Fire in Strand Arcade
Shorlty before 7 o'clock yesterday evening the Fire Brigade was called to a five in the Strand Ar[?]de. It was found that a first-floor room, occupied as a milliner's…
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Fire at the Woollen Mills
On Saturday, at about 9 a.m., a fire broke out in an iron building cast of the Parramatta Woollen Mills, Windsor-road. It was a strange thing, indeed, that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crow's Nest Fire Brigade Inadequate Water Supply
It appears from remarks at the North Sydney Council last night that Crow's Nest, owing to the poor water supply, as usual, is in a sorry plight so far as fire protection is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trades and Labour. Fire Brigade's Employees' Claim
The Fire Brigades Employees' Union is applying to its wages board for l[?]creased wages and better working conditions. An eight hours day is asked for, instead of what the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hospitals to Benefit. Police and Fire Brigades' Carnival
The object of the fifth annual carnival of the Police and Fire Brigades this year is to raise £7000 for distribution among our public hospitals. The committee is, perhaps, rather…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bergen Fire. Enormous Damage. Estimated at £5,500,000. LONDON, Jan. 17
Four hundred building in Bergen (in Norway, 190 miles north-west of Christiania), valued at £1,100,000, were burnt down during the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Topics of the Past and Present Our Readers Discuss Fair and Unfair Walking Police & Fire Brigade Will Raise £7000 for Hospitals Big Athletic Program and Art Union to be Held at Agricultural Ground Next Month
The Police and Fire Brigades are out to raise £7000 for the Public hospitals this year, from their annual carnival at the Agricultural Ground, which has been fixed for February 26…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire. Volunteers From Showground. Albion Park
While the cattle judging was proceeding at the Albion Park Show this afternoon the president of the society (Mr. J. W. Musgrave) was called away to attend an extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Sydney Arcade
Owing to faulty information [?] office from the Fire [?] port was printed on Wednesday [?] stating that a fire took [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Fire Yass
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out at West Yeumbera homestead, and was not extinguished until the whole of the kitchen and a part of the dining-room were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Campsie Fire. Bailey Sentenced at Sessions
William [?], 59, who pleaded [?] having set to a house in possession of Mrs. [?] at Cam[?] was sentenced by Judge [?] at the Darling[?] Sessions this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires
The President of Severn Shire submitted a minute to the Council, in which he stated that the bush fires which were prevalent during the last month, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires From Traction Engines
Messrs. J. O. Robertson, Jas. Robinson, junr., M. D. Robinson, A. E. Sides, W. Smith, W. H. Sheather, and George Smith, forwarded a petition to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Manly
A small are occurred shortly before 1 o'clock this morning in E. Dirchmore's Hotel, North [?] Manly, and resulted in slight damage [?] bedroom on the ground floor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria. Fire Records
MELBOURNE. Thursday.--The records of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade show that the loss by fires in Melbourne for 1915 amounted to £176,HOO. There were 846 lire and 985…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire in Norway
A fire broke out in Bergen, Norway, during a hurricane and spread over a large area, many buildings being blown up to cheek the spread of the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →House Set on Fire
"There is no doubt that the place was set alight, but the evidence does not enable me to fix the blame," said the City Coroner to- day after having conduced an inquiry into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Farm
A fire broke out recently on Mr. Arnott Muller's farm, 12 miles north of Coolamon. The outbreak appears to have started in a stack of bags of wheat,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mysterious Fire at Marrickville
The City Coroner [?] concerning [?] unoccupied weatherboard [?] stone-road, Marrichville, on [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Produce Destroyed by Fire
A fire broke out at Billimari, about nine miles from Canowindra. It destroyed fencing, stubble, wheat, and haystacks. The fire started on Mr. H…
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