Fire Floats. Their Use by Seaside Cities
"Fairplay," the leading shipping and Insurance Journal of England, printed the following on January 14:—"Opinions have at various times been expressed by such, eminent men…
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Fire Does Not Burn Him. Puzzle to American Scientists
One of the greatest puzzles ever offered to scientists has appeared in America in the person of a young mechanic named Frank E. Foskett, of Orange, Massachusetts, who,…
Continued on Trove, page 58 →On Fire at Sea. The Presidente Roca Disaster. LONDON, Tuesday, 5.55 p.m
Later details of the fire which occurred on board the steamer Presidente Roca, running between Southern Argentina ports and Buenos Ayres, and which resulted in the…
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LONGREACH, Wednesday,--There was a heavy thunderstorm last night the lightning was very severe, and caused bush fires in all directions. A strip of country on Bimban was…
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A fire broke out yesterday in the premises of Mr. B. Sharfstein tailor. 50 Botany-road, Alexandria. The outbreak took place in a room at the rear of the shop, and on its…
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At 1.30 o'clock this afternoon the brigade were called by a street alarm to the tailor's shop of B. Shafstein, Botany-road. Flames were blazing therely at the rear, and with…
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A fire broke out shortly before 4.30 o'clock this afternoon of the roof of the building occupied by M'cormaek and Co., coopers, in Darling Harbor. The flames were…
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Two small outbreaks engaged the attention of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade yesterday afternoon. Shortly after 1 o'clock a call was received…
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At about 1.30 p.m. yesterday the M.F.B. received a call to No. 50 Botany-road, Alexandria, a shop and dwelling occupied by B. Shaftstein, tailor, in which a fire…
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A fire broke out this afternoon in the dwelling of Mr. Donald Morrison, Bunn-street, Pyrmont. The flames were confined to a front bedroom, which, together with the contents…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A fire occurred in a hardware shop, situated at the corner of Rundle and Union streets shortly after ten o'clock last night. The building was a small…
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WELLINGTON,Thursday.--Early this morning a fire broke out in Rogers' oyster saloon, a wooden building, and before the brigade arrived it was beyond control, and the building burned…
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Captain Penfold the aeronaut who, it will be remembered made the balloon ascents for a San Francisco paper at the time of the American Fleet's visit to that city, is at…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.--"Mount Breckan." Mr. Alex. Hay's fine mansion at Victor Harbor, was completely destroyed by a fire which broke out at 3 o'clock this afternoon. It appears that…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday Afternoon.—A scheme for increasing rates has been drafted by the council of the Fire Underwriters' Association, which has just concluded its sitting at…
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The steamer Presidents Roca, while running between Southern Argentina and Buenos Ayres, caught fire and sank. Forty people were drowned, and 360 saved…
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Several extraordinary railway accidents occurred yesterday. The most remarkable was one which involved three trains on the Liverpool to Southport electric…
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Mr. R. E. Elliott writes stating that he has a small property in the vicinity of the Jenoian Caves. There is a large reserve around the caves, on which no stock is allowed to run,…
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"The steamers Pluvius and Dawn were engaged in towing the Harbor Trust's mud punts out to sea" So said the "Star" in a recent nows, item, and probably few…
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The Earl of Londesborough who takes the greatest interest in the fire brigade at Blankney Hall, and personally conducts operations at any local outbreak when he is starying…
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