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We have already indicated some of the limitations of fire insurance, and hinted that there were others. Some of those we shall now proceed to discuss. It may be pointed out…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire has been raging in some thousands of acres of bush and scrub in the vicinity of Liverpool since early yesterday evening. A quantity of fencing has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--The "Richmond Guardian" newspaper office and printing works were burnt out at midday, just as the paper was going to press. The fire broke out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A fire occurred at George Williams' premises, York Estate, Penrith. The owner was away from home at the time. The outbreak was discovered by a neighbour, who, with…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A fire destroyed a six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Campbell-road, Granville, yesterday. The building was owned by Mr. Richter, of Lewisham, and was let to a poultry farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A six-roomed cottage and outhouses were destroyed by fire at Campbell's Hill road, Granville, on Friday morning, just before noon. There was no water supply…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Xmas Day, at half-past three in the afternoon, the Penrith Eire Brig-ade received a call to Kingswood, where the sawmill owned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The town of Rosewood, thirty-five miles distant from Brisbane, bad a narrow escape early this morning from total destruction. Shortly after 4 a.m. a fire broke out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PPARATUS that will help firemen to oVercome the difficulties of fighting "fire without flames" Is to be introduced in London subject to the approval of the County Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early on Friday morning, a large cottage, near Epping station, occupied by Mr. Charles Downs and family, and owned , by Mr. Stephen Downs, was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The [?] in the Canada [?] enormous [?] and a report was presented to the Water and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A big fire occurred in Paddington late last night, when the "Chatea[?] de Bekkevue," the well-known boarding establishment at the corner of Brown street and Glenmore road…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The explosion of a kerosene lamp in the kitchen of a residence in Brown-street, off Glen-more-road, Paddington, last night, was the cause of a fire which was fortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There are two Marie Thelins. One is a capable young woman in black tights who fastens a bundle of tissue paper about her, sets it on fire, and dives into a tank 60 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Bush fires broke out close to Smithfield on Friday afternoon last, and for some hours the lives and property of settlers were in danger. Fire-fighters hastoned from the town, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large three-storied boarding-house, conducted by Madame Carbassa, known as the "Cheteau de Bellevue," at the corner of Brown-street and Glenmore-road, Paddington, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A large boarding-house the [?] at the corner of Brown-street and [?] more road, Paddington, was badly damaged by fire on Saturday night. The building which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 1 o'clock this morning a large furniture factory, owned by Mr. R. J. Buttery, and situated at the corner of Bundle and Young streets, Kent Town, was burned down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A new fire engine has been added to the equipment of the Balmain fire station. The new engine is a 60 h.p. Dennis water, fitted with Gwynne's patent turbine pumps, with a capacity…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →When Constable Miller was passing the [?] occupied by Byles Brothers at [?] Bathurst-street at quarter past 12 this morning be noticed smoke issuing from the front portion…
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