Extensive Fire at Bourke. Sydney
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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Fires & bushfires, 1890
208 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Fire at Petersham
ABOUT 4 o'clock this morning a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Langdon, Hopkins, and Langdon, timber merchants, of Canterbury-road, Petersham. An excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tighe's Hill. Scare of Fire
Some alarm was caused on Saturday morning about half-past 6 o'clock, when smoke and jets of flame were noticed coming from the premises occupied by Mrs. Proctor, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Fire at Narrabri. Sydney
SHORTLY after midnight a fire broke out in the printing-room of the Northern Argus, [?]arrabri, and completely destroyed the whole of the building and plant. Before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Balmain. Estimated Damage £8000. SYDNEY
SHORTLY after 2 o'clock this morning Constable Tombs, of Balmain, while on duty in Reynolds-street, observed smoke issuing from the premises owned and occupied by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade Benefit
ON Tuesday evening the benefit in aid of our volunteer fire brigade will be held in the School of Arts. An excellent programs has been arranged, comprising no fewer than 32…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Immense Fire at Salonica
CONSTANTINOPLE, Friday.—News is to hand that an immense fire has broken out at Salonica. The whole of the European quarter of the town has been destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on a Steamer
A fire occurred on board the steamer Maid of Lincoln, at Fremantle, on Friday. The engine room and fixings were completely gutted, but the cargo was not injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade Concert
SPECIAL attention is drawn to the concert to be hold this evening in the hall of the School of Arts, in aid of our local Volunteer Fire Brigade. An excellent programme has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade Concert
The benefit tendered to the members of the fire brigade, on Tuesday evening, in the Wallsend School of Arts, proved an unqualified success, the large hall being crowded to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. the Fire on the Nettie
The fire on board the brigantine Nettie at Lyttelton was extinguished without sinking her. Foal play is now suspected. SAN FRANCISO MAIL SERVICE…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plattsburg. FIRE
On Monday morning between 1 and 2 o'clock the residents of both towns were suddenly roused out of their sleep by the ringing of the fire bell, and within a short…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alhambra Palace on Fire
MADRID, Tuesday.—News is to hand from Granada that a fire has broken out in the Alhambra Palace. The building is ablaze, and great damage has already been done…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire in Sydney. Estimated Damages, £2000. SYDNEY
A DESTRUCTIVE fire, and one involving a loss of nearly £2000, occurred in Clarence-street at an early hour this morning, at the establishment of Mr. J. A. Bull, tea merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Board the Steamer Namoi. Estimated Damage £3000. The Saloon Gutted. SYDNEY
CONSIDERABLE consternation was caused in the city this morning about 9 o'clock when it was stated that a fire had broken out on board the well-known steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Merewether
ABOUT half-past 1 o'clock on Thursday morning a man living in a weatherboard cottage in Hopkins-street, Merewether, discovered that a fire had occurred in one of…
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THE great mining town of Wallace, in the Cour Dalene district, Idaho, has been totally destroyed by fire. Fifteen hundred people are left destitute and homeless. The loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Greta. Fire in the Pit
The fire which broke out at the B Pit on Wednesday is again reported to be extinguished. The fire occurred in no old heading in the north side, which has not been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australia. Fire
A destructive fire occurred at Griffin's stores, Hamley Bridge, on Thursday morning, the whole stock and fittings of the shop, &c., being completely destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disturbances at Greta. Non-unionists Stoned. the Non-unionists Fire on the Crowd
MEAGRE details arrived early this morning regarding the reception of the non-unionists who proceeded to Greta for the purpose of filling small coal. The non-unionists, to the…
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