Suspicious Fire at Lambton
YESTERDAY morning about 2 o'clock a party of young folks engaged in celebrating the departure of a Lambton resident, noticed flames issuing from a wood cottage in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1896
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10
The Ellen A. Read from Newcastle. Her Coal Cargo on Fire. The Vessel Towed to Sydney. A Supposed Case of Spontaneous Combustion
A REPORT from Barrenjoey at 9 a.m. yesterday stated that a ship was then six miles to the eastwards making signals "ship on fire." The vessel was steering south under all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire on the Ellen A. READ. An Exciting Experience. Sydney
THE ship Ellen A. Read, which took fire on her voyage from Newcastle, now lies in Double Bay, and arrangements for discharging her cargo have been made. The extent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ellen A. Reid Fire. Sydney
THE water in the hold of the ship Ellen A. Reid, which returned to port owing to her cargo taking fire, has been pumped out. A preliminary survey has been made, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at a Church and Hospital
GREAT destruction has been caused in Lille (France) by a fire which burned down the old fourteenth-century church of the Saviour, part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Brabloch.—cargo on Fire
By the English mail news was received that the ship Brabloch arrived at San Fransisco on April 8 from Newcastle with her coal cargo on fire. The master of the Brabloch reported that on April 3 the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. Alleged Careless Use of Fire
On Saturday forenoon a man who was employed at Wimbledon, the residence of Mr. J. T. Tegg, at Fishery Creek, observed smoke rising from a stack of hay in a shed on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extensive Fire at Ashfield. Considerable Damage. Sydney
THIS morning Ashfield was alarmed by the clanging of the Ashfield Volunteer Fire Brigade bell. The Burwood Fire Brigade also received the alarm, and hastened to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at the Terminus Hotel Narrow Escape from Suffocation
WHAT would probably have resulted in a disastrous fire was prevented by the promptitude of Lieutenant Roberts and Mr. J. Halbert at the Terminus Hotel at 3 o'clock…
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The two German youths who were arrested at East Greta on Saturday last, on suspicion of having been connected with the outbreak of fire which occurred in Mr. J. T. Tegg's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Fire at Port Pirie
A fire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning at Port Pirie, and gutted the Adelaide Milling Co.'s office…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Dungog. a Store Burned Down. Dungog
A LARGE fire occurred at Messrs. Skillen and Walker s premises. Dowling-street, this morning, when a large wooden store and joinery works were completely burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires on Coal Ships
The San Francisco correspondent to Fairplay, writing to that paper, says that the dangers attending coal cargoes shipped in Australian ports are apparently only just…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Tuesday, May 26Th. Legislative Assembly. The Reid-Tozer Incident. Explanation by a Labour Member. Provision for the Parkes Family. Fires in Coal Ships. The North Shore Bridge. Sydney
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. THOMAS (member for Alma, Broken Hill) made a personal explanation concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Waratah
ABOUT 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning a cottage took fire by some unaccountable means at Georgetown, Waratah, resulting in the whole building, consisting of four rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wickham. Fire Brigade Competition
A friendly competition was carried out by the Wickham firemen on Monday, at Fleming-street, Wickham, before a numerous attendance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Coal-laden Ships
The frequency with which fires have occurred on coal-laden ships from this port during the last few months, the majority of which have been due to spontaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Cycle Fire-engine
Our old faithful friend the horse is rapidly becoming obsolete, and soon his occupation will be gone. After a long innings in the shafts, he is swiftly being superseded by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Waikato
The steamer Waikato has arrived at Auckland from London, and reports that when off Western Australia a fire was discovered in No. 5 hold, it baring originated among tarred felt. After pouring…
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The completion of the East Maitland Fire Brigade Station is to be celebrated by the members and a number of friends to-morrow evening in a social manner. The opening…
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