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Fires & bushfires, 1910

2,206 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 111

Amalgamation of Fire Companies. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 13

In connection with the provisional agreement for the amalgamation of the Australasian Plate-glass Insurance Company, Limited, and the London and Lancashire Fire…

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The German Navy. Battleship on Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening —In the German Reichstag today, during the debate on the War Estimates. Herr Bassermann said it was not the fault of Germany that the size of…

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Fire Brigades Regulations. Resented at Casino

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 10

CASINO, Tuesday.--A peculiar position has arisen in connection with the new fire brigade regulations. My. Nance, district officer for the division, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade,…

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Leura's Water Supply. Inadequate for Fire Fighting

Evening News · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 8

Disclosures of an alarming nature have been made during the past week respecting Lema's water supply. Investigations into circumstances under which the Leura district is…

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Detective and Suspect. "Stand or I'll Fire." Arrest Follows Exciting Chase

The Star · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 5

Detective Vincent captured a suspect in Fitzroy-streetcity this morning at the muzzle of the revolver after a smart chase of over half a mile. The man is believed to be…

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The Country. Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 8

GULGONG, Wednesday.--On Monday afternoon the weatherboard residence of Mrs. Kinniwell, an old-age pensioner, was completely destroyed by fire. The outbreak originated in the…

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Fire at West Kempsey. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 7

About 1.30 o'clock this morning an alarm o' fire was raised In West Kempsey. It was found that Nicholas Daley's general store was well alight. The outbreak was soon got under…

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Biograph Film Fires. Non-combustible Ones Needed. Comment by Chief-officer Webb

The Star · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 5

Speaking this afternoon on the frequency of fires at biograph displays through the films igniting, Chief Fire Officer Webb said that he had been assured by the larger…

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"Stand or I'll Fire." Exciting Arrest at North Sydney. the Ronald v. Harper Conspiracy Charges

The Star · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 4

Telegraphic information was convoyed to the Sydney detectives two days ago that John Huxley, one of the defendants in the Ronald v. Harper conspiracy case, had…

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Fire at Randwick

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 10

The residence of Mr. William Joseph Donne, in Bunneroung-road, near Botany-road, Randwick, was brunt out on Thursday night, together with is contents. Mr. Donne and his family…

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Fire Brigades' Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 6

At to-day's meeting of the Fire Brigades Board it was proposed by Mr. H. B. Lee, chief officer, that the conference of fire brigade boards of various States should be convened…

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New Fire Extinguisher. for Inflammable Substances. Celluloid Collars and Cinematograph Films on Fire

The Star · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 6

A cinematograph film and a number of celluloid collars were deliberately set on fire on the first floor of the warehouse of the Vacuum Cleaner Company, in Margaret-lane,…

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Fire at Randwick. Cottage Burned Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 8

Owing to the explosion of a kerosene lamp, a fire broke out shortly before 10 p.m. yesterday at the residence of William Joseph Donne, in Bunn[?]rong-road, near Botany-street,…

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To Protect the People. N.s.w. Fire-fighting Force

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 8

Chief-officer Webb, of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, has been to some trouble to compile statistics which show the enormous number of appliances which are utilised for the…

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"Get Down or I'll Fire." the Ronald-harper Case. an Important Letter

The Star · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 6

At the Water Police Court this morning, before Mr. Love, John Huxley (59), agent, was charged with having conspired with Patrick Hill and others, to procure…

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Cinematograph Flim Fires. Contrivance to Extinguish Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 6

A contrivance for preventing combustion in cinematograph and other films during their display was explained and illustrated in Sydney yesterday. The inventor is Mr. Tatham…

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The Coming Comet. Will the World be Bottled Out, Burnt Out, Suffocated, or Frozen

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 10

A dissertation on comets and their wondrously attenuated tails of luminous planetary dust will prove of universal interest at this…

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The Eternal Fires (Victoria Cross)

The World's News · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 31

This writer has such a finished style and so great a power of description it is much to be regretted that most cn ner work is too daring to be recommended for general reading…

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Australian Mutual Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 15

The shareholders of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society held a special general meeting in the boardroom of the society's head office yesterday, Mr. Sydney H. Cary…

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Fire Core and Economises

The World's News · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 19

A fire core, made on a new principle, is being introduced by Messrs. Harris and Pearson, Stourbridge (Eng.), and is shown in the accompanying cut. Being made of lire clay, the appliance…

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