Disastrous Fire at West Maitland
BETWEEN 2 and 3 o'clock on Sunday morning last a serious fire broke out in a small tenement occupied by Mr. James Price, as an oyster saloon in High-street, West Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1879
57 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 3
LOCAL & GENERAL. The Late Fire at West Maitland
THE inquiry into the circumstances of the late fire resulted in the following verdict:—"The fire originated through an accident, the result of James Price being under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Post Office Glebe
BETWEEN the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock on Friday morning. Mrs Lindsay, wife of Mr. Jas. Lindsay, the Globe Postmaster, was awoke by a sense of suffocation produced by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Hunter-street
ABOUT dusk on Saturday evening the ringing of the Newcastle alarm bell announced the occurrence of a fire. Fortunately the disaster proved to be not at all serious, the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquest on the Fire at the Globe
YESTERDAY, Mr. C. B. Ranclaud, the District Coroner, commenced an enquiry into the circumstances connected with the late fire at the Glebe Post Office. The inquest was held at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Banquet
THE banquet of the members of the Newcastle Fire Brigade took place at the City Hall last night. Mr. Henry Webb (superintendent) occupied the chair, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Dinner of the Newcastle Fire Brigade
THE annual dinner of members of the Newcastle Fire Brigade took place at the City Hall on Thursday evening last; a large number being present. Mr. Henry Webb,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Fire at the Glebe
ON the 29th ultimo, the District Coroner (Mr. C. B. Ranclaud) opened an inquiry into the circumstances of the late disastrous fire at the Glebe Post Office. After partial hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire
A SOMEWHAT threatening outbreak of fire occurred shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning on the premises of Mrs. M'Laren, in Newcomen-street. The origin of the mishap…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Fire at the Exchange Hotel
As an instance of the promptitude in which the popular manager of the Queen Insurance Company does business in this city, we need only mention that Mr. J. C. Bonarius has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Insurance
MR. FRASER, of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Hunter-street, states that the information supplied by the insurance as to the amount of compensation paid him, for damage by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Fire Brigade
WE understand that Mr. Charles Bown, the Superintendent of the Insurance Companies' Fire Brigade, Sydney, will inspect the Engines (!) and Apparatus (!!) of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Fire Brigade
YESTERDAY afternoon Mr. C. Bown, representative of the Sydney United Fire Insurance Company, made an official inspection of the Newcastle Fire Brigade. The engines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Grenfell
ON Saturday evening last dense volumes of smoke were seen rolling towards the southeast, and the red glare enabled the looker-on to see each tree upon the Warraderry range…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Aboard the Easby (s.)
YESTERDAY, about noon, an alarm of fire was given aboard the 'Easby' (s.s.), then lying at the Dyke Jetty. At first it was imagined by some that a serious outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape from Fire at Burwood
AT the close of the public meeting which commemorated the laying of the foundation stone of the new United Methodist Church at the Protestant Hall, Burwood, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape of the Hospital from Fire
ABOUT half past one o'clock yesterday, the Newcastle Hospital underwent one of the narrowest escapes from destruction by fire that could have occurred. Thanks, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →