Fire Brigade Dinner
The annual dinner of the members of the West Maitland Fire Brigade was held last evening, and was the most successful function of the kind yet given. The proceedings…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
271 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 14
Merewether. Fire
A fire occurred in the property belonging to Mr. C. Wilson in Morgan-street, between 2 and 3 o'clock on Friday morning. The fire brigade was there within five minutes,…
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THE most striking instance of military politeness on record, says "Flood's Magazine," is an occurrence at the famous battle of Fontenoy, as related…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →District News. Stockton. the Fire Brigade's Picnic to Tomago
THIS brigade got up a monster picnic to Tomago yesterday, devoting the profits very generously to swelling the Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund. Four boats were employed in…
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THE members of the Carrington Fire Brigade held a social evening at their station last night, when, also, the officers elected for the present year were installed. The…
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Some time ago the members decided to have their photos taken individually, and enclosed in a frame to adorn the interior of the station. The handsome frame containing…
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The annual meeting of the fire brigade was held in the shed on Tuesday evening. Mr. D. Fisher presided The secretary (Mr. W. Beveridge) read the yearly report and…
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A SHOCKING accident took place last night, when two children were burnt to death. Mrs. Gurton had put four of her children to bed, and went outside to bring some clothes in…
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ON Wednesday night the big blaze noticed by the lookout man at Fort Scratchley turned out to be more serious than a bush fire. It appears that the house of Mr. Hugh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Serious Fire
A fire took place in the Australian Biscuit Factory in Jeffcott-street, and was subdued with difficulty. The damage done is estimated at £2000…
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LONDON, Thursday.— The Convent of the Ursuline Nuns at Robertval, Quebec, has been destroyed by fire. Seven of the nuns perished in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle West Fire Brigade. the Annual Meeting. a Debt of £1000 Wiped Off
THE 14th annual meeting of the Newcastle West Fire Brigade was held at the station promises, Hunter-street West, last evening. Mr. A. B. Noel, the president, occupied the…
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On Thursday last, about noon, a fire was discovered to be raging in the grass paddock at Morpeth House, near the stables, and spreading rapidly in all directions, the heat…
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The quarterly meeting of the Maitland Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, at noon yesterday, Alderman Crothers, Mayor, presiding. The…
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The members of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade have made arrangements for an excursion up the Rivers Hunter and Williams to Seaham on the 26th January. The…
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A means of preventing fire on board cotton and coal vessels by means of nitrogen has been suggested by Dr. J. Leicester, F.C.S., lecturer of chemistry and metallurgy at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extensive Fires in Sydney. Eagle Tobacco Factory Gutted. Fire at a Jam Factory. Sydney
TWO extensive and destructive fires occurred here last night and this morning. The first took place after 11 o'clock last night, when the premises of the Sydney Jam Factory,…
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A wire from Adelaide states that the secretary of the Adelaide Steamship Company has received a telegram that a fire occurred on board their steamer Innamincka during the passage between Albany and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Fire on Board Ship
A fire occurred on board the Innamincka during the trip between Albany and Fremantle, but it was soon got under. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL…
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News was received in West Maitland yesterday afternoon that the buildings in connection with the old meat works at Shamrock Hill, outside East Maitland, had been destroyed by fire. The conflagration…
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