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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
219 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 11
AN extraordinary fire took place at the Tarragon Hotel, corner of King and Sussex streets, early this morning. The watchman at Messrs. Gardiner and Company's store…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The suspicious outbreak of fire that occurred at the Tarragon Hotel yesterday will form the subject of a coroner's inquest to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE annual meeting of the Wickham Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Friday evening, First Lieutenant Holmes-presiding. The preliminary business having been gone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT a quarter to 10 o'clock last night, a lurid glare illumined the sky ill the vicinity of Tighe's Hill and Hayfield denoting that a fire had broken out. The flames lit up the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANTWERP, Monday.—A large fire has occurred here, resulting in the destruction of the Hanseatic Grain Warehouse. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE inquest regarding the origin of the suspicious fire on Wednesday last at the Tarragon Hotel, King and Sussex streets, city, was resumed to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROME, Tuesday.—Serious riots have occurred in the town of Giardinello, in the island of Sicily. The troops were called out to quell the disturbance,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN application was made to Mr. Justice Stephen in Chambers this morning by Mr. for bail on behalf of the defendants, who had been committed for trial by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FEW minutes after 3 o'clock on Saturday morning Mr. John Davis, news agent, noticed that an unoccupied four-roomed house in Belmore-street, adjoining his own…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JUDGE STEPHEN, in Chambers, has granted bail to O'Neill and Mutch, committed for trial for arson in connection with the recent fire at the Tarragon Hotel. Bail was fixed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ACTING upon representations made to them by Mr. W. Hillier, secretary of the Honeysuckle Fire Brigade, who brought under the notice of the members the fact that free railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE great fire at Damascus resulted in the destruction of a large part of the Great Mosque, the most important building in the city. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A FIRE broke out at W. and A. Smith's tannery early this morning. The conflagration was first observed by one of the nursing staff at the hospital, who communicated with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During last week one of our residents, Mr. H. Howard, suffered considerably by a fire which broke out in the daytime at his residence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A wire to hand dated Thursday Island, Sunday, says:—The steamers Menmuir and Changsha arrived from Hongkong, and sailed again southwards to-day. One morning when near Manila a fire was discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE demonstration of fire brigades to-day was an immense success, 5000 persons being present on the show ground. Most of the contestants arrived on Saturday, and, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ship Wendene, bound from Galveston to England, put into Norfolk, Virginia, recently with her cargo of cotton on fire. Smoke was noticed issuing from the hold, and the cargo was burning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A report received at San Francisco last month stated that the ship Gosford, which is well known here, was on fire. Further reports state British ship Gosford, from Liverpool, burning live days, is now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'To set the Thames on fire' is, as we all know, only a figure of speech, but in places where there are oil-wells, it is quite possible to set a river on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MR. G. C. Martin, the District Coroner, hold an inquest yesterday in the Royal Standard Hotel, Adamstown, touching the fire which broke out on the morning of the 16th inst.,…
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