Disastrous Fire in Hamburg
LONDON, Sunday.—The petroleum stores at Hamburg were set on fire by lightning during a thunderstorm. The stores, which contained vast…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
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Disastrous Fire in America. Damage Estimated in Millions
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Intelligence has been received from the State of Pennsylvania of a disastrous fire, which occurred in the northern…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A destructive fire caused by sparks from a locomotive has swept the forests on the North Pennsylvania oil-fields. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Maitland Fire Brigade
Some time ago the East Maitland Borough Council received an offer from Mason Bros., Limited, of Sydney, to supply a quantity of fire-hose at 9d per yard, for the use of the…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Intelligence has been received that the extensive forest fires which have been raging in the oil fields of north…
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London, Wednesday.—The destructive fires which swept the forests on the North Pennsylvania oil fields have been extinguished by heavy rains…
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At a quarter past 9 o'clock the bell at the West Maitland Fire Brigade station sounded the alarm, and within a minute or two the members of the brigade, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CABLEGRAMS. Affairs in Formosa. a City Destroyed by Fire. German Interference
LONDON, Friday—The latest intelligence from the far east regarding the situation in Formosa states that the city of Taipchafa has been completely…
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A meeting of the West Maitland Fire Brigade Board was held at Mr. J. D. Prentice's office, High-street, last Saturday night, with the object of considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at a Prussian Colliery. 400 Men Entombed
LONDON, Tuesday.—News is to hand stating that a large colliery has taken fire near Breslau, an important town in Eastern Prussia. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. Ducal Mansion Destroyed by Fire. a Royal Spectator
LONDON, Friday.—Mar Lodge, the Duke of Fife's mansion in Scotland, not far from Balmoral, has been destroyed by fire, the Queen, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wallsend. a Cottage Destroyed
BETWEEN 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning the residents of Wallsend and Plattsburg were alarmed by the ringing of the firebell, and no difficulty was experienced in locating…
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AN inquest was held by Mr. G. C. Martin, district coroner, at Mr. John Watkin's Hotel yesterday, in connection with the recent fire in Metcalfe-street, Wallsend, when a…
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The annual election of officers in connection with the Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade was held at the station on Monday evening, and resulted in the…
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THE members of the Waratah and Mayfield Fire Brigade celebrated their second anniversary on Friday evening, when the event passed off in a highly successful manner…
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PARIS, Tuesday.—A great fire has occurred in the Rue Condoreet. Despite every effort on the part of the fire brigade, great damage was done…
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Last Thursday night the members of the East Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade held what is known as a wet practice, and it ended rather disastrously While the men…
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The ship [?] lying at Port Melbourne pier, was on fire on Sunday. The fire brigade quickly subdued the flames. The lower hold was badly burned, and the [?] decks were scorched to a…
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A FIRE occurred early this morning at Victoria House, Wagga, at promises occupied by Mr. W. N. Jeffery, chemist and dentist. Mr. Jeffery left home on Friday with his wife…
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EARLY this morning another fire broke out on the American ship Hilaria, lying at Port Melbourne, and the flames soon got such a hold that the vessel was practically destroyed…
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