Australian News. New South Wales. Fire on the Taiyuan
THE China Navigation Company's steamer Taiyuan arrived in Port Jackson on Sunday morning from Hongkong via ports. On the passage down the coast at 2.30 a.m. on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1890
208 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Australian News. New South Wales. Fire on a Steamer
SHORTLY before midnight of Tuesday an outbreak of fire occurred on board the B.I.S.N. Company's steamer Bancoora, then lying alongside the wharf, Sydney. The flames originated…
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LAST evening, at about 6.30, the firebell rang out a wild alarm which quickly put the fire brigade and others on the alert. A chimney in the residence of Mr. Thomas Cavender,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Fire at Paddington
EARLY on Saturday morning a fire broke out in a tenement at Paddington occupied by Alderman Beare. The detached partly weatherboard kitchen was totally destroyed,…
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THEODORE WELLMULLER, a wealthy reachman of California, was taken from his house by a band of unknown men, saturated with turpentine, and burned to death. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire at Stamboul. Turkish Fire-engines at Work. Nine Hundred Houses Destroyed
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 18.—A large timber yard at Stamboul has caught fire. Nine hundred houses and shops were burned, leaving a scene of immense devastation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australia. Fire on the Ellerslie
The damage caused by the recent fire on board the Ellerslie has been ascertained to be very considerable. All the cabin stores were destroyed or damaged, and the saloon was…
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ABOUT a quarter past 5 this morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to promises in Clarence street, where, on arrival it was found that a fire had broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Vessel on Fire. Narrow Escape of the John S. Emery. Probable Damages
SHORTLY before a quarter-past 8 o'clock last evening the unwelcome clanging of the fire bells—fortunately a rare occurrence in Newcastle—were heard, followed by the sound of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire on the John S. Emery
The damage to the American brigantine John S. Emery which was on fire in the harbour on Thurs-night, turns out to be less than was anticipated. A survey at the vessel was made yesterday by…
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A DISASTROUS fire took place on the evening of June 18th in the Pulp Company's Works on Wellington-street, Montreal. Over 100 girls, whose escape was cut off by the flames,…
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LONDON, Monday.—A terrible fire broke out on Mount Athos, a lofty mountain in European Turkey, at the extremity of the peninsula of Macedonia. Whole forests were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Alleged Absconder. a Fire Brigade Secretary. SYDNEY
CONSIDERABLE consternation was caused in fire brigade circles on Saturday morning, when it became known that the popular secretary of the M. F. Brigade, Mr. William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, August 7. Legislative Assembly. Grants in Aid of Fire Brigades. The Newcastle Southern Breakwater. Charges against Vernon Boys. Alleged Northern Rifle Association. Explosion of Firedamp in Newcastle District. SYDNEY
THE Speaker took the chair at 4 30 p.m. FIRE BRIGADES. Mr. M'MILLAN, in reply to Mr. FITZGERALD, said that it was customary to give…
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THE Echo des Mines et de la Metallurgio publishes the description of a now apparatus invented by M. Coquillon, for indicating firedamp in a mine when it is present in any…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extensive Fire at Redfern. a Timber-yard Destroyed. SYDNEY
A FIRE of considerable magnitude broke out at 8.40 this morning in the extensive workshops belonging to Mr. George Raffan, builder and timber merchant, of Clevenland-street,…
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THE barracks of the Guards-Hussars caught fire at Potsdam on June 11, but the flames were subdued before any great damage was done. During the excitement a working…
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SERIOUS fires have occurred in the Ural (Russia) mining districts, causing great loss of life, and considerable damage to property. The iron works at Ufaleisk and New Jansk…
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A Young married women, the wife of Mr. John Howie, of Hamilton, mot with a terrible accident yesterday. The unfortunate lady was sitting very close to the fire,…
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SHORTLY before 3 o'clock this morning Bourke was awakened by the clanging of the firebell and loud cries of "Fire." Flames were seen issuing from the premises…
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