Fire Dangers
The fire prevention committee of the Legislative Council met yesterday, Mr. J. M. Creed presiding. Mr. Phillp Caro, civil engineer, a graduate of the Sydney University, who has been engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fires & bushfires, 1908
2,282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 115
Fire Prevention
The Fire Prevention Committee of the Legislative Council met yesterday, Mr. J. M. Creed presiding Mr. Phillip Caro, civil engineer, a graduate of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Grafton
GRAFTON, Tuesday.--A. O. Pullen's general store at Lawrence, has been burned to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Clarence-street
At a little before 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in Clarence-street, near Erskine-street, in the second floor of premises occupied by S. Gordon and Sons, shirt manufacturers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Five Dock Fire Station
The committee of the Fivedock Progress Association state that the proposal to erect a fire station in the borough is likely to materialise. A sum of money has already been voted for the work and the authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in the City
A fire broke out at about 12.45 this morning on the second floor of premises No. 85, Clarence- street, occupied by S. Gordon and Sons, shirt manufacturers. The flames were put out…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Fires. Canadian Towns Destroyed. Town Saved by Dynamite
LONDON, Tuesday Evening.-Further details of the fires In British Columbia, state that on Saturday morning fire appeared on the crest of the mountains west of Fernie, and ran…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Country. Fire at Campbell Town
CAMPBELLTOWN, Tuesday--A disastrous fire occurred early on Sunday morning, when the drapery establishment of Mr. W. F. Wisty was destroyed. The fire-brigade succeeded in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatal Fire at Tarrawanna. Wollongong
A fire occurred last night at Tarrawanna in a house occupied by Goorge Nicholas. It appears that James Nicholas, son of the occupier, got out of bed at 10 p.m., leaving a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Timely Discovery Shirt Factory on Fire
At 12.40 o'clock this morning a man was passing along Clarence-street when he noticed an unusually large glare in the front window of the second floor of No. 85…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bedrooms on Fire Children Playing with Matches
The Metropolitan Brigade were yesterday called out on two occasions to bedroom fires. At 9.55 "o'clock the front bedroom at the residence of Mr. Francis Donough in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Fighters. Board's Annual Statement. Improved Appliances
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Wood) has presented to Parliament the report of the Fire Brigades Board for the year 1907. It set out that the annual ratable value of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Forest Fires in Canada. Seven Towns Destroyed. Eight Hundred From Killed. London, Aug. 3
A bush fire destroyed the town of Fer[?]e, British Columbia. Five thousand people have been rendered homeless. One hundred were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at a Dock Rain Elevators Destroyed London, Tuesday, 3 p.m
A fire broke out yesterday at the Burlington Dock, Chieago, by which two grain elevators and upwards of 600,000 bushels of grain were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Great Oil Fire Millions of Gallons Burnt Terrific Explosion and Its Result London, Tuesday, 3 p.m
A great conflagration is reported from Tamplco, in Mexico, where a quantity of oil became ignited, and continued to burn until millions of gallons were consumed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After the Bush Fires. Survivors Camped on the Prairie
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Further details of the fires in British Columbia state that on Saturday morning lire appeared on the crest of the mountains west of Fernie,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prevention of Fire
The Fire Prevention Committee of the Legislative Council met on Tuesday, Dr. Creed presiding. Mr. Philip Caro, civil engineer, a graduate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mercantile Mutual Fire
The annual report of the above insurance company shows that receipts for the year amounted to £75,965, which with £4615 brought forward made £80,580. Expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Convent Saved From Fire
A telegram from Montreal states that almost the entire commercial portion of the City of Three Rivers has been destroyed by a fire. The correspondent of the "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →New Fire Brigades Bill
The Government intend to introduce a bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to the prevention and extinguishing of fires; for the protection of life and property from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →