Re-organising the Fire Brigade
The president of the Water Board (Mr. W. J. Millnor) has forwarded a minute to the Under-Secretary for Public Works dealing with the state of the Newcastle fire brigade. The board…
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'Fire at Howell Glenie's Store Destroyed
HOWELl, Wednesday.—A fire destroyed "Mine Store" at 2 o'clock this morning. It is supposed to have originated in the grocery department. P. Glenie, the owner, was away…
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The Theatre Royal at Windsor was destroyed by fire lost night. All the scenery and "properties" were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle. the Recent Fire at Cohen's. Action by the Water Board. Necessity for Reorganisation. Newcastle
At yesterday's sitting of the Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board a minute by the president (Mr. W. J. Millner) to the Under-Secretary for Public Works was read and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Children Isolated. New Zealand Bush Fires. Wellington (N.z.)
Disastrous bush fires are raging near New Plymouth. It is believed a number of families are burned out. Some school children are at present isolated, being unable to get from…
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The remarkable expansion of the Caledonian Fire insurance Co.—Sydney branch, [?] Pitt-street—is an example of what capable management will do. In the hundred years…
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A telegram from York last night stated that bush fires to the westward of the town which started on the 9th instant were still burning, and much of the timber now alight will burn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at a Bank. Early Morning Blaze
A fire was discovered, about haif-past 3 o'clock this morning on the premises of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank, George and King streets, City, at which extensive…
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About 3.30 this morning a small fire broke out on the second floor of the E.S. and A. Bank building, at the corner of George and King streets, which is undergoing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Gilgandra. Gilgandra
Mr. W. C. Crook's chemist's shop was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. The stock was Insured for £200, and the building was also insured…
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GOULBURN, Friday.— A fire broke opt about 3 o'clock this morning at the rear of a shop in Auburn-street, occupied by Fred. Wedd, hardware merchant. The flames were soon got…
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BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--A fire occurred in Crystal-street this morning, which totally destroyed a four-roomed dwelling occupied by a family named Cranwell. The blaze originated…
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An appealing theatre disaster, the worst that has occurred since the [?]ls Theatre fire in Chicago in 1903, when nearly 600 people lost their lives, took place on Monday…
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AUCKLAND,Saturday.—It is estimated the destructive and extensive bush fires which have occurred here have been the cause of burning out the homesteads and properties of no fewer…
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BINALONG, Saturday.—Mr. Harry Hughston's general store was completely burnt out between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning…
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A small fire was discovered at the premises of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bonk, George and King streets, city, before daylight yesterday morning. The Metropolitan Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire at Goulburn. Goulburn
A [?]e was discoveren at about 2.30 this morning by Constable Edwards in Auburn-street, in premises occupied by Mr. F. Wedd, fronmonger. The brigade soon subdued the…
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GOULBURN, Friday. -- About half-past 2 this morning. Constable Edwards discovered a fire in premises in a block known as Barber's-buildiiigs Auburn-street. The outbreak was in a shop…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Goulburn. Three Stores Damaged
GOULBURN, Friday.—A fire broke out about 3 o'clock this morning at the rear of a shop in Auburn-street, occupied by Fred. Wedd, hardware merchant. The flames were soon got…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Councils and the Fire Brigades. Redfern's Protest
Ald. G. Howe referred at the last meeting of Redfern Council to the contributions made by the municipal bodies to the Fire Brigader Board. He said that at the present time Redfern paid £500 a year. They…
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