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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1864

5 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Disastrous Fire at Dunedin

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 24 February 1864 · page 4

The Daily Times of the 3rd, gives the following report of a disastrous conflagration at Dunedin:—The alarm which was pealed forth from the…

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Destruction by Fire of the Ship Phoebe Dunbar

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 9 March 1864 · page 2

It is with no little regret that we have to announce, for the first time since Newcastle has been a Port of any note, the destruction, by fire, of a large vessel within the harbour. On Monday evening, shortly before eight…

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A Pit on Fire at Newbottle. Near Houghton-le-spring

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 22 June 1864 · page 4

An accident of a very serious nature, though happily unattended with loss of life, occured on Friday night last, at the Margaret Pit, Newbottle Colliery, belonging to the Earl of…

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Celebration of the Eighth Anniversary of This City Fire Brigade

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 9 July 1864 · page 2

THE celebration of the eighth anniversary of the Newcastle Fire Brigade took place on Wednesday last. The who were called upon to take part in the proceedings of the day, met at four O'clock at…

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The Fire at Brisbane

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 7 December 1864 · page 3

TERRIFIC CONFLAGRATION IN BRISBANE.—FIFTY HOUSES DESTROYED.—At Brisbane, on the night of the 2nd instant, a fire a fire was discovered on the premises of…

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