New Zealand. Fire at Grbymouth
A fire which occurred at Greymouth on Tuesday night destroyed a block of nine business premises in Boundary-street, between the Argus office and Hannah's boot…
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Fires & bushfires, 1889
211 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
A Ship on Fire
Intelligence was received at Queenstown last month that the barque Queen of the East, which arrived at New York on the 14th altimo, reported having passed a large ship, apparently of British…
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LONDON, Thursday. — Further particulars with regard to the fire at Lynn, in the United States, give the damage done at 1,000,000 dollars, only a small portion of the property…
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ABOUT half past 11 .o'clock on Saturday night the residents of Hunter street and neighbourhood were startled by the clang of the firebell, and, upon rising, several of them…
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A SERIOUS railway collision has occurred at Bucharest. A luggage train, chiefly loaded with petroleum and live pigs, was run into from behind. The petroleum tanks…
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A TERRIBLE disaster occurred at night near Kingston, Ontario. A fire broke out on board the steamer Quinte, plying on the River St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario, and…
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INTELLIGENCE has been received at Queenstown that the barque Queen of the East, which arrived at New York on the 14th October, report having passed a large…
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LAST night an incident of an alarming bind occurred at the residence of Mr. Thomas Crew, Philadelphia Terrace, Watt-street. While a child 18-months old was asleep in…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The fire at Boston was caused by a defect in the electric light arrangements in the building where the fire broke out…
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LONDON, Sunday.— A fire has almost destroyed the fever hospital building at Rochester. There were 25 patients in the hospital at the time, but they were all…
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A grand concern and variety entertainment was tendered to the Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade at Young's Hall last evening, by the members of the Great Northern Variety…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The fire at the London Salvation Army barracks has been extinguished. The three top floors of the barracks were burned…
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The Newcastle City Fire Brigade held their usual monthly practice and meeting on Thursday night, there being a full muster of members, Deputy. Supt. Snipe in charge. The…
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A MEETING of the abovenamed association was held last evening at the Honeysuckle station, when the following brigades were represented:—Stockton, Tighe's Hill,…
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LAMBTON was en fete on Saturday on the occasion of the christening of the now hose reel. The members on several occasions since the water mains were laid throughout the…
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ABOUT half-past 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr. A. C. Robinson, cabinet-maker and undertaker, George-street. The premises are situated…
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ON Sunday a fire broke out on the Grawlin Plain near Forbes and swept over the farms of Messrs. C. Read and R. Brown, consuming 136 acres of wheat, the property of Read,…
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ABOUT 1 o'clock on the morning of October 26, a fire was discovered at the pit head of Dutbury Colliery, near Chorley, U.K. The outbreak is supposed to have been caused by…
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A serious accident occured yesterday (Thursday) about 3 o'clock to a girl, 19 years of age, named Mary Jane Cummings, dauguter of Mrs. Cummings, of Macquaric-street,…
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LODNON, Thursday.—Two exciting fires occurred in the city yesterday morning, when great damage was done. The Charterhouse School narrowly escaped destruction…
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