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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
15 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
Another large fire occurred last night, and resulted in the total destruction of Mr. Joseph Wearn's Anchor Steam Flour Mills, in Baker-street, at the bottom of Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out about 2 o'clock last Sunday morning in the house of Mr Robert Kiddie, [?] in Lindsey[-street [?] and as with the exception of the flames it was [?] entirely of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Otago Daily Times of the 5th instant, contains an account of a terrible and destructive fire which took place in Dunedin the previous night, and which resulted in two hotels, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held before the City Co[?] Robert Corbet Knaggs, Esq., and a jury [?] on Wednesday last, at the scene of the diss[?] touching the probable cause of the fir[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the many instances on record of persons lost in the wilds of Australia, and rescued by a singular providence from a death too horrible to contemplate, it falls to our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Between the hours of five and six o'clock on Sunday morning last, two small cottages, the residence and property of Thomas Marr, carrier, of East Maitland, were totally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR-In the columns of your contemporary of Wednesday last I observed a report purporting to have been derived from authentic sources, relative to the recent meeting of the Volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] members composing the New[?]teer Fire Brigade celebrated their [?] anniversary on Wednesday evening last a procession and dinner. The time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHORRLY after nine o'clock on the evening of Monday last, a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms of Mr. Langham's Australian Hotel, Hunter-street, which, it is extremely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Portland (Me.,) July 5th.-A fire, yesterday, originating in J. B. Brown and Son's sugar-house, on Commercial street, swept northerly that street, destroying everything…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquiry touching the origin of the fire was held on Monday afternoon, at Mr. Langham's, Australian Hotel. The inquiry commenced at four o'clock and terminated at half-past 7 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly before four o'clock, on Sunday afternoon, a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr. Archibald. Hay, situated at the rear of Mr. Alcock's grocery store in Hunter-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In our report of the fire in Hunter-street, on Sunday last, we omitted to mention that the email engine from the Lake Macquarie Road, was on the ground within a short time of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly before four o'clock, on Sunday afternoon, a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr. Archibald Hay, situated at the rear of Mr. Alcock's grocery store in Hunter-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[We received the following important telegram from our Sydney telegraphic correspondent last evening. The message came at too late an hour to allow of our issuing an "extra."]…
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