Fire Brigades Trouble Settled
WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--The trouble in connection with the fire brigades in the district, caused by the suspension of Sub-district Officer Phillips, in consequence of his opposition to…
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A New Street Fire Alarm
Yesterday morning several fire engines, all sorts of appliances, and about 50 firemen turned out to answer a call from the corner of George and King streets. Naturally there was a deal…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade yesterday received a call to attend a fire supposed to be at the corner of Pitt and George streets, city. The alarm, however, proved to be a false one. With all despatch the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Chatswood. Outbreak at a Grocer's Shop
A small fire broke out in a heap of rubbish, at the. rear of a brick building occupied as a grocer's shop, by Messrs. Hill and Jackson, Victoria-avenue, Chatswood, at an early hour…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Etna in Eruption. Torrents of Fire and Incandescent Lava
The eruption from a new spot between Castello and Albanelli, about a mile and a half from Etna, was a magnificent spectacle (says an Italian paper). From the outbreak…
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WITH nearly 1000 persons on board when outward bound from London to Portland, Maine, the Newcastle steamer Cairnrona. belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Thousand Lives in Peril. Emigrant Steamer on Fire. Terrible Scenes
What might have been one of the most appalling of recent shipping disasters occurred in the Channel oft Beachy Head yesterday (reports a London paper of April 8.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Disappointment. Rescue Parties Driven Back. a Raging Fire-and Noxious Gases
LONDON, Friday.--The latest account states that there are 137 men entombed in the Whitehaven mine. The experienced rescue parties which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Colliery Catastrophe. Terrific Explosion. Many Miners Entombed. Working Under the Sea. the Pit on Fire. London, May 12
An explosion took place in the Wellin[?]n p[?]t, at Whitehaven, Cumberland, yesterday. One hundred and thirty miners are entombed. Four have been rescued…
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About. 7 o'clock last night a sensation was caused in Hunter-street, city, when a 25-h.p. Ford taxi-cab caught fire. The outbreak was caused by the petrol coming…
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An outbreak of fire occurred on Friday at Pitt-street, Mortdale, when a four-roomed weatherboard cottage with an iron roof, belonging to Mr. J. Bignell, together with its…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Emily Edmunds, a blind widow, aged 56, residing in Nelson-street, Williamstown, was cooking a meal yesterday, and when lifting a saucepan oft the fire, her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armed Burglars. Fire on Pursuers
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Ernest Battersby and William Merritt had an exciting experience with armed housebreakers at Prospect Hill-road[?] Camberwell, last evening. Battersby found that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fire Brigade Question. Dissatisfaction at Kurri Kurri
KURRI KURRI, Saturday.--Spoken to today with reference to Superintendent Wobb's remarks, published in Thursday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph," one of the members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Fire Brigade. Board Yields; Trouble Ended. West Maitland
The fire brigade trouble has been settled. Sub-district Officer Phillips was reinstated last evening in charge of the district by order of the board, and the firemen who tendered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Conference. Suggestions by the President. Australian Officers Wanted. Melbourne
The Inter-State Conference of representatives of Fire Brigades' Boards was opened to-day. Mr. Samuel Manger, in his presidential address, said that it was four years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Burglar and a Blaze. Misadventure in Melbourne
MELBOURNE. Monday.--A strange occurrence is reported from Canterbury. G. Bailey, a greengrocer at Canterbury-road, states that shortly before 9 o'clock last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Maliciously Started
Mr. W. J. Crooks, a contractor, residing in Albert-street, Willoughby, locked up his store-room and yard in Claude-street, Willougbby, this morning. Later on passers-by observed…
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An up-to-date fire station is to be erected at Enfield. The whole of hte present buildings are to be demolished, and the new structure erected on the same site at the corner of…
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An outbreak of fire occurred at the Royal George Hotel, King and Sussex streets, Sydney, early this morning, but was extinguished before much damage was done. One of the…
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