Late Cables. London, Thursday. Great Fire in France
A great fire has occurred at Lille, France, when five buildings were destroyed. The buildings contained 900,000 kilos (about 900 tons) of sugar, and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
392 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 20
Fire at Quirindi. QUIRINDI,Sunday
[?](Sunday) the residence of Mr. [?] Neill, painter, was totally destroy at Shortly after 6 pm. Mr. O' Neill, is an old man, of about 70 years, put…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] News by Cable. London, May 25. Fire in Book Warehouse
[?] occurred yesterday in the ware [?] Northumberland—avenue, of the So[?] for Promotion of Christian Know[?] Book to the value of £25,000 were…
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Two fires were discovered this morning within the Rocks resumption urea, I. at both were subdued before much damage had been done…
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Vienna has made a clean sweet of all her horse-drawn fire engines and a [?]liances in favour of electrically-propelled vehicles (says the "Magazine of Commerce"). A…
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Damage estimated at £200,000 was dene on April 20 by a fire which burned out Messrs. J. McConnell's [?] stores at Belfast, [?] 500,000 gallons of…
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On Sunday night the residence of Mr. Hubert O'Neill, painter, was totally destroyed by fire. Shortly after 6 p.m. Mr. O'Neill, who is an old man, of about 70 years, put…
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A fire broke out at Lawler's Buildings; city, this morning, but was extinguished before much damage was done…
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Some of the material for the use of the local fire brigade arrived this week. A reel has also been ordered and is expected to arrive soon…
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A fire in a drapery warehouse at Hammersmith has resulted in damage to the extent of £40,000. A hundred women assistants escaped half—dressed, and eighty male…
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Damage estimated at £200,000 was dene on April 20 by a fire which burned out Messrs. J. and J. McConnell's bonded stores at Belfast, containing 500,000 gallons of…
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An impromptu "Red Cross corps," composed of some of the best-known New York millionaires and their wives, clad in dressing-gowns, was called to…
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A fire resulting in the total destruction of a house and contents, which was occupied by D. Doull, occurred at 1.30 this morning. Some damage by fire was also caused to two houses…
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Kitchen and Sons' soap and candie works at Bulimba, Queensland, were partially destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at several thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Maitland Athletic Club. Sports and Fire Brigade Events
One of the chief attractions for holiday folk in the district was the sports gathering and fire brigade events, carried out on the Banks-street Reserve, under the auspices of the East…
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The South Dock, Swansea, was the scene of a great conflagration recently. Originating about 11 o'clock in the morning among some barrels of paraffin oil which were…
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It is probable that on the comple tion of the water supply, an endeavour will be made to dispose of the manual engine now used by the Singleton fire…
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With reference to inquirles made by him concerning the grant of 100 for the East Maitland Fire Brigade, Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., has been informed by…
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An extraordinary story was told at Chester Asylum (says the "Daily Express") concerning the death of Edward Rigby, a boot repairer of Hovlake. His…
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Considerable excitement was caused in the early hours of this morning, when the alarm was 'raised that a fire was in [?] by Mr. A…
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