Fire
SHORTLY before two o'clock yesterday morning a young man named coulter, who is employed in the Telegraph Department, discovered a fire in an upstaire room of Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1891
226 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12
Victoria. Singular Outbreak of Fire
A singular outbreak of fire occurred at the top of the Empire buildings in Collins-street on Wednesday. A dense volume of smoke was seen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Fire and Marine Insurance
At the annual meeting of the shareholders in the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company on Thursday, the directors' report set forth that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Gulf of Mexico
On Wednesday a fire was discovered on the steamer Gulf of Mexico, at Port Adelaide. The fire was found to be in the fore deck under the forecastle on the starboard side of the ship,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, December 2. Manufacture of Locomotives. Assistance to Fire Brigades. Church and School Lands. Molong to Parkes Railway. Debate on the Financial Statement. SYDNEY
In the Assembly on Wednesday night, when our report closed, the House was debating a motion by Mr. Crick, "That in the opinion of this House all locomotives, cars,…
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THE Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade bell recently rang out an alarm of fire. A good number of members of the brigade were almost instantly up and away to the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
THE first annual meeting of the Wickham Fire Brigade was held at the fire station, Albert-street, on the evening of Friday last. The meeting…
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Captain Fletcher, of the tug steamer Admiral, which arrived on Thursday morning last week in the barque Dunard in tow for Glasgow (writes "Fair Play," of 30th October), reports that they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Sydney. Dead Loss to the Licensee. SYDNEY
AT about half-past 10 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in detached buildings fronting Bedford-street, and at the roar of, and attached to, the Clare Castle Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. Hobart, Wednesday. FIRE
A destructive fire occurred this morning at Launceston, when the premises of Mr. Montgomeric, draper, and Mr. Mackenzio, bedding manufacturer, were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. a Disastrous Fire. Great Loss of Life
NEW YORK, Wednesday.—A destructive fire broke out early this morning in Louisville, the capital of the State of Kentucky. It consumed an entire block of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Valparaiso
LONDON, Wednesday.—A disastrous fire, resulting in the destruction of the railway station, has occurred at Vaiparaiso, in Chili. It is believed that the conflagration was the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Wallsend. Fire Alarm
POSSIBLY no single brigade in the district has been so often called out by the cry of wolf than our local boys, and yet whenever the cry of fire is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Fire at Hangkow
CHINESE advices state that a terrific conflagration has occurred at Hangkow which had appalling results. The details are of the most meagre…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian News. New South Wales. a Destructive Fire
A CALAMITOUS fire occurred at Belanglo, near Berrima, whereby a respected farmer named Angel had iris house and all his belongings entirely destroyed. It seems that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian News. New South Wales. Bush Fire Near Warren
A. BUSH fire was accidentally started during the past week where the Gunningbar now homestead is being erected, and the fire was not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Stockton
A BOUT ton minutes to 10 o'clock last evening a lurid glare in the direction of Stockton told the people on this side of the harbour that a fire had broken out. The clanging of the…
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The attention of the Education Department having been drawn to the great loss caused by bush fires during the summer-season, the secretary has issued a circular to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in York-street. Sydney
AT 25 minutes to I o'clock this morning the night watchman on duty at a block of buildings in York-street, between Market and King streets, sent work by telephone that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Damage by Fire
About 100 tons of sheaved hay in the stockyard and hayvard, the property of Mr. Joseph[?]ng, and 50 tons of hay, a large chafing [?]nt, and 3000 empty bags, the…
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