The Fire at the Adelaide Post Office
A TELEGRAM from Adelaide to the S. M. Herald says:—If the whole building bad been destroyed the loss, apart from the value of the structure, would…
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Fires & bushfires, 1883
100 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
Terrible Fire and Loss of Life
ON Saturday evening, about half-past eight o'clock, a fire broke out at Mr. T. Lewis's furniture and fancy goods warehouse, Talbragar-street, Dubbo…
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LONDON, January 10.—A disastrous fire has occurred in Milwaukie, Chicago. A large hotel took fire, and seventy-six persons perished in the…
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NEW YORK, January 12.—From the latest accounts received of the recent destruction of an hotel in Milwaukie, Wisconsin, the loss of life is greater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Fire Brigade for Wallsend. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
SIR,—Some months have now elapsed since I submitted this matter through the columns of your journal, and up to this time nothing has been done. However,…
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A number of experiments have been made in this country to test the value of different materials for doors that may be exposed to fire, from which it appears…
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BOURKE, Saturday.—At about 11.30 last night smoke and flames were discovered to be issuing from the cellar of Messrs. A. Kirkpatrick and Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Late Fire at Bullock Island. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
SIR,—I have been always given to understand that there was a person constantly in charge of the gun on Flagstaff Hill, to give the alarm, by the firing off of the gun, in…
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AT about half-past 11 on Wednesday night the inhabitants of Tighe's Hill were startled by a loud explosion. Shortly afterwards an alarm of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trial of an Asbestos Fire Shield
A TEST of an asbestos curtain of fire shield was made recently before members of the Washington Fire Board, and the police and fire…
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ONCE more the Citizens of Newcastle have had to experience the agitation and alarm caused by the sudden outbreak of fire in their midst. Truly we may be…
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AT ten minutes to 3 o'clock yesterday morning, the inhabitants of Newcastle were startled by the continuous ringing of the fire bell and the ominous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cyclops and Fires. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Having read an extra issue of your paper on Tuesday, concerning the late fire in Hunter-street, in which it is stated that the "water supply from the Cyclops was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Fire. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Various remarks have been made to me with reference to my instigating inquiry into the cause of the late fire in Hunter-street. What will I gain? What…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Fire in Hunter-street. Coroner's Inquest
YESTERDAY the District Coroner, Mr. C. B. Ranclaud, held an inquest at the Court House into circumstances connected with the recent fire in Hunter-street, which…
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OF all the courts established under the laws of England, there is not a more ancient or honourable one than that of a Coroner. It is essentially a court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at the A.a. Co.'s Pit
YESTERDAY morning about 6 o'clock a fire was discovered in the first left-band heading through the Big Fault, in No. 1 district at. No. 2 pit belonging to the A.A. Co. The…
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NOTHING can be more irritable than the feeble, incomplete way in which some people poke their fires. I cannot bear to look at them. But I don't know which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at Liverpool
LONDON, April 28.—Two blocks of warehouses in Liverpool have been burns down, causing £250,000 damages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Fire in Hunter-street. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I shall feel obliged by your kindly inserting the following:— Newcastle April 26, 1883. MR. H. E. JORDAY…
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