Maitland District. FIRE
At about half-past 1 o'clock yesterday morning the bell at the West Maitland Fire Brigade station sounded the alarm, and a lurid glare in the eastern sky showed that there…
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Fires & bushfires, 1894
194 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 10
The Fire at Lambton. Meeting of Sympathisers
ON Saturday evening a public meeting of sympathisers and friends was held in Baker's Hall, for the purpose of devising means to relieve the family of Mr. Joseph Young, who…
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While the look out man at the local fire station was sounding a alarm of fire on Friday night the bell cracked, rendering it practically useless for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Bush Fires Interrupt Messages
THE Postmaster-General has received the following telegram from the Postmaster-General at Adelaide:—"Serious bush fires have taken place about 50 miles east of Eyre's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Colonist—a Fire Alight
The light from a fire which had been left burning by some workmen on board the wreck of the steamer Colonist created quite a stir amongst the lifeboat people and the harbour department on Saturday…
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A fire broke out in the Castlemaine woollen mills yesterday afternoon through friction, but wan subdued before any material damage had been effected…
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[?] of the British ship Kircudhight[?] which arrived at Valparaiso from Newcastle on [?] 17th Sept., reports that on the 11th, in lat 39 28 8, long 77 59 W[?]he exchanged signals with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Ovalau. Earthquake at the Islands. Explosion of Fire Balls
THE Union Company's island steamship Ovalau, under command of Captain N. Beaumont, arrived in port yesterday from her usual island trading cruise via Auckland…
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On Sunday night between 9 and 10 o'clock Miss Williams, atop daughter of Mr. G. Glenwright, while sitting on the verandah, noticed flames issuing from the side of an…
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The local fire brigade hold their first practice last Friday afternoon, and all things considered they did very well. A dogcart was utilised as a makeshift for a reel to carry…
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LONDON, Thursday,—A destructive fire occurred at Tottenham to-day. The outbreak took place in a sawmill, and before the progress of the flames…
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AT half-past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a four-roomed slab house near Port Waratah was barat to the ground. The place was owned by the Hunter River Smelting…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A fire broke out in Chatham Dockyard to-day. Lord Charles Beresford, C.B., who was on the scene during the progress of the…
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The members of the fire brigade for some time past have been kept at active practice for the Albury competition, and should give a good account of themselves in the eight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CABLEGRAMS. Fatal Fire in America. an Exploded Lamp the Cause. Forty-one Lives Lost
NEW YORK, Saturday.—A terrible catastrphe occurred at Sliver Lake, a town in Oregon, one of the United States. During a holiday fete on…
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