakened by stifling smoke. She found the doorways ablaze, and…
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LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--In a fire in a five-storeyed tenement at New York, 20 people were burned to death and 12 injured, the victims being mostly Polish Jews…
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The Interstate conference of fire brigade representatives to-day adopted a resolution to the effect that the telephone fire servie should be supplied free, as a set-off against…
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The conference of inter-State Fire Brigades to-day resumed the consideration of the proposal of the postmaster-General that all lines required for fire alarms, tramway companies…
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MELBOURNE. Thursday.--This afternoon the inter-State conference of fire brigades delegates met here to discuss the decision arrived at by the Postmaster-General that all lines required…
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A meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Bush Fires Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall, Mr. T. A. Dibbs occupying the chair. It was decided to wait…
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Contributions to the fund to date are as under:— Amount previously acknowledged...... £9[?]31 17 10 "Sydney Morning Herald" Fund, 2nd instalment.......................... 20 8 0…
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The state of affairs revealed by one of the most representative municipal deputations which ever waited upon a Minister in Sydney can be characterised by no fitter word than…
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Fire-fighting in cities where snow and ice are among the weather factors to be reckoned with is an exceptionally dangerous occupation. A recent New York paper, published in the depth of…
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Peasant bands of from five hundred to a thousand each are traversing the Piotrkow villages Inciting laborers to join them with a view to securing…
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A most unusual case of injuries, resulting from burns took place at 34 Wood-street, Horsley Fields, Wolverhampton, occupied by Abraham Tonks, a mill…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A shocking burning accident happened at Beech Forest on Friday afternoon to a young man named Walter Jackson, about 24 years of age. Jackson is a…
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On Saturday evening a fire broke out in a hayshed on the property of Mr. Vance, of Sutherland House, Merrylands, when a shed and a quantity of hay were destroyed. The…
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AUCKLAND, Monday,—A fire at Wellington his resulted in much damage to the stocks fo Messrs. Scott and Company, indent agents. The property was insured for £6000 in the Phoenix…
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Shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday night both the Parramatta and Granville Fire Brigades were apprised by telephone of the outbreak of a fire at the palatial residence of Mr. J. E…
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The delegates of the Inter-State Fire Brigade Conference were entertained to-day, by the Lord Mayor in the Town Hall…
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