Old Fire Engine
AN interesting relic of the early days still preserved in Brisbane is a horse-drawn fire engine, intimately known to the firemen of Brisbane as "Bobs." The…
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Second Carnival Fire
Manly Fire Brigade had a strenuous fight yesterday to save a shed in Kangaroo Park, Manly, which housed part of the equipment for the beach…
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The Chief Secretary. Mr. Chaffey, stated yesterday that nominations for the election of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners closed…
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A weatherboard cottage owned and occupied by Thomas Kennedy was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The occupants were absent from town at the time…
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One of the largest city fires in recent years broke out late last night in the warehouses of W. S. Friend and Company, between York and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →City Warehouse Swept by Fire Explosives Cause Grave Risk Damage Estimated at £35,000 Wind Fans Flames
TWO firemen were injured, about 150 policemen were called to keep about 15,000 onlookers out of the danger zone, and brigades-men carried a large tub of explosives away from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Roll Mounting. Floods in U.S.A. Fire and Disease Add to Peril. Fleeing Refugees. NEVFYORK, Jan. 26
One hundred people are known to have lost their lives in the floods which are ravaging southern and middle-western States, but it is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fires at Carlton
Carlton had a good share of fire brigade service during the week-end. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning Hurstville and Kogarah…
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In reply to Sutherland Shire Council's request to the Director of Government Relief, that relief workers' clothes damaged during recent bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why People Watch Fires
Fire has a primitive appeal to modern man's instincts of fear and curiosity, said Dr. A. H. Martin, honorary director of the Australian Institute of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tuesday's Fire
Referring to the fire on Tuesday night in the premises in York Street, W. S. Friend & Co. writes to "The Labor Daily": A block of less than…
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A fire which is believed to have been caused by a man camping on Duck Creek spread with alarming rapidity on Thursday morning, and was…
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Vaucluse Council has decided to support Alderman T. D. Mutch, at the Fire Board election, on February 23. Alderman Mutch is the present…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chicken Grill Fire
The fire brigade was informed yesterday that a fire had occurred at the Chicken Inn, but when the crews arrived they found that it was at the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Beginning in the Royal Hotel, a 20-roomed building, fire swept the main street of Boolarra, 14 miles from Morwell,…
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"It is rank discourtesy on the part of the returning officer of the Fire Board to have delayed invitations for the contestants for the…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) has advised that the following nominations have been received for the election of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warehouse Fire. Success of Foam Compound
An examination yesterday morning of the warehouses of W. S. Friend and Company, Clarence-street, city, showed that damage caused by a fire there on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Splendid Save Fire at St. Gabriel's Water Pumped From Pool
Firemen made a splendid save at St. Gabriel's School for Deaf and Dumb Boys at Castle Hill on Monday afternoon, when a two-storey…
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