Careless Use of Fire. Causes Widespread Destruction of Property
FORBES, Thursday.—At the police court, before Mr. M'Kensey, P.M., Archibald Muir pleaded guilty to a charge of carelessly using fire…
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A Train on Fire. Quantity of Nitrate Burnt. Adelaide
When the 7 o'clock mixed train for Adelaide, via Petersburg, had proceeded a little over two miles on its journey from port Pirle this morning it was noticed that the…
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"Bushman" writes:—In view of the heavy losses now being caused by bush fires I would like to point out a preventive that, in my…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires. Disastrous Outbreak in Victoria. Melbourne
A bush fire near Kilmore, which has been raging for two or three days, devastated about 10,000 acres, and caused losses of stock. It started from a burning log…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A disastrous fire occurred yesterday in Serviceton, on the Victorian, border, resulting in the total destruction of J. M'Donald's coffee palace, containing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Escapes Necessary. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Other letters having appeared following on my own of the 8th inst under the above heading, gives me to understand the subject is one of public interest (and well it might be) 1 now make a further…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Newcastle. Barque Itata Destroyed. Nitrates and Coal
News was received in Sydney this morning from Newcastle, stating that the barque Itata had been destroyed by fire. She was grounded, the crew being enabled to land. The Itata…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Hotel Fire. Many Heroic Rescues. Ten Lives Lost. London, Jan. 11
The West Hotel, at Minneapolis, the biggest hotel between Chicago and the Pacific, caught fire on Tuesday night, when 700 guests were asleep. Terrible scenes…
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LONDON, Thursday.--The West Hotel, in Minneapolis, U.S.A.--the biggest hotel structure between Chicago aud the Pacific--caught fire on Tuesday night, when 700…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barque on Fire. The Itata Destroyed. Beached Almost a Hulk. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE
A serious fire broke out on the barque Itata at 5 o'clock this morning. The flames spread with awful rapidty and in a short time the vessel was ablaze from…
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The opening of the year has again been signalised by great heat in the interior, and by the occurrence of calamitous bush' fires. The descriptions given in the daily press of the havoc caused by the fire-fiend…
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ALTHOUGH, so far bush fires have not as yet equalled in extent and intensity those of last year, there are not wanting examples, such as those of late in the Forces and…
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CAMPBELLTOWN, Friday.—What might have been a disastrous fire occurred here last night, between half-past 8 and 9 o'clock, the sawmill in the railway yard, owend by Mr. S. M. Jenner,…
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A fire was discovered about 20 minutes to I on Sunday afternoon in the Callan Park Asylum. Fortunately it was…
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The following information regarding the maintenance of the Fire Brigades was supplied to the local Council by…
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If the Kogarah Fire Brigade were called upon to battle with flames of any magnitude in the business quarter of the township, during the time that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reorganisation in the Fire Brigade. a New "District."
Owing to the growth of Sydney and its suburbs, it has been found necessary to reorganise the system of working the Fire Brigade. A few years ago, Superintendent Webb…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Escapes Necessary. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In reply to Mr. A. J. Gilder's letter and his means or modes of fire escape, I may inform him that the West Hotel, Minneapolis, had not only all he describes but it had every other Known means of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An Interesting Chat. with Superintendent Webb. the Great Fire of Tooley Street
Another big fire in an American hotel paved the way for a talk with Mr. Superintendent Webb of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades on the subject of fires in general. Day after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Ship on Fire. Barque Itata Destroyed at Newcastle. Burnt to the Water's Edge. Terrific Explosions on Board
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The barque Itata, Captain Palfour, which was lying at the Carrington Dyke taking in Wallsend coal, was, at 5 o'clock this morning, discovered to be on…
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