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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1892

202 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11

The Fire in York-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 November 1892 · page 5

IN connection with the late fire at Messrs. W. Gardiner and Co.'s warehouse in York-street, the insurance claims having been satisfactorily settled, Messrs. W. WINN and…

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Greta. the Recent Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1892 · page 5

An inquiry was held on Thursday, before Mr. Crothers, coroner, into the circumstances attending the late fire in High-street. John Snushall deposed that at about 20…

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Fire in Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A disastrous fire has occurred in the city of Tokio, the capital of Japan. Six hundred houses were completely destroyed, and many others injured. No loss…

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A Coalpit on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1892 · page 3

FROM some unknown cause the shaft of the Coalpit Heath mine, at Brunnerton, near Greymouth (N.Z.), caught fire, the first notice of it being…

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Fire in Pacific-street

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1892 · page 5

SHORTLY before half-past 8 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in a two-roomed weatherboard cottage situated in a yard off Pacific-street. It was fortunately extinguished by…

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Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 4

ABOUT 4 o'clock yesterday morning some men passing along Bull-street noticed flames emerging from a weatherboard cottage next door but one to Dawson-street. The alarm…

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Fire at a Crockery Store. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 5

EARLY this morning a fire broke out in the crockery and glassware store of Mr. Alfred Ford, Oxford-street. The fire had apparently originated in a packing room on the ground…

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Disastrous Fire at Rookwood. a Tallow Warehouse Gutted. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 6

LAST evening a fire occurred at the works of the Sydney Meat-preserving Company, at Rookwood, about 11 miles from Sydney. Both…

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At Winn's Fire Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 November 1892 · page 5

BARGAINS.—Any amount of startling lines left. Call to-day and secoure some…

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At Winn's Fire Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 5

BARGAINS.—Any amount of startling lines left. Call to-day and secure some…

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At Winn's Fire Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 5

BARGAINS.—Any amount of startling lines left. Call to-day and secure some. 2436…

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Great Fire at the London Docks. Enormous Destruction of Property

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 November 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—A great fire is raging in the heart of the London docks. The burning buildings cover a large area. Already a huge…

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At Winn's Fire Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1892 · page 4

BARGAINS.—Any amount of startling lines left. Call to-day and secure some…

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Avenging Dishonour. a Man Shoots His Wife and Her Paramour. Then Fires their House. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1892 · page 5

A MAN named Thos. Fender shot his wife and her paramour named Houringan at the Great Northern Mine, near Rutherglen. His wife had left him in consequence of his…

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Fire in Edinburgh

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The promises of Messrs. Jeuner and Company, drapers, in Princes-street, Edinburgh, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £250,000…

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At Winn's Fire Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 December 1892 · page 5

BARGAINS.—Any amount of startling lines left. Call to-day and secure some. 2136…

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At Winn's Fire Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 December 1892 · page 5

BARGAINS.—Any amount of startling lines left. Call to-day and secure some…

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Stockton Volunteer Fire Brigade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1892 · page 3

THE fifth annual meeting of the Stockton Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the engine shed on Thursday night, Captain Abe Gant in the chair…

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Wickham Fire Brigade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1892 · page 5

THE annual meeting of the Wickham Fire Brigade took place on Friday evening, a full muster of the .brigade being present under the presidency of Captain C. Dagwell…

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Alarm of Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1892 · page 4

SHORTLY after 2 o'clock this morning the fire bells rang, and the city brigade turned out with their reel. The alarm was at first given from the west end. The city brigade…

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