Fire Brigade Demonstration
The annual demonstration of the West Maitland Fire Brigade was held last evening, and proved a pronounced success. It is customary to form a torchlight procession…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 12
Fatal Fire in London
LONDON, Wednesday.—A fatal fire in the Edgeware road to-day broke out in one of the workrooms of the laundry, which was a three-storeyed…
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SHORTLY before 11 o'clock this morning a large fire broke out in the timber yard of the billiard-table manufactory of Fallshaw Brothers, in O'Shannessy-street, North…
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About 7.30 o'clock on Thursday evening one of the Greta Coal Company's houses in the colliery paddock, lately occupied by Mr. W. Baker and since by a free labourer named…
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At the fire station on Monday night the yearly meeting of the fire brigade was held. There was a full attendance of members. Mr. W. Lee…
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LONDON, Monday.—An extensive fire has occurred at Toronto, Canada. Several warehouses and offices, including the premises of the Toronto…
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The quarterly meeting of the Fire Brigades' Board was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, at noon yesterday, Alderman H. Crothers, Mayor, presided, and there…
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On Saturday night the local Fire Brigade held their annual social in the Carrington Hall. In addition to the firemen, there were present:…
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THE half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Hose and Reel Volunteer Fire Brigado No. 1 was held at the fire station, King-street, on Monday…
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Through the instrumentality of Mr. Gillies, M.P., the Colonial Secretary has approved of a special grant of £100 being made to the Maitland Fire Brigade Board for the purpose…
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This fine body of men will proceed to Raymond Terrace on Saturday, taking with them sweethearts, wives, and children. The steamer Emu will leave the wharf at 9 30…
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SHORTLY after half-past 9 o'clock last night, Constable Foa noticed flames in the offices of Messrs. J. Russell and Co. in Bond-street. As quickly as possibly the city fireball close…
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YESTERDAY morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock, as the ship Ben Cruachan, which was moored at the north harbour buoy, was being prepared to proceed to sea with a cargo of…
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Mr. Thomas Brooks. Lloyd's surveyor, made a survey of the ship Ben Cruachan yesterday, on board which a fire was discovered on Thursday. It was ascertained that comparatively little damage had…
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An excursion to Raymond Terrace took place under the auspices of the Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade Band on Saturday. The steamer Emu…
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The ship Port Errol, bound from Glasgow to Adelaide, caught fire on the 21st instant on the Clyde, and it was found necessary to scuttle her before the flames could be extinguished. The…
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Professor Vivian B. Lewes, Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, has, it is reported, suggested, as a preventive of fires in coal cargoes, the placing amongst the coal of steel bottles…
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THE 17th annual general meeting of the shareholders of the City Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Limited, was held at noon in the Chamber of…
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The Port Errol, barque, 1700 tons, of Glasgow, bound from Glasgow to Adelaide, which was reported in our message of 21st January to have taken fire off Lamlash, has been towed to Glasgow…
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THE annual report and balance-sheet was brought up and read before the members of the above brigade, at the fire station, on Thursday evening last, the president…
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