Terrible Bushfires near Singleton Miles of Country Ablaze
TELEGRAMS for some days past have notified an alarming outbreak of bushfires around the Singleton district. The Singleton Argus of Wednesday last stated that the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1884
186 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
The Fire Brigades Question
LONDON, Sunday.—Captain Shaw, the well known metropolitan authority, is being consulted relative to the appointment of a superintendent of the Sydney Fire…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A shepherd named Wm. Kennedy in the employ of Mr. Hugh Farrelly, of Rylstone, while endeavouring to extinguish a bush fire got engaged in…
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LONDON, Thursday.—An extensive fire has occurred at Silver and Co.'s, colonial outfitters, Cornhill. Later.—Silver and Co.'s premises were…
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JUNEE , Friday.—A carriage of a mixed train, between June and Wagga, took fire yesterday. The guard climbed over the carriages to the engine driver to get the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An extensive bush fire has occurred in the Barford and Langley district's between Knyeton and Heathcote. It extended all along to…
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WAGGA, Tuesday.—A bush fire on the Gaumain run, Wagga, has destroyed the grass for a space of five miles long, and one mile wide. It also ruined 12,080 acres of…
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BEGA, Tuesday.—The most destrctive fire that over occurred at Bega or in the district, broke out on Sunday night, in Church street. It originated in a wooden…
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The captain of the stramship Kent, which reached Port Adelaide (S.A.) an Saturday, reports that an alarming and very serious fire occurred on board that vessel shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Telegrams Large Fire at Christchurch, N.Z. £10,000 DAMAGES
CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday.—A very service fire has occurred in High-street, Christ-church, by which a large amount of damage has been done. The promises occupied by…
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PROBABLY the greatest bush fire known for years in the district spread from the direction of Adamstown towards the A. A. Company's pits shortly before noon yesterday. The extent of the confiagration at first…
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MAITLAND, Wednesday.—Violet and Thomas Marshall, the victims of yesterday's fire died to-day; Violet at 10 o'clock and Thomas at 4…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Parramatta Juvenile Exhibition building had a narrow escape from being burnt down yesterday, when several empty eases near the…
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A MEMBER of the Honeysuckle Point V. F. B. has recently invented a now fire alarm that has been tried, and affords the utmost satisfaction. Several efforts to…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.—A fire occurred at the Kaipara Hotel, Wellington, when two men were burned to death…
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AT about twenty five minutes to 2 o'clock this morning an extensive fire broke out at Mrs. Cork's confectionery establishment (next the Shipwrights'…
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HILLSTON, Saturday.—A most disastrous fire took place hero this morning. The Lands office, Courthouse, London Chartered Bank. O'Neill's…
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As briefly stated in yesterday's issue, Newcastle was treated to one of its periodical big fires about half-past 1 o'clock yesterday morning. About that hour the…
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ON the extinction of fires a correspondent writes to the Times:—"The continual occurrence of great fires in London and elsewhere, which are seldom, If ever,…
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KIAMA, Tuesday.—The dwelling house of Mrs. Robb, at Riverdale, Kiama has been totally destroyed by fire. It was insured in the Mutual Insurance Co. for…
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