Stockton. Water Storage for Extinguishing Fires
At the last ordinary meeting of the council, when the question of providing material for sinking a well behind the fire brigade station for supplying…
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Fires & bushfires, 1893
219 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11
Big Fire at Ashfield. Sydney
A LARGE fire, which resulted in the destruction of three buildings, took place at Ashfield this morning. About 10 o'clock flames were seen to issue from the produce store occupied…
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BY the promptness of the fire brigades a big conflagration was averted this morning. About 5 o'clock a watchman at the Commercial Bank, at the corner of George and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Disaster in Germany. Explosion of Fire Damp. Fifty Men Killed
BERLIN, Sunday.—Intelligence of a terrible colliery accident has reached here from Westphalia, an explosion of fire damp having taken place, causing…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Telegrams from St. Petersburg report that a hospital at Kaluga has been destroyed by fire. The flames spread so rapidly that all…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The Negroni Caffarelli Palace, Rome, has been burnt down. The inmates had a narrow escape of their lives. The…
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By the Sikh, which reached Sydney from China on Tuesday, word was received that the steamer Poyang had arrived at Hongkong with the following repot:—At 0.30 a.m. on slot August a vessel was sighted on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Parramatta. Old Government House in Flames. Sydney
A FIRE, which nearly led to the disappearance of one of the historic buildings of the colony, took place at Parramatta at an early hour this morning, old Government House…
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AT a quarter past 8 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. Preston, Alfred-street, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adamstown. the Fire Brigade
At a meeting of the local fire brigade held recently it was unanimously resolved to present Messrs. N. Melville, M.P., and W. B. Talbot with a gold medal each in…
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SATURDAY night will be called a field day for the volunteers belonging to the fire brigades in the district, the occasion being the opening of the new…
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AN exciting scene is reported from Wigan. A young collier, named Loftus, becoming frenziod, it is thought, with drink, ascended the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Strike in England. Serious Rioting in Yorkshire. Colliery Property Destroyed. Attempt to Fire a Mine. the Rioters Intoxicated
LONDON, Thursday.—The serious rioting of the miners on strike at Barnsley, in Yorkshire, who on Tuesday wrecked the colliery offices, fired…
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At the fire brigade station on Thursday night the firemen entertained Messrs. N. Melville, M.P., and W. B. Talbot at a social, and presented each gentleman with a gold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal-miners' Strike in England. Outrage on All Hands. the Military Fire on the Mob. Three Deaths Reported
LONDON, Friday.—Additional outrages of a serious nature have been perpetrated by the miners on strike in England. In the Midland counties…
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On Saturday afternoon last the committee appointed to consider the feasibility and probable usefulness of Alderman Rees' proposition to sink a well near the corner of King and…
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AT 12.35 this morning a fire broke out in a wooden engine-house at the rear of Mr. George Wieland's butchery establishment in Hunter-street, two doors from the…
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The new fire station building is almost completed, the inside finishing and painting being all that is required. The members have decided to celebrate the opening on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires on Frozen Meat Carriers
The occurrence of fires on board ships and steamers carrying frozen meat has frequently to be noted. A London correspondent states that another fire has occurred on one of these charcoal-insulated steamers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire in America. a Theatre Destroyed. Ten Persons Killed and Twenty-four Injured
NEW YORK, Wednesday.—A terrible fire is reported from Canton, a town in the State of Illinois, by which the theatre was destroyed. During the…
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