The Stockton Fire Inquest
MR. G. C. MARTIN, J.P., resumed his in quiry into the fire at Stockton on January 17, at the Look out Hotel, yesterday. Sub-inspector Lynch conducted the case…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1888
130 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 7
An Important Case. Beale v. Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company
IN the Jury Court on Friday, before Mr. Justice Stephen, and a jury of four, the above Newcastle case came on. Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. Bruce Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Stockton Fire Inquest. Arrested for Arson
THE adjourned inquest into the circumstances attending the origin of a fire which occurred at Stockton on the 17th of January, by which the premises of Messrs. Jones and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Small Fire
ABOUT 10.30 o'clock last night the guns at the Fortification Hill and the firebells of the city proclaimed that a fire had broken out, and, in anticipation of a big blaze, a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Islington
WHAT might have been a serious conflagration occurred here yesterday at the premises of Mr. Miller, storekeeper, in Fern-street, Between the hours of 1 and 2 p.m. a young…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Board the Ship Aristomene. Damage Estimated at £3000
YESTERDAY morning, about five, minutes before 9 o'clock, the ship's bell of the fine iron ship Aristomene, which was lying moored in the horseshoe freighted with coal, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Ireland's Premises
ABOUT twenty minutes past 12 o'clock this morning, the fire-bell, followed by three guns fired from Signal Hill, gave an alarm of fire. The latter was discovered to be in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recent Fire at Stockton. to the Editor
SIR,—Allow me, in the interests of all concerned in this important case, to correct a portion of your leader as to the true finding of the Coroner's jury,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Aristomene Fire Inquest
THE adjourned inquest touching the origin of the fire on board the ship Aristomene, was resumed on Saturday morning by the coroner, Mr. G. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Aristomene Fire Inquest
THE inquest into the Aristomene fire was resumed yesterday morning by the District Coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, at Walsh's Hotel, Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Aristomene Fire Inquest
THE inquest touching the recent fire on board the ship Aristomene was continued by the coroner yesterday morning. David Cantell, third officer of the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Aristomene Fire Inquest
THE inquest into the circumstances touching the origin of the fire which took place on Sunday week on board the ship Aristomene was brought to a conclusion last night, after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Fire on Board the Aristomene. to the Editor
SIR,—I have been asked by the second mate of the ship who refused me permission to go below. For his information I may say I never said that any person refused me…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday night. a Steamer on Fire
It has transpired that the Colonial Union Company's s.s. Selembria, from New Zealand en route to London with a freight of frozen meat, put into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire
SHORTLY after midnight this morning, Newcastle was thrown into a state of excitement by the clanging of firebells and the discharge of three guns from the fort…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Disastrous Fire
THE Government of the North-west, provinces of India has sustained a heavy, if not irreparable, loss by the burning of the secretariat offices at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Destructive Fire at Gunnedah
A VERY extensive fire (says the Herald's Gunnedah correspondent) took place here on Saturday night, whereby seven wooden buildings were in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Fire Brigade
Webb, member of the London Fire Brigade, has been posted second in command of the Sydney Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence the Minmi Fire-eaters. to the Editor
SIR—I have seen the latest "bluff" of your Minmi firebrand, and, as he appears to think he has got a "soft thing on," I now hasten to set him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stockton Fire Brigade Picnic
The members of the newly-formed Stockton Fire Brigade, with their families and others, held a picnic yesterday, the proceeds of which were to go towards purchasing a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →