House Destroyed by Fire. Two Men Perish. [By Telegraph] Melebourne
A fire occurred in a tenement occupied -by H. O'Reilly and Thomas Caher, miners, and also one her man, at Bangamine a few, miles on the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 15
London Fire Brigade
The London County Council is gradually replacing the horse-drawn steam fire engines in the London Fire Brigade by new machines of the self-propelling type. The eminent…
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Passengers by the Melbourne express, which arrived in Sydney on Saturday morning, nearly an hour and ten minutes behind schedule…
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[?]dred thousand acres of beech and [?] Collo district of Algeria has been [?]. The fires are attributed to native [?]…
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Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, a serious fire broke out aboard the large fourmaste barque Marlborough Hill, which was lying at No. 12 ballast jetty at North…
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The four-masted barque Marlborough Hill, loading coal at Stockton, was on fire this morning, and the vessel is practically gutted. The fire has…
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Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, a serious fire broke out aboard the large fourmaste barque Marlborough Hill, which was lying at No 12 ballast jetty at North…
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Mr. Justice Pring and a jury had a fire insurance case before them in No.2 Jury Court to-day. The plaintiff was Henry Strandt and defendants the New Zealand…
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Telephone fire alarms have been erected in various parts of the town by the West maitland Fire Brigade Board, but unfortunately in many instances they have been rendered…
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At a meeting of the West Maitlland Borough Council last evening, a circular letter from Mr. W. Taylor, representative of the suburban municipalities on the Fire Brigades…
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containing an infernal machine [?]cob Schiff, a New York fin[?] intercepted at Philadelpia [?] the explosive is similar to…
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At a meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council on Friday, a circular letter from Mr. W. Taylor, representative of the suburban municipalities on the Fire Brigades…
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A special meeting of the Morpeth Borough Council was held in the Council Chamber, Morpeth, last evening. The Mayor (Alderman Wynne) occupied tho chair, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at an Orphanage Matron's Plucky Conduct
A fire occurred at Waltham Orphanage, Christchurch (N Z.), at an early hour on Saturday morning. The children were difficult to arouse, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Race for Life. Steamer Northumbria on Fire
News is to hand by last mail from South Africa of a race for life by the steamer Northumbria. The vessel was proceeding to Simons Bay with a cargo consisting…
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[?] dective electrical wiring caused a thick by fire in a tunnel which is being connected between Long Island and the city New York. Messrs. Chapman and Pierce,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heddon Greta Colliery. Re-opening of the Sealed Portion. No Signs of Fire. Kurri Kurri
Portion of the northern workings of the Heddon-Greta colliery, which was sealed off in February last year on account of fire having been discovered, was re-opened this…
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[?] was burned at Hong[?] daybreak. A hundred [?] were incinerated and a [?] destroyed. The European…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Army Gun. Can Fire 20 Rounds a Minute
Some particulars of the new quick-firing gun which is being supplied to the army are given to the "Times" by a correspondent, who seems to have a high opinion of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Hundreds of Lives Lost. London, Oct. 15
The steamer Hankow when she caught fire at Hongkong had 2000 Chinese abroad in the steerage and seven European passengers. The cargo consisted of matting and raw silk…
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