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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1883

100 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 5

Big Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.—A large fire has occurred at St. George, Queensland. Lieman and Benjamin's store and colonade were destroyed. The total loss was £6500…

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Fire at Dunedin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

DUNEDIN, Monday.—A fire has occurred at Hatton, King, and Co.'s stores, Dunedin. The damage is estimated at £3000…

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Fire at Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1883 · page 2

HOBART (Tasmania), Wednesday.—The Union Hotel, Hobart, has been destroyed by fire. During the conflagration the entire horse Merriman and another horse…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. Serious Fire in a Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1883 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A fire occurred at St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Melbourne, when the whole of the valuable contents and fittings and the library were…

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Bush Fires at Moruya

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 2

MORUYA, Thursday.—Severe bush fires have occurred at Moruya, whereby three lines of telegraph have been burnt down…

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Hayti Fires on the British Flag

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—News has been received that the soldiers of the Republic of Hayti have fired upon the British flag…

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A Disastrous Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 2

PARIS, Wednesday.—Two large worsted factories at Roubaix have been destroyed by fire…

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Original Correspondence. Baths, Fire, and Stinks. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 4

SIR,—I would ask your attention to the above subject. I would have written before had I not felt fully confident that the improvement committee would have…

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Destructive Fire at Brussels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.—A destructive fire occurred last night at Brussels, resulting in the total destruction of the Parliament buildings, in which both Chambers of the…

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Great Fire at Alexandria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—The Grand Square at Alexandria, rebuilt since the late bombardment, has been again destroyed by fire…

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Destructive Fire at Lisbon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1883 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—A destructive fire has taken place at the dockyard at Lisbon, when one Portugese man-of-war was destroyed…

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Destructive Bush Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 4

STROUD, Friday.—Destructive bush fires have occurred at Stroud, where five homesteads, with barns and outhouses were destroyed, the occupants barely escaping…

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Fires in the Metropolitan District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A fire occurred at Woodward's coach factory last night, but was extinguished after some slight damage had been done…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. Extensive Fire at Auckland (N.Z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 4

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.—A fire occurred here yesterday, by which eight houses were burned down. The damage done is valued at £5000…

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Disastrous Fire at Lithgow. Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1883 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred at an early hour this morning on the works of the Vale of Clwydd Coalmining and Copper-smelting Company. About 10 minutes after midnight a light was observed in the…

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Disastrous and Fatal Fire at a School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—Intelligence is to hand of a disastrous fire, involving considerable loss of life, which occurred at Malata(?). A Jewish school caught fire, and the flames…

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Fire in Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1883 · page 2

LAUNCESTON (Tasmania), Thursday.—Mr. Alexander Evans' Soap and Candle, Factory, at Launceston, has been destroyed by fire…

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Fire at Wood Brothers' Brewery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1883 · page 4

ABOUT ten minutes to two o'clock yesterday afternoon an alarm of fire was given at Wood Brothers' Castlemaine Brewery, near Honeysuckle Point. Crowds of horsemen…

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Destructive Fire at Cooktown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 2

COOKTOWN, Saturday.—Last night, about 10 o'clock, a fire broke out on the promises of Clunn and Sons, timber merchants, when about 30,000 feet of dry…

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TELEGRAMS. The Fire at the Vale of Clwydd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday.—The operations for remedying the damage done by the late fire at the Vale of Clwydd mine are so far advanced that work was resumed this…

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