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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12
THE condition of affairs at Block 10, into which the fire escaped yesterday from Block 11, is very satisfactory. Captain Warren this morning made a thorough inspection of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FEW minutes after 7 o'clock last evening some children noticed a fire in the bedroom at the residence of Mr. Robert Handerson, Bala-road, the Commonage. The alarm was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused in the cityat 20 minutes to 7 o'clock last evening by the clanging of the firebells, followed by an alarm of three guns from Fort Scratchley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the invitation of the management of the Seaham Colliery, a number of mining engineers and colliery managers met in the office of the company, Scott-street, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—News is to hand that a disastrous fire occurred in the town of Lusko, in Poland. The fire is reported to have been the work of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A FIRE was discovered in the Customs at 3.45 this morning by one of the harbour-masters. An alarm was given, and the fire brigade, with a large body of assistants, was on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night the members of the West Maitland Fire Brigade held their usual monthly practice. Supt. Phillips was in charge, and 22 members took part. After going through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE East Maitland Fire Brigade have so far been placed at a disadvantage owing to the want of a complete stock of fire quenching gear, but they have been gathering the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE quarterly meeting of the Newcastle Fire Brigades Association was held at the Hamilton Fire Station last evening. The following brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A FIRE was discovered early yesterday morning in the dwelling-house of Mr. W. R. Winspear at Broadmeadow, and before the flames could be checked considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COOLGARDIE was the scene of another disastrous fire on Saturday afternoon, when fully three-quarters of an acre of business property was destroyed. Originating in Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The East Maitland Fire Brigade have decided that the passession of their new reel shall form the basis of an evening's entertainment of a very pleasant character. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A FIRE brought out early this morning at the Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company's Works, on the Parramatta River, and damage was done to the extent of about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ABOUT 2 o'clock this morning of fire broke out of Messrs. S. Weincott's premises, Kent-street. The fire had been burning for a considerable time prior to its discovery,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—Messrs. Crompton and Co., of Chelmsford, Essex, the well-known electrical engineers, have had their works totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—A report from Chicago states that a terrible fire occurred in that city on the premises of 19 firms, which were totally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The christening of the new reel recently purchased by the East Maitland Fire Brigade was made the occasion of a dinner held in the local Mechanics' Institute last evening. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon. Alderman H. Crothers, Mayor, occupied the chair, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The ship Madagascar, Captain Blade, from Glasgow, arrived at Buenos Ayres on September 14, and on the 19th proceeded to her discharging berth in the Boca. There fire broke out in the cargo, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Schnauer, master of the four-masted barque John Ena, writes:—"During the voyage of 50 days from Newcastle to San Francisco the cargo took fire. On the 25th October, in lat 15°46 N.,…
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