The Fires in Hillston. Total Loss £80,000
THE loss by the fire at Hillston on Saturday amounts to about £30,000. Mr. O'Donnell's loss is £20,000. He was insured for £10,000. Mr. O'Neill lost…
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Fires & bushfires, 1884
186 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 10
The Late Fire
The following copy of a letter will speak for itself:— "Newcastle, February 5th, 1884. "Frank Gardner, Esq., Hon. Superintendent, City…
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SIR.—Will you allow me to suggest the advisability of the Council's giving orders for the street hydrant to operate on the smouldering relics of the late fire in Hunter-street. For three days Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Late Fire. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR.—In your report of the late disastrous fire there occurs a slight inaccuracy that I trust you will allow me the honour of correcting through your valuable columns. I refer to that portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigades. To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate
SIR,—Coming across a letter in your paper signed William Hillier, secretary to the Honeysuckle Point Fire Brigade, I am really surprised to haer him state that they…
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THE Appin correspondent of a Sydney journal gives the following account of a great bush fire that raged in that district:—Through the careless use of matches a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Fire in Tamworth
TAMWORTH, Saturday.—At West Tamworth the wooden dwelling-house of Mr. Stockbridge took fire yesterday afternoon, and was soon burned to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Telegrams Destructive Fire near Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Early yesterday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. A. W. Fittes' oil and glue factory, near the railway bridge, Kensington, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Terrible Fire at Helensville (N.z.)
IT is our painful duty to chronicle a serious fire at Helensville, resulting not only in the loss of valuable property but also of the lives of two men,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Brigades. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In your issue of the 8th, there appears a letter under the above heading, signed "A Ratepayer," in which I am accused of falsehood, a rather grave charge…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.âThe stables and dwelling of Edward Walsh, van proprietor, of Newtown, were burned to the ground yesterday. They were insured for £500…
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DENILIQUIN, Thursday.—The Court-house Hotel at Deniliquin was burnt to the ground yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Moran and child. (visitors), and Mrs. Jurney (landlady), were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protection From Fire at Wallsend. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The narrow escape we have had here of a wholesale destruction of valuable property by fire, should lead to the adoption, by the authorities, of such measures…
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THE following is a more detailed account of the fatal fire at Deniliquin on Thursday:—A shocking calamity occurred at Deniliquin early on Thursday morning. A…
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WAGGA, Tuesday.—Large bush fires have been raging round Wagga. Three thousand acres of grass have been burned, together with several miles of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Billy Kirwan. How He Managed the Fire Eater
ONE day Billy Kirwan, a well-known Dublin bill-broker of great wealth and equal shrewdness' was offered, as he sat on his accustomed window-sill in…
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CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused here last Tuesday evening, about 9 o'clock, by an alarm of fire being raised throughout the town. It was soon seen that the cause…
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ABOUT ten minutes before five o'clock this morning, the violent ringing of the alarm bells announced that Newcastle had once more added to its unenviable…
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A FEW minutes after 9 o'clock the firebells once again played out their doleful tune, and set the town a-wondering. It was found that a fire had broken out on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Fire at Deniliquin. Verdict of Incendiarism
DENILIQUIN, Friday.—At the inquest on the fire at the hotel at Deniliquin, when four lives were lost, a verdict of incendiarism was returned…
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