This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd January, 1963. "Instantly on arrival at the Centennial Lake last night, firemen from the Palmerston North Fire Brigade were quickly under way with their demonstrati...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 22, 1963
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12th January, 1963. "Neville Dickey was sitting on a pipe in the middle of his lawn when it began sinking into the ground. He then prodded a stick into the hole and foun...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 11, 1963
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 October 1958: "Men from the Palmerston North Fire Brigade testing the dual purpose hoses which are part of the equipment on the new engine which arrived in the city y...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 10, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 1 May, 1963. "Mr J. McDonald, of the New Zealand Forest Service, examines hoses which have been newly coupled and pressure tested. This task is only one of many being ca...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1, 1963
Firemen fight the flames that gutted an old converted house next to Electrolux Ltd in Fitzherbert Avenue. At left, Deputy Fire officer, O Poppleton.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: November 26, 1969
The Palmerston North Volunteer Fire Brigade Service was first set up in 1877, running until 1879. It was re-established in 1883. From left, Top row: Firemen J Richardson, E Humphries; Messenger J Kelly; Firemen E Hitchings; H H Hutchinson; W I Hal...
Creator: Bunting Studio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1901