A Coal Ship on Fire
On Sunday morning the American ship Ellen A. Read which left New Castle on Thursday for Manilla with a cargo of coals put into Sydney…
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Fires & bushfires, 1896
84 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 5
Terrible Fire at a Ball
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred one night in February at Santarem, a city on the Tagus, about 50 miles north of Lisbon. The close of the…
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The matter of the frequency of fires on coal laden ships from Newcastle was again mentioned, and the Government were urged to institute searching inquiries into the cause…
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THE matter of the frequency of fires on coal laden ships from Newcastle was again mentioned in the House last night and the Government urged to institute a searching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cycling Fire-Engine
A PEDAL driven fire-engine is the latest cycling invention. It is a quadricycle composed of two tandem bicycles arranged side by side, and is being used in Paris to serve as a fire-engine in…
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Some statistics about the fires in Paris of last year have just appeared. They numbered 1370, and did 12,782,000fr. worth of damage…
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Fry's large cement works at Merrylands Were totally destroyed by five yesterday. The damage was very heavy, but it is stated that it is pretty well covered by insurance…
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THE greatest natural wonder in Java, if not in the entire world, is the justly celebrated 'Gheko Kamdka Gumko,' or 'Home of the Hot Devils,' known…
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The New Zealand Government have at last introduced their long threatened State Fire Insurance Bill, and the measure is sufficiently…
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Nine buildings situated in Flinders-street, Townsville, were destroyed by fire this morning…
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NINE buildings situated in Flinders-street, Townsville, were destroyed by fire this morning…
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NINE buildings situated in Flinders-street, Townsville, were destroyed by fire this morning. A man named Pusell has been sentenced…
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By a destructive fire at the docks at Nantes,France, a number of large warehouses were destroyed, and damage to the extent of a million sterling resulted…
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A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at the Docks at Nantes, in France, a number of large warehouses being destroyed and damage done to the extent of £1,000,000…
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The outbreak of fire which occurred at the Burwood Colliery, near Newcastle, caused considerable damage. The fire was chiefly confined to the furnace shaft. It broke out…
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AN outbreak of fire occurred at the Burwood Colliery, near Newcastle, which has caused considerable damage. The fire was chiefly confined to the…
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Considerable al[?]rm was occasioned in the township of Burcood on Monday when it was reported that a 6re had broken cut in the Burwood…
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A serious fire occurred yesterday morning in the ship Maccallum Mohr, lying at Stockton, The fire brigade and a number of tugs arrived, and continued to pump water into…
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A SERIOUS fire occurred yesterday morning on the ship "Maccullum Moore" lying at Stockton. The captain was awakened by the smoke,…
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WHATEVER may be the result of the proceedings taken by the police in connection with the fire which made a wreck of the old Commercial Hotel in…
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