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HOBART, Tuesday.—About forty horses had a narrow escape from being roasted alive to-day. Ikin's Livery Stables caught alight at the entrance, and so fiercely did it blaze that it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Endeavour has for some time past been made to secure telephonic communication between the Willoughby Fire Station and the residence of the captain. The Fire Brigades Board,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A conference of interstate Fire Brigades Boards and Superintendents will be held in Sydney next week. The following will be present:—Members of the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A fire broke out in the loft of Ikin's stables at 3 o'clock this morning. The alarm was given by the night porter at Hadley's Hotel, and by his commendable promptitude 28…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →About 250 houses, some of nipa and others of mixed materials, were destroyed on March 17 in Matabon, Philippines, by a fire which raged for over two hours, destroying about a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great amount of interest has centred round the contest in service whalers between crews representing the United States warship Baltimore and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The erection of a central fire station for the northern suburbs at Crow's Nest, althogh somewhat delayed, is receiving the attention of the departmental officials. Mr. Fell, M.L.A., who has taken special interest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →That the race in whalers between the crows representing the United States cruiser Baltimore and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade yesterday caused great interest could not have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the statement to the effect that the Western Assurance Company lose about £90,000 by the San Francisco conflagration, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The progress committee has resolved to form a fire brigade. Messrs. J. Stephenson, M. Dunn, and J. N. Crowley were appointed to enrol members. It was decided to make…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Files received by the R.M.S. Ortona to-day dated London, April 13, contain details of the appalling spectacle presented, by Vesuvius in eruption. It was supposed that the present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Experiments have been carried out at the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in the extinguishing of petrol fires. Three separate fires, consisting of shavings…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A fire was discovered in the lowor hold of the steamer Indradevi, new loading at Wanganui Roadstead. The outbreak was extinguished without serious loss. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The thirty-fourth annual meeting of this society was held yesterday, Mr. Sydney H. Cary presiding. The report showed a net profit for the year of £15,403, which, together…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The 34th annual meeting of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society was held yesterday at the head office, corner of Pitt and King streets. Mr. Sydney H. Cary, chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →There is not much to be scan now of the ruins of the great fire at McKenzie's timber yard at Pyrmont. the wreck and ruin have given place to extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The directors of the Australian Mutual Fire insurance Society, in their 34th annual report, presented to the shareholders at their meeting yesterday, stated that the balance…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →About midnight the M.F.B. received a call to the premises of the North Coast Bacon Curing Company in Sussex-street, near Market-street. The engines turned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The M.F.B. was kept fairly busy attending small outbreaks of fire on "Saturday and Sunday. Burning rubbish at Hampton-street, Canterbury, the residence of Hop Sam, engrossed…
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