Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Fire at Carroll
SAUNDEE[?] Post Office Hotel at Carroll, near Gunnedah, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The origin of the flee is unknown. IN BANKRUPTCY…
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Fires & bushfires, 1895
229 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 12
Fire Brigade Board
The quarterly meeting of the Fire Brigade Board was held in the Town Hall, West Maitland, at noon yesterday. Mr. H Crothers, Mayor, presided, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Brisbane, Monday. Fire
The old Labrador Hotel at Southport was destroyed by fire early this morning. The building is reported to have been insured for £800…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria for Life Stock.—fire on Board
The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer arrived here last evening from Sydney to take in coal and ship 50 head of cattle and 100 sheep for Noumea. Prior to her departure from Sydney, at an early hour in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Hulk Sir William Wallace. An Extensive Fire. Sydney
THE coal hulk Sir William Wallace, moored at the Government Wharf, Pyrmont, was seriously damaged by fire this morning. The vessel is the property of the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wickham Fire. Inquest and Verdict
An inquest was held before Mr. G. C. Martin, the coroner, and a jury, of which Mr. Frogley was foreman, at the Union Hotel, Wickham,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Petroleum Fire
DURING a severe thunderstorm at Hamburg one night recently, a flash of lightning struck a petroleum tank belonging to the Bremen Trading…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in a Colliery
A FIRE broke out recently in one of the pits of the Fifeshire Main Collieries originating in the upcast or ventilating shaft at a point 55 fathoms…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Another Disaster at Broken Hill. Fire in the Block 11 Mine. Broken Hill
AT about 8 o'clock yesterday morning smoke was seen issuing from the timbers of the Block 11 mine of the Proprietary Company, to the east of Barry's big quarry. Flames…
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SHORTLY after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon smoke was seen issuing from the wooden building at Campbell's Hill occupied as a blacksmith’s forge by Mr. Boggs. A terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire at Broken Hill. Efforts to Extinguish It Unavailing. Work Suspended. A Far Reaching Calamity. Broken Hill
THE appearance of things at the Block 11 mine seemed more hopeful to some people to-day, but others held a different view. The smoke certainly was not so dense as last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Factory on Fire
Mona Brothers' biscuit factory in Wakefield-street was completely gutted by fire this evening. It is opposite the Metroplitan Fire Brigade station, gut the flames had a firm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Fire at Tamworth
THE Royal Hotel at Tamworth, where Sir George Dibbs is staying, had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire, but beyond one room being burnt out no further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire at Broken Hill. Pumping Carbonic Acid Gas. Broken Hill
DURING last night eight or nine more shots were fired in the cliff near Drew's shaft. These precipitated a large body of ground, but strange to say it did not affect the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire at Broken Hill. Still Unabated. Broken Hill
DURING last night the experiment of pumping carbonic acid gas into the Block 11 mine was tried, but failed. It contained on test as it passed down the shaft only 8 per cent…
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At a quarter to 6 o'clock last evening the West Maitland fire bells rang the alarm and the brigade turned out in quick time. The cause of the alarm proved to be a flare in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fire at Broken Hill Mine. Fighting the Flames. Broken Hill
THIS morning there was practically no change in the aspect of affairs. At Book 11 the smoke was as dense as last night, and fresh rents opened almost as soon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at Broken Hill. Believed to be Overcome. Broken Hill
IN the opinion of the officers most of what is now issuing from the vent is steam charged with a pungent odour of charred pine, and but little of it is smoke. It is believed therefore that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Auckland, Monday. Fatal Fire
A serious and fatal fire has occurred at Palmerstown. The Empire Hotel was burned down. Walker, a hawker, of Victoria, and a man named O'Connell were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire at Block 11. Now Under Control. Broken Hill
ALL the shafts having been battened down since Sunday afternoon, there is again a marked diminution in steam and smoke arising: in fact, scarcely any steam is perceptible. The…
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