Fire at Welbeck Abbey
The housekeeper of Welbeck Abbey was almost [?] and she rescued the children of the Duke of Pat and with difficulty. The Duke and Duchness of Portland were absent at Caithness. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1900
183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 10
Proposed Local Fire Brigades Board. [?] by the Water Board
AT the sitting of the local water and sewerage Board yesterday Mr. G.W. Webb brought under notice the steps new being taken to secure a local fire Brigades Board…
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Messrs. Hall and Warden's bicycle establishment was partiallly destroyed by fire this morning. The outbreak was caused by an explosion of bezeline, which was being poured out of a tin by a youth…
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The house of Mr. H.H. Asquith, 20 Cavendishsquare west, together it Contained has been destroyed by fire…
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Early this morning a dre broke out in a row of weatherboard sheds at North Botany, all of which were speedily consumed. The sheds contained bags of bonedust and artificial manures…
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A fire took place at New Frough on Monday afternoon, at the residence of Mr T. O'Brien. By some unaccountable means a shed, containing a quantity of hay, a buggy…
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By some unaccountable means of outbuilding at the residence of Mr. Thomas O'Brien, near New Freugh, caught fire on Monday night last and damage, estimated at £60, was done. The…
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Mr. H. Baxter, a well-known farmer, residing at Kayuga, had a haystack containing forty tons and several bales of wool and a shed burnt yesterday. The loss was considerable, but the machinery was…
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The fire on board the ferry steamer Kangaroo, at Milson's Point, last night, is shrouded in mystery, though ugly rumours of increndi[?] are all at…
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A disastrous fire broke out about 10.30 p.m. on Saturday night in the Red Flag Store, Inv[?]il. It appears that the Manager. Mr. Kelly, was engaged in counting the…
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A country yokel had for some time been paying attention to one of the village maidens, but could find no way to put his meaning into words…
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The ship Melville Island, from Santos, Brazil, arrived in Melbourne yesterday morning, after a terrible experience of storm and fire. The vessel shows signs below and aft of the assault of the…
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On Sunday morning during the thunderstorm which occurred just before daylight Mr Robert Carter, of Scott's Flat, discovered that his haystack was ablaze…
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The ship Melville Island, from Santos, Brazil, arrived in Melbourne on the 15th instant after a terrible experience of storm and fire. The vessel shows signs below and aft of the assault of the…
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Smith: ' I say, old man, who is that ugly old cat over there?' Jones: ' Sir, that is my wife!' Smith: ' No, no. You mistake me…
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We regret to have to report that a fire, occastoning heavy loss, occurred at Bickham, Blandford, on Sunday night last. It appears, from what we can gather, that one of the…
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Considerable consternation was felt in the district when it became known this morning that a fire had broken out in the colliery at Greta, and that several workmen were entombed. At first there were wild…
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Considerable consternation was felt in the district When it become known yesterday morning that a fire had broken out in the colliery at Greta,…
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ON Wednesday night, at about [?] o'clock, William Jackson, night deputy at the Greta Colliery, discovered the mine to be on fire, and the alarm was…
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Considerable consternation was felt in the district when it became known on Thursday that a fire had broken out in the colliery at Greta, and that several workmen were entombed. At first there were wild…
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