Bush Fires and Wax Matches
On the proposal for a bill to prevent the gale of wax matches during four mouths of the year, the Victorian Cabinet has determined not to take any…
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Bush Fires' Relief. Lord Mayor's Fund
There are numerous claims arising out of the recent bush fires that yet remain unsettled. The trouble is that the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Relief Fund…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—The Ripper storey of Messrs. Fielder and Sons flour mills, one Of the largest and most up-to-date mills in the State, caught fire about noon to-day. Within…
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The local bush fire relief fund allotted £15 (received from the fund of the Berriedale R.C. bazaar, which netted £158) to a suffe[?] in the Countegany district[?]…
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Mr. J. Browning[?]s upnoistering and rurnishing establishment, adjoining the Oddfellows' Hall, was this afternoon destroyed by fire. The outbreak was first noticed by Master Cox,…
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TAMWORTH, Friday. -- A fire occurred this afternoon in the top storey of Fielder and Sons' mill. A quantity of machinery was destroyed and 2500 bags of wheat rendered useless for…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—The upper storey of Messrs. Fielder and Sons' flour mills, one of the largest and most up-to-date mills in the State, caught fire about noon to-day. Within…
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COROWA, Friday. -- Mr. and Mrs. James Strachan, farmer, at Middledale, were returning home from Corowa in a buggy, when they met with a sensational experience. They had…
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A fire broke out at the rear of Mr George Howarth's, on Friday night of last week at about half-past eleven. Miss Fleming (living opposite) was the first one to notice…
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The dangers to firemen are not merely those faced at big fires. There is always the chance, when rushing in response to a call, that some slight and unexpected accident will do more…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade are receiving two steam fire engines from Merryweather and Sons, Ltd., of London. They were shipped on February 1. by the steamer Narrung, which is…
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An order for a powerful motor steam fire engine for the London Fire Brigade has just been placed by the London County Council, the machine selected being Merryweathers' patent…
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A fire broke out at noon to-day in the third story of Messrs. Fielder and Sons' Phoenix Flourmills, which consist of four stories, and form one of the largest and most up-to-date…
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LONDON, Thursday Afternoon -- The Russian troops are suppressing peasant risings in the Mitau and Libau districts. Five hundred peasants have been…
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A terrible fire occurred at Brockton, Massachu-setts. Old boilers, which, were used while new boilers were being repaired, exploded and set fire to the shoe factory of R. B. Grover and Co.,…
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The sub-committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association, appointed to consider the best means of proventing bush fires, has arrived at several…
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WAGGA, Sunday.--An important discussion on the subject of protection against bush fires took place at the annual meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlors' Association…
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A five-roomed house, occupied and owned by A. T. Brown, Walker-street, Townsville, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday night, Mrs. Brown and two children having a very…
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The startling information that disaster has overtaken the well-known. Interstate steamship Albany reached Sydney last evening, and from the latest accounts it is feared that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peculiar Shooting Case. Barman Fires at a Constable
A shooting case of a peculiar character occurred last evening at the Bligh Hotel, Victoria-street, Darlinghurst. As a result, a young man named Charles Peterson, described as a…
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