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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
208 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11
THE coronial inquiry into the circumstances attending the fire which destroyed Messrs. Gibbs, Shallard, and Co.'s building, and the surrounding block, on the morning of October…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Friday.—Latest intelligence from Syracuse, the scene of the fatal fire yesterday morning, states that the number of deaths is not so large as was at first feared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A TREMENDOUS bush fire was raging near Clunes, ton miles from Lismore, on Friday. Three hundred acres of felled scrub was on fire to the west of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ROME, Friday.—News is to head from Siena, Central Italy, that the ancient Cathedral of that city is on fire, and in conesquence of the flames being fanned by a high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Sunday afternoon some excitement was caused by the ringing of the fire-bell. The members of the brigade turned out, and proceeded with all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Sunday about mid-day Messrs. Wm. Stevenson and Co's steam sawmills at Cooranbong wore completely destroyed by fire. Fortunately, Mr. Ashton happened to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING of the members of the above brigade was held on Monday evening, when there was a large attendance, including several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The stores of phosphorus and nitric acid in the cordial factory of Beckford and Sons ignited this morning, and streams of burning phosphorus ran out into the street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Matters in connection with the strike still remain very quiet. Several different opinions are being formed by the miners as to when the strike might terminate, but the general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inquest into the circumstances connected with the recent fire was resumed to-day. Superintendent Boar, in cross-examination, admitted that 17 or 18 firemen were in a state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ABOUT 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the chimney of a small dwelling in Railway-street was found to be on fire. The alarm was sounded at the various fire stations, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SINCE noon on Saturday the clanging of the fire bells has boon unpleasantly frequent, and, unfortunately, two large conflagrations, resulting in a heavy lose, have occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Several years ago I addressed a communication to the local press, advocating the establishment of a fire brigade in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE members of the fire brigade here feel not a little hurt to find that no mention was made of their presence at the fire which destroyed Mr. Ellis' sawmill at Wickham last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire on the steamer Namoi, in Sydney on Sept. 18th, was continued today, and further adjourned till to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHORTLY before noon yesterday the chimney of a wooden house next to the Black Diamond Hotel, Hunter-street West, caught fire, and the flames spread to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE inquest respecting the fire that broke out on the steamer Namoi while lying at the company's wharf, foot of Market-street, on the morning of September 18, was resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Friday afternoon a rather serious fire broke out at Wallalong, near Hinton, in a hay-shed, the property of a famer named Hamilton, which, with its contents, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A LARGE fire occurred at Nyngan on Friday night, about 8 p.m. The flames broke out in the store of Meek and Co., and within an hour their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday.âThe splendid block of buildings occupied by the Grand and Burlington hotels has been partially burned. The damage is estimated at a million and a…
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