CABLEGRAMS. Destructive Fire in Glasgow
LONDON, December 4.—Large mills have been destroyed by fire in Glasgow, and £50,000 worth of damage done…
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Fires & bushfires, 1881
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The Fire Brigade Question
IT will remembered that at the last meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council, when the question of forming an efficient Fire Brigade for the city…
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LONDON, December 6.—Five large mills have been burnt in Minnesota, and several persons perished in the fire…
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ABOUT 8 p.m. on Saturday signal gums from the Lookout Hill announced still another addition to the long list of fires in Newcastle. Being "Pay Saturday" the streets were densely crowded, and…
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IN connection with the fire that occurred in Bruce-street, Cook's Hill, on Saturday night, Mrs. Ford (owner of one of the houses destroyed) asks for an explanation…
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A COMMITTEE of the whole Borough Council met yesterday afternoon at the Council Chambers, to consider a letter received from Dr. Frank Gardner, Hon…
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ABOUT ten minutes to 2 this morning another addition to the long list of Newcastle conflagrations broke out. The fire broke out in or about the…
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LONDON, December 17.—An extensive fire has occurred at Leeds, by which over £70,000 worth of property has been destroyed…
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As briefly mentioned in our last issue, a still further addition to the long list of Newcastle conflagrations, took place early yesterday morning in Newcomen-street, closely…
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LATE on Tuesday night, or early yesterday morning, a fire broke out in a house at Charlstown owned by Mr. Mackerel, resulting in its total destruction. No clue has…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Intercolonial F ire Association, having re-insured, are only losers of £175 by the recent Newcastle fire…
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A MEETING of aldermen and insurance agents was held yesterday afternoon at the Council Chambers to further consider the question of securing adequate fire engine…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An extensive fire occurred at Forbes on Saturday night, through the bursting of a kerosene lamp. Messrs. Jacobs and Co.'s stores and six others…
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WE learn that yesterday a serious bush fire, resulting in great loss of property, occurred at Aberdeen. The estate of Mr. G. Hall, Blairmore, was ravaged by one of…
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