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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
112 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6
SIR,—I think there are few indeed throughout the district, and also beyond it, where our fellow business-man (Mr. J. Burke) is known, that do not most sincerely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—No doubt facts are stubborn things, and hard to be swallowed, much less relished by those who wish to screen their friends. In your issue of Monday it is put…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—A serious fire broke out on Saturday night, at Bothwick's oil and colour stores, George-street south, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.âHugh Pedrotti, Secretary No. 4 Volunteer Company, was charged with having wilfully cut the hose belonging to the Fire Insurance Brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are requested by Mr. John Burke, to notify an omission that occurred in the list of names of those gentlemen who proffered pecuniary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE usual monthly practice of the Fir Brigade was held on Thursday evening, under the immediate supervision of Mr. Superintendent Gardner, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—An extensive fire broke out at 4 this morning on the back premises of the new stores of Messrs. D. Mitchell and Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUBJOINED is a copy of an important letter received on Saturday by Mr. Frank Gardner, Superintendent of the Newcastle Fire Brigade. It is highly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT a quarter past 10 last night three signal guns from the Hill lookout, followed by the ringing of fire-bells gave the alarm of a supposed fire aboard a vessel at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, September 14 — A fire has taken place on board the Gaion steamer Alaska, while conveying from New York to Liverpool the-homeward San Francisco…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday, 9 a.m.—The Garden Palace has been totally destroyed by fire, which broke out at 5.30 this morning. The building was in ruins by 7. It is supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT was hopeless from the first to expect to save the building, for the flames spread like wild fire, and even if the firemen had had a good supply of water they would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.âThere are very little more particulars regarding the recent fire at, the Garden Palace. Arrangements have been made for a full inquiry before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The adjourned inquest on the late fire at the Garden Palace was resumed to-day. The jury visited the ruins, and called the evidence of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE (S. M. Herald) have been requested to mention,—with reference to a cablegram published on the 18th inst., stating that" a fire has taken place on board the Guion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A large fire has occurred at Wright's bedding factory, and Cardsley's wholesale grocer's shop. Mrs. Wright was unable to make her escape, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The inquest on the Garden Palace fire was continued, and several witnesses have been examined as to the spot where it was seen first. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the most disastrous fires that has taken place in the Hunter River district for very many years occurred at Windemere, near Lochinvar,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN spite of our boasted progress in the management of appliances for extinguishing fires in Sydney, and also of the utility of the various means for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE adjourned inquest on the fire at the Garden Palace was on Tuesday resumed in the Coroner's Court, before the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shied, J.P. The testimony…
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