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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
208 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
THE inquiry into the cause of the fire which destroyed the premises of Messrs. M'Lellan, Hellyer, and Co., in Hunter-street West, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Honeysuckle fire-bell rung out the alarm at about 5 o'clock last evening. The hose and reel was speedily run out, but, fortunately, it was not required. The cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING of the members of the newly-formed fire brigade at Wickham was held last night at the Wickham Council-chambers. The attendance was good. Mr. J. Ritchie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FIRE broke out the other day at Charlestown, U.S., at the Putnam Hotel, caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. The flames spread…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mayor of Hobart has given £100 towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent fire. Subscriptions are coming in freely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous bush fire is reported from the York district, and is inflicting sad havoc along the fences and crops en route. When the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SHORTLY after midnight on Saturday a fire broke out in an upstairs bedroom of a house belonging to Mr. A. Buxton, and situate in Scott-street, near the Centennial Hotel. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Saturday last, about mid-day, the town was thrown into a state of great excitement, by the ringing of the firebell, and the news quickly spread that Mr. Thomas Turnbull's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHORTLY after nine o'clock last evening a fire broke out in the cabin of the schooner Louisa Hassell, which is lying moored under No. 3 hydraulic crane at the dyke. All…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MEETING was held in the council chambers on Thursday night, for the purpose of forming a hose and reel brigade. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DURING the extreme heat on Saturday a very extensive bush-fire occurred on the southern outskirts of the town of Bulli, destroying in its course a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY has again been visited by the fiery element. About a quarter to 9 o'clock tonight the watchman on duty at Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s wharf, Miller's Point,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE fire this afternoon was still burning, and although the firemen had throughout the night a large number of hoses playing upon the flames and surrounding buildings,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE annual meeting was held in the station-house last Tuesday evening, Captain Warland in the chair, when a large number of very important matters were dealt with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A HORSE, carrying a lantern attached to his collar, fell in the Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, the other night. The kerosene oil which was in the lantern exploded, enveloping the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SYDNEY has been again visited by a fire Yesterday, about half-past 10, an alarm was given that flames had broken out in the rear part of the Pacific Foundry,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EARLY on Sunday morning a fire was discovered in a shed attached to a produce store, Redfern, occupied by Messrs. Kilbourne and Burkett,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A MEETING of the management committee and members of the newly-formed Wickham Fire Brigade was hold last night at the Workmen's Dining-rooms, Greenway-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN a stable, situate at the rear of Messrs. Laycock, Son, and Nettleton's bedding factory, Factory-street, Darling Harbour, four valuable horses were roasted to death, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT a few minutes after 6 o'clock yesterday morning several persona in Bolton-street observed smoke issuing from the roof of Wood Brothers and Castlemaine Brewery…
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