Fire near Tarago
TARAGO, Wednesday.—Five stacks of hay, valued at £500, the property of Mr. Wyatt, of Tarago, have been destroyed by fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1885
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
Alarm of Fire
ABOUT 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon an alarm of the was rang out at the Newcastle City Fire Brigade Station. The men were at once mustered, and the engine taken out, when it turned out only to be a fire…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Tanmert's basket stores were destroyed by fire. The damage is more than covered by insurance…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Messrs. Webb and Son's Erated Water factory at Belfast, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A considerable sum in cash was lost in the…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Humboldt mine at Taradale, valued at £2000, was destroyed by fire yesterday. It is supposed that the fire originated from the furnace…
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THE above brigade have accepted the tender of Milne Bro.'s, of Sydney, for supply of a large bell for their new station. The bell, which is at present in the Exhibition now being held in Sydney, is…
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AT ten minutes to 11 o'clock last night the bell rang out an alarm of fire, and, as if by magic, an immense crowd of persons poured down Hunter-street towards King-street, where flames were seen darting from…
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AFTER burning all Tuesday night, the ruins of the fire in Lower King-street broke out into fresh flames towards noon. The fire alarm bell was sounded, and an engine quickly reached the place. There…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Cripps has been further remanded till tomorrow…
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SYNDEY, Thursday.—H. F. Cripps has been committed for trial upon charge of arson…
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SIR,—A short time ago I noticed in an issue of of your paper a paragraph from one of your Wallsend correspondents, anent the formation of fire-brigade. I was glad to see it, and thought it…
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THERE are one or two circumstances connected with the late fire which cannot be suffered to pass without comment. The first and most important of these is the…
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A COMPETITION between the members of the above mentioned brigade, for prizes specially presented for competition by the members only at the late firemen's carnival…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Judges in Chambers, have granted bail to J. F. Cripps, himself in £500 and two sureties of £250 each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. the Late Fire. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I wish to contradict some part of your leading article of Monday, 26th inst., in reference to the late fire in King-street on Tuesday evening. I, with my son and…
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SIR,—I noticed in your issue of Saturday a letter under the above heading, signed "An Observer," in which "Observer" advocates the establishment of a fire…
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MELEBOURNE, Saturday.—The residence of the Hon. T. J. Sumner, at Stoney Park, on the banks of [?]erri Creek, near the suburb of Brunswick, has been burned…
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ALBURY, Monday.—On Saturday night Mr. William Steel's boot store, Dean-street, and the warehouse of Griffiths and Co., auctioneers, were destroyed by fire. The…
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MR. COOK'S, residence, Devonshire-street, off Blanc-street, near Honeysuckle Point, was the scene of almost another big conflagration about nine o'clock on Sunday evening. The splendid bell lately…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A fire broke out at Mr. Clark's, jeweller, of King-street. The floor of the shop was destroyed by fire before the flames were subdued…
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