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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1865

12 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Fire Brigade

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 14 January 1865 · page 2

The attention of the Insurance Offices in Sydney, by their agents, and through the re-presentation of Mr. Webb, superintendent of our Fire Brigade, having been called to the…

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Victoria. Terrific Bush Fires : Great Distress at Kyneton

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 12 April 1865 · page 4

Monday, February 27, 1865—hereafter to be styled "Black Monday" in the annals of Victoria—was a day which will not soon pass from the memory of those who endured…

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Frightful Petroleum Fire America

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 6 May 1865 · page 4

The most terrible conflagration that occurred at Philadelphia since the great of July, 1850, took pace this mon Before proceeding to narrate the…

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Fire

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 21 June 1865 · page 2

FIRE IN HUNTER-STREET.—The city was alarmed on Sunday evening, shortly after seven o'clock, by the ringing of the fire-bell, and crowds of persons were soon flocking towards…

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Fire and Loss Op Life at Chudleigh, Tasmania

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 24 June 1865 · page 4

A most calamitous fire, attended with loss of lifts and considerable destruction of property, took place at Chudleigh Inn, Chudleigh, on the night of Wednesday,…

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Destruction by Fire of St. Mary's Cathedral

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 5 July 1865 · page 4

By the far the largest and most disastrous conflagration which has over occurred in Sydney happened last night, and resulted in the total destruction of St Mary's…

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Newcastle Fire Brigade

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 15 July 1865 · page 2

The ninth anniversary of the Newcastle City Fire Brigade took place on Wednesday, and was celebrated with the festivities that have been observed on the same day every…

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Great Fire in Sydney. Total Destruction of Messrs. H. Frazer and Co.'s Store

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 22 July 1865 · page 2

Sydney had not yet recovered from the excitement occasioned by the destruction of St. Mary's Cathedral, when it became the scene of a similar calamity—as far as more…

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Great Fire and Loss of a Hundred Lives at Constantinople

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 29 July 1865 · page 4

By fur the most terrible calamity which has shocked the public mind of Constantinople for thirty years past, happened at Galata, on Monday night, 20th February. Shortly after…

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Destruction of St. Mary's Cathedral by Fire

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 5 August 1865 · page 4

The inquest respecting the origin of the fire which destroyed St Mary's Cathedral, was concluded before the City Cnroner, at his office, yesterday…

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Arrival of the Mail Demand of Compensation on the British by the United States Government. Preliminary Measures to Enforce the Monroe Doctrine. Notification Sent to the Emperor of the French by the American Government to Withdraw French Troops From Mexico. Federal Troops Sent Into Texas. Surrender of General Kirby Shith. Pension and Public Subscripton for Mrs. Cobden. Termination of Cotton Famine. Terrible Railway Accident. Fires and Riots at Nottingham. Gales and Wrecks on the English Coast. Great Fire in London. Dreadful Colliery Explosion. Trial of Confederate Conspirators. Fearful Distress in the South. Explosion of a Magazine at Chatanooga. the Finian Brotherhood. Fire at the Tyne Docks, Newcastle Attck on Negroes in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia. Tremendous Riots Junction of English and French Iron-clad Fleets. the Pope and the Emperor of Mexico. Insubordination of the Negroes, and Expected General Insurrection. Sydney. Friday, 3.45 p.m

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 12 August 1865 · page 2

The mail steamer Rangatira arrived at Adelaide at 11 o'clock this morning.The Queen and Royal Family are in good health The dissolution of Parliament was expected to…

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Destructive Fire in King-street

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 27 December 1865 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred in King-street, on Friday evening, resulting in the destruction of the Australian Furniture Ware house, the property of Messrs. John Hill…

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