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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
35 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2
On Saturday night, December 19th, between eight and nine o'clock, a fire occurred on the premises of Mr. E. Birch, chemist, of this city. Itappears Mr. R. Birch was engaged, by candle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, a fine was discovered on the premises of a grocer in York-street, Emerald-hill, mimed John Somerville. At the rear of the shop, and under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday morning, January 19, a little before four o'clock, the peaceful repose of the inhabitants of thin town was disturbed by the startling sounds of several bells violently an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE action taken by some of the leading residents of Lambton towards the establishment of a fire brigade was a step in the right direction. And now that the matter has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon the barque Tien Tsin, bound for Newcastle, was towed down the harbour and anchored off Garden Island. Shortly after a fire was discovered in the forward deckhouse, in which the seamen are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of Lambton was held in the Druids' Hall, on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of further considering the advisability of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A bout a quarter past eight on the morning of February 22, a fire broke out in some buildings at the rear of Burdon's Coach Factory, in Argyle-street, and near to The Mercury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oakland, the north shore of San Francisco, was ablaze last night to the tune of 70,000 dollars, the Parkerhouse and other buildings being totally destroyed. To-day the Deaf and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the 16th instant the British ship Despigadera, lying at anchor at Meigg's Wharf, San Francisco, was found to be on fire. She had arrived the day before with coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram from Mr. S. Bell, manager of the Oriental Bank, states that the disastrous fire at Young broke out at a quarter past two p.m., at Schmidt's jeweller's shop, and communicated to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 10.45 on Monday night, May the 3rd, the fire bell was rung and the alarm soon spread that the Orphanage was on fire. The weather was dreadful, showers of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Who it was that first began to work in clay is not even guessed at: the production of fire clay is that branch of the art the writer now intends to deal with. In England, this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-clay looks very like a kind of rock. It is very tenacious, and a considerable quantity of powder is used in loosening it in the mine; that done, it is run in small "hutches"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of Lambton advertised to take place on Thursday night, on the Fire Brigade question, lapsed for want of attendance. The meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →now, having compressed our brick, [?] the kiln. These same kilns vary [?] construction very much. There is [?], fashioned style of kiln still much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne, Tuesday.—A fire occurred last night which totally destroyed the store in King-street of Thomas Luke and Company, tea merchants, and the adjoining stores of Francis and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the manufacture of bricks and tiles has been added another branch of very great importance, namely, the making of water and sewerage pipes, usually glazed. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terra-cotta is another branch of these manufactures, which to-day is carried on with great and increasing enterprise, and is well worth the earnest attention of colonial manufacturers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle we learn that a fire has broken out at Acomb Colliery, near Hexham, and in consequence of it the greater portion of the workmen employed will be laid idle for some months to come,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About halt-past,[?] a fire broke out in a store at the rear of the furrier's shop, carried on by Mrs. Martin, Collins-street, Some time before the bell…
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