Country Fire Brigades. "An iniquitous Act,"
The Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales propones to expend £673 in Bathurst during 1913. This information was contained in a…
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A Busy Year. Fire Brigades' Work for 1912
According to the official report of the Fire Brigades Department last year was one of the heaviest in point of number of fires for many years past. In the city and suburbs the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Powder in the Fire. Six Children Injured. London, Monday, 8.35 p.m
A fearful accident took place in a Glas[?]ow home yesterday. The mother put some coal on the fire, and a powder-cap, that had got among the fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Lyell Fire. Evidence at Inquiry. "Safe As a House." Queenstown (Tas.)
The North Lyell Disaster Royal Commission resumed its sittings at the Courthouse Queenstown to-day. Mr. Ewing (Harold Crisp, and Omant) appeared for the Lyell Company, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →400 to 1. State Government's Heavy Wager. Against Damage by Fire. the New Insurance Scheme
The State Government, in its fire insurance scheme, is carrying on a gigantic wager. In this respect, the Government is, perhaps, doing nothing that has not been done before, though…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire Board
The Parramatta Council decided at its meeting on Monday night to nominate Captain O'Donnell as a representative on the Fire Board. There was a consensus of opinion in…
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One of the candidates for election as representative of the metropolitan municipalities upon the board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales, in a letter to the North Sydney…
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The Alexandria Fire Brigade received a call yesterday afternoon to a fire, which broke out on the promises occupied by Messrs. Andrews Thompson and Son, Gorber-street,…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners' estimates of expenditure for 1913 for Sydney Fire District, have, been adopted, and the amount is fixed at £76,758, last year's total…
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Mr. W. Taylor, a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners in a letter to the North Sydney Council, read at Tuesday's meeting, gave some interesting information in respect to…
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BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday. -- A fire broke out in the Exchange-buildings, Argent-street, at about 1 a.m., in a room occupied as a bedroom by Mr. Griffen. Griffen had retired for the…
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Cables advices state that the steamer Clan Macrae, en route from Australian ports to the U.K. and Continent with wool and general cargo, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades Board. Criticism at North Sydney
Several candidates for seats on the Board of Fire Commissioners have written to the North Sydney Council, soliciting that body's "tour" votes at the election on February 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lushman's Dam Fire. Coroner's Finding. Parkes
An inquiry was held to-day into the fire which occurred near Lushman's dam on New Year's Eve, when a cottage occupied by Amos Davies was destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Coraki. Drapery Establishment Destroyed Coraki
What threatened to be the most disastrous fire yet experienced in Coraki' broke out about 3 o'clock, this morning in Mr. C. A. Smith's drapery establishment in Richmond Terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sydney Fire District. Annual Ratable Value, £7,465,042. Half a Million Increase
It will interest members of municipal councils to learn that the Board of Fire Commissioners has adopted the estimates of expenditure for the Sydney fire district for the…
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Several of the alderman at the last meeting of the North Sydney Council, referring to the election of the municipal representative on the Fire Commission, complained that there was not sufficient time allowed…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Clayfield post and telegraph office was completely destroyed by fire late to-night…
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The new building to be need as the fire station at Crow's Nest, North Sydney, is now completed, and will be formally handed over on Saturday, the 18th instant. It is one of the best structure of its kind…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire in Brisbane. Brisbane
A serious fire occurred this evening in Moon's Buildings, Adelaide-street. The whole of the three-story structure was badly damaged either by fire or water. The…
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