Correspondence. the Recent Fire
SIR,--The conflagration on Monday morning last, must have brought once more to the minds of thinking men the necessity of having some means at hand for the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1893
35 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Disastrous Fire in Kempsey. One Side of Belgrave Street Burnt Down. Nine Shops and Four Houses Destroyed. Terrible Conflagration
Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Monday morning last, the alarm of fire was given in town, and word was spread that Mr. B. Gogerty's store, in…
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THE late disastrous fire will not be without its use. If the inhabitants of Kempsey read the lesson aright, the necessity of organising a volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Wire. Fire at Liverpool. London
A serious fire has taken place at Liverpool. Three cotton warehouses were destroyed. Two firemen were killed while attempting to save…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Regent Fire in Belgrave-street. the Inquiry
ON Thursday last an inquiry was held by the Coroner, Mr. Jas. Johnston, at the Victoria Hotel, Kempsey, into the the cause of the fire which occurred…
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A large station property at Forbes has been burned. Three men have been arrested on suspicion. Kops, a grocer at Cowra, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Views of the Fire
Mr. Keys, photographer, has taken a series of excellent views of the ruins left by the late fire. That they are well chosen and calculated to give a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Meeting. Fire Brigade
ON Tuesday, the 17th inst., a meeting was called by the Mayor, for the purpose of considering the necessity of forming a fire brigade in Kempsey,…
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Half a mile, half a mile, Half a mile onward, All in the valley of smoke Rushed our Half Hundred…
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Seven fires happened at Broken Hill last week, two on Saturday night…
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On Friday morning last, an inquest on the recent fire which occurred on the premises of Mrs. C. Lane, in Belgrave-street on Sunday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires
THE particularly careless manner in which fires are lighted and left burning in the bush has been exemplified by instances recently reported to the Department of Agriculture…
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The bush fire which broke out on Saturday lost in the Balnarring district, near Hastings (Vic.), was the most destructive known for 20 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade. To the Editor
SIR,--Do you not think it a standing disgrace to this community that a public meeting has not been convened to publicly thank those gentlemen of such great ability, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Broken Hill. Sydney
The number of fires which have occurred recently at Broken Hill is remarkable. The latest reported is the burning down of a five-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sea. Barque Burned—17 Men Missing. London, April 5
The barque, King James, which left Newcastle, New South Wales, on December 28, for San Francisco, California, has been, burned at sea, about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade. a Manual Engine to Be Purchased
A MEETING of subscribers to the Taree Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening. The Mayor occupied the chair; the attendance was small…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Prairie Fire. Villages Destroyed. Misery of Sufferers. London, April 10
An awful prairie fire has occurred at Omaha, in the State of Nebraska. Fifteen miles of Country was devastated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion of Fire Damp. 200 Miners Entombed. 50 Not Yet Rescued. [Special Message.] London, April 12
A terrible mining disaster has occurred in the working of the Great Western Colliery, Glamorganshire, Wales, by the explosion of fire damp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taree Fire Brigade. the Engine Purchased
THE manual engine under offer has been purchased for £50, though there was some difficulty on account of the Fire Board considering the price too…
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