Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Fire
An extensive fire is reported from Shepparton, which destroyed two shops and the Courthouse Hotel. A FARER'S WILL…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 12
Fatal Fire at Rosedale. Sydney
AN inquest was held this afternoon on the bodies of the two children, Emma Elizabeth Hoare and Emily Eliza Josephine Hoare, who were burnt to death at the fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Fire
A big fire occurred at Quorn this morning in Way Lee and Co.'s Chinese store. Four shops and houses were gutted…
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A meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was hold at the Town Hall yesterday. There were present: Mr. H. Crothers (president), Mr. J. D. Prentice, Mr. Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Philiberta, an Australian Tale. (Published by special arrangement with Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Bowden, Ltd) CHAPTER I. the Bush Fire
The sun a blood-red lamp swinging low from a white-hot sky. The thirsty earth all agap[?] in wide cracks for rain which fell not. The grass—no…
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NEW YORK Wednesday.—Intelligence received from Milwaukee, a large city in the State of Wisconsin, reports that a disastrous fire occurred…
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AT about 9 o'clock on Saturday evening, a large dwelling belonging to Mr. J. Champion, and situated off Wyndham-street, Greta, was discovered to be on fire. Strenuous…
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A meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, at noon yesterday. Mr. H. Crother, president, occupied the chair, and there were also…
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The ship Annie Maud, which arrived at Sydney on Monday, brought word of having fallen in with a barquentine, the Celestina, on fire. When sighted she had the lower foretopsail and all fore-and-aft…
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The necessity for the establishing of a fire brigade at East Maitland has been patent for a considerable time, and the breaking out of a conflagration on the heights a month or…
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The adjourned meeting of residents of East Maitland was held at the local Mechanics' Institute last Wednesday night, with the object of completing arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War in the Orient. Chinese Fire on a Flag of Truce
LONDON, Friday.—In connection with the armistice which has been agreed to by Japan, a peculiar incident has occurred at Haichung, a city…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. the Late Stockton Fire. to the Editor
Sir,âKindly permit me to endeavour to clear myself of the suspicion cast upon me at the inquest held upon the burning of my house at Stockton…
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AN inquest was hold at the Courthouse, Greta, yesterday, before the District Coroner (Mr. J. N. Brookes) and a jury of 12, as to the cause of a…
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A FIRE broke out on board the Coonabarra and Argo hulks in Taylor Bay, Port Jackson, at 9 o'clock. Both wore laden with bone dust ready for shipment. Owing to the locality…
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On Wednesday evening the hulk Coonanbarra caught fire while lying in Taylor bay, Sydney, end was taken cross to Rose Bay nod beached. At an early hour on Thursday morning she was still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Wallsend. Fire
A hut, of which E. M'Dade is the occupant, had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Thursday morning. M'Dade, on going to work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extensive Fires in the Country. Seven People Burned to Death at Parkes. Large Conflagration at Mudgee. Sydney
A TERRIBLE and fatal fire took place at Billabong Creek, near Parkes, early yesterday morning, whereby two ladies and five children lost their lives. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boot Strike in the Midlands. Attempt to Fire a Factory
LONDON, Monday.—In connection with the boot strike in the Midland Counties a serious outrage by strikers occurred at Leicester, where an…
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Information was received in West Maitland yesterday to the effect that the shop and dwelling of Mr. Chapman, of Cessnock, were totally destroyed by fire on Monday night…
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