Fire Brigade Sports
OFFICIALS: Judge, Mr. H.York; assistant, Mr A.C. robinson; Starter, Mr F.King; Handicappers, Messrs J. Wilson and T. K.Coughlan; Committee, the Members…
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Fires & bushfires, 1888
77 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
A Ship on Fire. (Newcastle Herald of yesterday.)
On Sunday morning a fire, which has not bben equalled since the conflagration on board the barque Manhegan some five or six years ag[?] occurred on board the barque Ellen, lying in the…
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THE city of Newcastle was startled before daybreak on Sunday morning by the firealarms. It transpired that a fire had burst out in the forward part of the barge Ellen, of…
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There has been a great bush fire in the Wogga district, at Woodland station-Ten miles of fencing and six thousand acres of grass have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Bush Fire in Albury District. (Herald's Telegram.) Albury
On Saturday night a most destructive bush fire causing the loss of miles of grass, wheat crops, stock, and, it is feared, human life, broke out on Riddle's Thornhill Park Station at Piney Range,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at the Zoological Gardens. (From the Herald.)
At about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning one of the buildings at the Zoological Gardens, Moore Park, was discovered to be on fire. Police-constable Starr, who was on duty some distance away, had his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Great Fire in Stockton. (Newcastle Herald of Yesterday.)
One of the most sweeping fires that has ever taken place in the district occurred on Tuesday night at Stockton, two fine two-storied buildings being razed to the ground. The property, which…
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Extensive bush fires near Wagga continue. It is estimated that 32,000 acres of grass and a large amount of fencing have been destroyed…
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A disastrous fire has occurred in Broadway, New York. Five large business houses were destroyed. The loss is estimated at two million dollars…
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ON Sunday morning a teiling blow was struck at the business prosperity of the town, by the destruction of Messrs Gould and King's saw-mills, South Singleton, by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Bush Fires near Wagga Wagga. (By Telegraph to the Echo.)
Extensive bush fires have been raging in the district. For several days past volumes of smoke have been visible fiom the town, issuing from behind the hills in the direction of the Rock and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Recent Fire at Brisbanefield. the Inquest
At the Courthouse, Morpeth, on Tuesday, an inquest was conducted before Mr. Alfred Vindin, Coroner, into the circumstances attending the fire which occurred at Brisbanefield, near Morpeth, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Destructive Fire at Singleton. (From our Singleton correspondent.)
A coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday morning at the Agricultural Hotel, South Singleton, before the coroner (R. H. Matthews, Esq.), to inquire into the cause of the origin of the late fire on Sunday…
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YESTERDAY morning Constable Sparkes arrested an aboriginal named "Billy" on suspicion of having maliciously set fire to the Excelsior Steam Saw-mills (Messrs Gould…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alarm of Fire in a Vienna Theatre
Vienna telegrams report an alarm of fire on the night of Saturday, Dec. 18, at the first performance of Jolina Strauss's operetta, Simplicius, at the Threatre An der Wein. Some ladies in the pit of…
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The Beach Hotel, at the corner of King and Pitt streets, had a narrow escape from being burnt down yesterday. The fire was discovered before much…
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AS the result of the rather careless handling of a candle, one of the upper rooms of the Caledonia Hotel (Mr J. M'Alpin's) was, on Wednesday evening, the scene of a fire,…
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The leading insurance companies of New York have published the following practicable and intelligible cautions against fire:- Don't allow stoves or heaters on your premises…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in York-street Sydney. (From Thursday's Echo.)
A fire broke out last night at the premises of Messrs. Frazer and Co., York and Barrack streets, which though fortunately not very serious as a conflagration, resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] Sydney. Friday. John Fbazer & Co.s Fire
AT the inquest on Richard Dalton, the fireman killed at the recent fire at John Frazer and Co.'s, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The jury found there was no…
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