Fire Brigade Telephones
A few weeks ago a deputation waited on the Postmaster-General with respect to the charges for telephones, and he promised to have an inquiry made into the matter. He…
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Fire on a Steamer
LISMORE, Sunday.--Messrs. Fenwick Bros.' steamer Sarah Hixson. plying between Lismore and Ballina was gulled by fire early this morning, its she lay at the Government wharf. The…
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A destructive fire occurred at Gladstone about 5 o'clock this morning, when the Bluebell Hotel and the Theatre Royal were demolished. The fire originated in a bedroom…
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The Bush Fires Relief Fund was wound up last week, after the executive committee had patted one another on the back and complimented themselves upon being noble…
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KEMPSEY, Wednesday.--Mr. James Leonard's Store at Gladstone, Macleay River, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The building was Insured for £450 in the Mercantile Mutual…
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Mr. James Leonard's store at Gladstone, on the Macleay River, was totally destroyed by fire at 9 o'clock last night. The building was insured for £450 in the Mercantile Mutual…
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One of the houses at Trial Bay sold recently by the Government and purchased by Mr. M. Thompson has been destroyed by fire…
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The Ashfield and Burwood fire brigades had a call last night to George's River-road, Enfield, where a fire had broken out in an empty shop, with rooms at the rear. The building, which…
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Mr. Carruthers made some observations upon the evidence adduced last, week before the Federal Commission on Old Age Pensions respecting the danger from fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Fire Near Brisbane. Brisbane
A shop and dwelling-house, situated at Woolloongabba, a suburb of Brisbane and occupied by Mr. Edward Harding, were destroyed by fire this morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Victims. Nineteen Burned to Death in New York
The most horrible fire since the burning of the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago occurred last month in a tenement house in the slum…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Burnt Out Settlers. the Question of Railway Concessions
Some comments have been made with reference to the concessions granted by the Railway Commissioners in the carriage of fodder and fencing material to burnt-out settlers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burnt-out Settlers. Railway Concessions. Imposing on the State
Referring to the letter signed "A Grazier" in Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald." the Railway Commissioners state that when the greatly reduced rates were conceded to those…
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Some excitement was manifested at the corner of Upper William and Victoria streets, last night, when it was found that the sidewalk was ablaze. Firemen from Darlinghurst…
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An outbreak of fire occurred at 12.30 this morning in a tobacconist and hairdresser's shop in Market-street, between Pitt and George streets, occupied by J. and B. Cooper…
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TUMUT, Monday.—Ruberoid Tobacco Curing Shed, belonging to Messrs. Thomas W. Smith and Denis Reardon Gilmore, near Tumut, containing between seven and eight tons of cured…
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Shortly after midnight a hairdresser's shop in Market-street, near Roberts' Hotel, was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was forwarded to headquarters by Sergeant Ross, and within a…
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A most remarkable occurrence called for the attention of the members of the Darlinghurst (No. 4) branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade at about 1.30 p.m. yesterday, and also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Thursday Island. Several Buildings Destroyed. the Flames Spreading
THURSDAY ISLAND. Sunday, Midnight.--Messrs. Zarcal's premises were burned down to-night, nothing being saved. Three adjoining buildings are on fire. The damage is already…
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