District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade
THE committee appointed to arrange the formation of the proposal Wallsend and Plattsburg Volunteer Fire Brigade, have at last received the reel, which was to be seen…
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Fires & bushfires, 1889
211 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
Victoria. the Fire Brigades Dispute
The long-standing dispute between the National Fire Brigades Association and the Insurance Companies Brigade has been amicably settled, a plan for the distribution of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire at Waratah
SHORTLY after 1 o'clock on Sunday morning a young man named D. Williams noticed fire issuing from an empty dwelling house in Hanbury, Waratah. He at once…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE S.S. AFGHAN. The Engine Fires Lighted
AT seven p.m. on Friday the steamer Afghan became perfectly upright, and the water was running out at her weather souppers. At daylight on Saturday morning the deck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Hose and Reel Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting of the above brigade took place on Tuesday last at their station, King-street. Captain Pattison occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Stockton. a Large Dwelling-house Destroyed
ABOUT 10 minutes past 6 last evening, the inhabitants of the city were roused by three loud reports from the signal guns at the fort, immediately followed by the clanging of the…
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THERE is an unvarying monotony in fires which occur at Stockton. There are no half measures about a fire in that township. A terrible glare alarms everybody on the…
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SOME premises occupied by Mr. Oulton, leather carrier, Nantwich, were recently discovered by the police to be ablaze. Mr. Oulton was absent, but Mrs. Oulton and four…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade Anniversary
THE members of the above brigade celebrated their first anniversary with a social in the School of Arts (kindly lent for the occasion) on Wednesday evening. There were about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle City Fire Brigade Annual Board Meeting
THE annual meeting of the board of the Newcastle City Fire Brigade was held yesterday morning at the office of Mr. Frank Gardner, J.P., Scott-street. There were…
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NEW YORK advices state that the British steamer Hawkhirsh sailed from London, March 6th, with a general cargo for Rio. On March 23rd the vessel caught fire when…
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A concert was given in the Mechanics Institute last evening, on the occasion of a benefit to the local Hose and Reel Brigade. Prior to the entertainment a torchlight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why Lord Beaconsfield's "Life" Hangs Fire
VARIOUS reports are current as to "The Life and Letters of Lord Beaconsfleld," upon which Lord Rowton has been for a long time engaged. Looking to the period which has…
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RECENT American files give a terrible account of the catastrophe in the Conemaugh Valley which swept away the doomed inhabitants of Johnstown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade
A MEETING of the committee of the Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening in the lecture room of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of enrolling the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destructive Fire In America
AN area of sixty four acres in the prosperous town, of Seattle, in the new State of Washington has been burned down. The fire consumed all the buildings for a mile in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Fire in Sydney. a Young Man Burnt to Death. Damage to Property
SYDNEY, Friday Night.âEarly this morning a fire was discovered at 163, Oxford-street, Woollahra, in a grocer's shop, occupied by Mr. Isaiah Holt and family. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton. Fire Brigade
The members of the Volunteer Fire Brigade celebrated their anniversary by a dinner at the Reservoir Hotel on Saturday evening. The spread was provided by the hostess, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Terrible Fire in America. a Town Demolished. Estimated Damage 15,000,000 DOLLARS
NEW YORK, Monday.—A large town near the Spokaw Falls, in Washington Territory, has been completely demolished by fire. The loss is estimated at fifteen millions of dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Fire Brigade
On Saturday the official christening of the local Hose and Reel Brigade will take place. Invitations have been sent to the aldermen of both Councils and the members of the…
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