New Lambton. Fire Brigade
The engine and apparatus shed erected some time ago for the use of the local fire brigade, will be officially opened to-day by Mr. A. Edden, M.P., after which the new…
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Fires & bushfires, 1897
271 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
New Lambton Fire Brigade
The formal opening of the newly-erected engine-shed and the christening of the reel in connection with this brigade took place on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades' Association. Last Night's Meeting. the Late Demonstration. Resignation of the Band
A MEETING of the committee of the Newcastle and Northern Districts Fire Brigades' Association was held at the Newcastle West station last evening. There was a large…
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IT has been suggested that it would be unfair to ask the fire brigades of the district to provide their own kerosene for the torchlight procession proposed to be held in connection…
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On Friday evening the members of the W. and P. Fire Brigade held their annual social in the fire station, which was tastefully decorated, and…
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LONDON, Friday.—A disastrous fire broke out in the Eiffel Tower at Blackpool, Lancashire, yesterday. The structure, which stands close by…
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The steamer Gulf of Martaban put in here with fire in her cargo in No. 2 hold. She is on a voyage from Liverpool to Sydney via Adelaide. The fire is not yet extinguished…
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A DISASTROUS fire occurred this morning at Messrs. Clifford Love and Company's Chicago Flour Mills, Mowbray road, West Willoughbyg. At twenty minutes to 3 o'clock…
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A disastrons fire occurred in the main thoroughfare at 2 o'clock this morning, and a large amount of damage ensued. The confiagration orginated in the boot shop of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dixon-street Fires. Verdict of Incendiarism. Sydney
THE Acting City Coroner presided at an inquest held to-day relative to the outbreak of fire which occurred on July 30 at Noc,84 and 88 Dixon-street, city. The evidence…
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A cable from Auckland states that the schooner Aotea, 89 tons, which is fitted with auxiliary oil engines, caught fire the other morning in Tokomaru Bay, near Gisborne. It is believed that the kerosene…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire in Sydney. "Australian Star" Offices Destroyed. Swift Destruction. Offers of Help. Sydney
THE Australian Star newspaper printing and publishing offices and works, No. 32 Castlereagh-street, city, were almost totally destroyed by fire this morning. The…
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MR. CARTER'S a general store at Smithfield, near Fairfield, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The conflagration broke out in the drapery department, and was discovered…
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A preliminary inquiry into the fire on the steamer Gulf of Martaban was held at Albany on Friday. The evidence showed that the fire probably originated by spontaneous combustion among the coal in…
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COLOMBO, Monday.—A fire broke out on board the R.M.S. Oroya when she was in the Red Sea. There was no panic. The troops on board did…
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In the afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock the City Brigade received a call for a fire in a paddock at the rear of the Bank of New South Wales, between Watt and Pacific…
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SHORTLY after 6 o'clock yesterday morning the firebolls pealed forth an alarm of fire, and upon inquiries being made it was ascertained that the conflagration was at Mr. S. Joel's…
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THE local police authorities yesterday received word that a fire had broken out in the West Well send Colliery at a place near the pit bottom, called the furnace boilers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter-street Fire. a Coronial Inquiry. the Inquest Adjourned Till
THE fire which broke out in Hunter-street West on Wednesday morning and destroyed the premises occupied by Mr. Simeon Joel, a second-hand dealer, was inquired into by Mr…
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LONDON, Friday.—The authorities have commenced proceedings against M. de Mackau, president of the committee of the charity fête in Paris, at…
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