Fire in Hunter-street
LAST night the bell rang out an alarm of fire shortly before 10 o'clock. Hunter-street was quickly filled with people, and the fire was discovered to be on the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1885
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10
Honeysuckle Volunteer Fire Brigade
IN another column appears an advertisement announcing the several attractions that are to be[?]be submitted at the forthcoming entertainments to be held in the…
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A public meeting, in connection with the formation of a fire brigade for the boroughs of Wallsend and Plattsburg, was convened to be held in the hall of the Plattsburg…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Goldman and Company's stores, Narrabri, were burnt to the ground last night, nothing being saved. The Commercial Bank at one time was in…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The barque Kiandra, lying at Dalton's Wharf, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire, which occurred in the sail cabin, doing a large…
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THE N.C. Fire Brigade held their annual meeting at the station on Thursday evening last, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of electing officers for the year. Mr. F…
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THE entertainment to be held this evening, in aid of the funds of the above, at the Victoria Theatre, promises to be a great success. The programme to be submitted is a…
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THE benefit entertainment in aid of the purchase of a steam fire engine, in connection with the above brigade, came off in the Victoria Theatre last evening, and…
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[?]Y, Friday.—The daughter of sergeant Pirie has been burnt to through her clothes taking fire…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Last evening a boy saw sparks flying from the chimney of the Metropolitan Hotel, Edward-street. He immediately ran and gave the alarm…
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A COMBINED public meeting of the inhabitants of Wallsend and Plattsburg was held in the Council Chambers, Wallsend, on Tuesday evening, the 16th instant., the Mayor of…
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THE second entertainment in aid of the funds of the above brigade, for the purchase of a steam engine, came off the Victorian Theatre on Saturday evening, and was a…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Another extensive fire has occurred on the premises of Mr. Wm. Whiteley, "The Universal Provider," at Westbourne Grove. The…
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Mr. Cullinane's large drapery and establishment at Gympie was burnt down early yesterday morning. The loss is estimated at between £15,000…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The residence of Captain Burns, the Marine Superintendent of the Harbours and Rivers Department, was totally destroyed by fire…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A woman named Susan Newton, 45, was killed by suffocation from smoke. She was fearfully burned. A small fire occurred in…
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A small, dilapidated building in Mary-street, used as a store-room for empty cases by Messrs. Perkins and Co., was destroyed by fire yesterday…
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THE pretty little exhibition known as the "Japanese Village," which has been locate,, at Knightsbridge, London for some months, was totally…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The American barque Obed Baxter, 877 tons, Captain Colby, which cleared out for Newcastle a few days ago in charge of Pilot Dennis,…
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The Commissioner of Police on Saturday received a telegram from Inspector Armstrong, of Roma, to the effect that a fire occurred on Friday morning in the…
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