Disastrous Fire. Great Quantity of Wheat Destroyed
LONDON, Saturday.—A large grain elevator in Illinois has been destroyed by fire. Nine hundred thousand bushels of wheat were burnt…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
271 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 14
Waratah. Fire
Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the bathroom at the residence of Mr. F. Witherspoon, Mayfield, and an alarm was given on the Tighe's…
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Advises by the mail give particulars of a narrow escape from destruction by fire of the British steamer Tropea, a vessel of 2600 tons, which took fire on the 3rd February. On that night smoke was seen issuing…
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At about half-past 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon the grass of two paddocks, the property of Miss Rourke, of Regent-street, West Maitland, caught fire. The flames…
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The crew of the barque Mark Curry have reached Hongkong from Manila and reported that their vessel was destroyed by fire in Ilo Ilo harbour. The barque was a wooden vessel of 1200 tons, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Hamilton. a Shed and Fernery Destroyed
THE Church of England parsonage at Hamilton and a house occupied by Mr. T. Curley, near the Steele-street tram terminus, had a narrow escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. a Great Store Burned Down. Estimated Damage, 1,700,000 DOLLARS
LONDON, Tuesday.—A large and destructive fire has occurred in St. Louis, United States, in the vast drygoods store of Ely Walker and Co., which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive Fire at Leichhardt. Considerable Damage. Sydney
AN extensive fire took place in the omnibus stables of G. W. Nettleton, Flood-street, Leichhardt, where five 'buses were damaged, three seriously, and a horse burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in the City. Messrs. Campbell & Co.'s Foundry Partly Destroyed. Narrow Escape of a Fireman
MESSRS. CAMPBELL & Co's Vulcan Iron Foundry, next to the A.A Company's shoots, at the western end of the wharf, narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire early…
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LONDON, Friday.—Severe fighting has taken place between the Moslems and the Cretan insurgents at Retimo and Heraklion. The British and…
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Although the Morpeth Fire Brigade came into existence without much display, the body is making steady progress, and the members are rapidly acquiring sufficient…
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Early yesterday morning the watchman attached to the barque Kylemore, which is at present lying at Dalton's Wharf, Sydney, noticed smoke issuing from the fore hatch of the vessel. He gave the alarm to…
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Mr. A. Edden, M.P., is in receipt of the following from the Department of Lands:—"Sir,—With reference to you, application for a fire brigade site on behalf of the New…
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BELIEVING there were suspicious circumstances surrounding the late fire at Campbell and Co.'s Vulcan Foundry, near the A.A. Company's shoots, the police collected a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →United Fire Brigades Demonstration. Concert at the Victoria Theatre
THE torchlight procession of the firemen of the Newcastle district attracted thousands of sightseers in the streets on Saturday evening, but the concert subsequently held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Fire at Kogarah
A fire, which broke out in the shop of Mr. James Mann, news agent, Railway Parade, Kogarah, caused considerable damage, and extended to three adjoining shops, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. the Cretan Difficulty. Continued Fighting in the Island. the Combined Warships Fire on the Insurgents
LONDON, Saturday Night.—Latest advices state that continued fighting is going on between the Moslems and the Christians in the interior of Crete…
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The necessity for providing telephonic communication between the various fire stations was very forcibly demonstrated last night. The alarm bell sounded, and the…
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The quarterly meeting of the Maitland Fire Brigade Board was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, at noon yesterday. Mr. H. Crothers presided, and there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cablegrams. the Cretan Difficulty. a Turk Fires at a British Admiral
LONDON, Thursday.—A cable from Crete states that it is reported that a Moslem yesterday fired at and narrowly missed Rear-Admiral R. H…
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