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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
226 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 12
HEAVY bush fires are raging close to Narrabri. Early this week Mr. A. Brown, manager of Tarriaro, had to muster all the hands that the could possibly get, and after a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ABOUT 25 minutes to 11 o'clock last evening the firebells rang out their unwelcome sound. The cause was an explosion of ammonia in the premises of Mr. J. Ireland in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PANIC was caused in Prague by a fire which broke out at the convent in that city. The convent has a large hospital for incurables, and these patients were carried into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The lecture hall at Green Ponds has been burned down. The fire is attributed to a spark from an adjacent chimney, which set the shingles alight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.—There was a shocking fatality at Gateshead, near Newcastle, on Saturday, during the progress of the performance at the local theatre. A trifling fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gravatt's Imperial Hotel, at East Devonport, and a cottage adjoining have been destroyed by fire. Gravatt wear to Melbourne on Monday…
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