Fire Brigades Act. Proposed Extension to Newcastle
THE discussion as to the advisability or otherwise of extending this Act was referred to in a recent issue. We learn that the question will the debated by the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1887
98 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
Fire Brigades Act Extension. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Allow me—and I think I express the opinion of all property-holders and respectable people—to say that I think the proposed extension of…
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SIR,—In you issue of to-day there appears under the above heading a contemptible effusion from some weak-minded person, who, in submitting…
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A fire broke out early this morning in the block of warehouses situated in Wood street, Cheapside. The flumes rapidly attained a complete mastery,…
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ON Saturday evening the members of the Lambton Fire brigade paid Wallsend a visit with their new engine, and at Nelson-street Bridge, where there…
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THE S.M. Herald's Auckland correspondent wires on Tuesday:—The following is a complete list of the insurances on property destroyed in…
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ABOUT 6.30 o'clock last night a fire occurred on the Newcastle Racecourse Ground, in a four-roomed tenement occupied by Mr. Patrick Murphy, who is is the employ of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RANGOON, Sunday. Fires at Rangoon
A great conflagration took place here, resulting in the destruction of a large amount of property. This is the third fire which has occurred here…
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A LARGE fire occurred in Dubbo on Sunday morning. The steam saw and joinery mills belonging to Edwin Davies were burnt to the ground. The…
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"All Nature is but art unknown to thee, All chance, direction which thou caust not see."…
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THE following members of the different fire brigades have proceeded to Sydney during the past few days, en route to the Victorian capital, for the purpose of taking…
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SIR,— We think it too bad that so able a body of young men, who are willing to give their time and energies for the benefit of the storekeepers and…
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About 20 years ago, my duty called me daily through the wards and cells of a large hospital. Adjoining the buildings were extensive grounds, laid…
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RECENTLY a terrible fire broke out in the People's Park, Madras, India. The disaster occurred at a moment when the vast enclosure devoted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CORRESPONDENCE. Newcastle Fire Brigade. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The following is a copy of a letter received by me this morning:— To the Secretary Honeysuckle Fire Brigade…
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Report, for which I can absolutely vouch in all its details, though there can be no doubt of its general truth, informs us that no less than five of his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE. The Honeysuckle Point Fire Brigade. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
Sir,—Summerfield and Co.'s magnanimous contribution towards the funds of the Honeysuckle Point Fire Brigade is well timed, but not so that firm's…
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Months passed, and spring succeeded winter. The only remaining parent of the elder girl fled with her family to the cooler regions of the north; and her…
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Sir,—The following letters were received by me this morning. By inserting them in to-morrow's issue of your paper you would greatly oblige.—Yours &c.,…
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Charles had never before encountered a genuine specimen of that curious variety of humanity, once so common, but now so rare, in…
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