Fire Brigades' Association Band
A WELL ATTENDED meeting was held at the Newcastle West Fern station last evening, for the purpose of forming a band in connection with the Fire Brigades' Association…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 10
Fire in Darby-street
BETWEEN 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out in a two-storey house in Darby street, owned by Mr. John Allen. The Newcastle West Brigade was quickly on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Destructive Meteorite. Warehouses Set on Fire
LONDON, Sunday.—A strange occurrence is reported from Fiume, a seaport town in Hungary. A meteorite fell and set fire to a number of…
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SOME little excitement was occasioned in Hunter-street last evening before 6 o'clock by the ringing of fire bells and the subsequent glare of light arising from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dudley Disaster. Suffocating the Fires. a Colliery Manager's Opinion
REGARDING the tests that are being made at the Dudley Colliery by the use of watergauges, an experienced colliery manager, who was in Newcastle yesterday, gave it as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire on the Loch Ranza
The Court of Marine inquire into the circumstances attending fire on board the ship Loch R[?]za, at Port Elizabeth, has concluded its labours. The Court after exhaustive inquiry, fully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broadmeadow. Playing with Fire
Last evening about 20 children, boys and girls, ranging in age from 6 to 10 years, enjoyed themselves by letting off fireworks in front of the…
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The steamer Tekoa, which his arrived at Port [?]halmers from London reports that during a heavy gale a fire was discovered in the hold. The flames were extinguished after a great struggle. The five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Stockton. Fire
Yesterday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, an alarm of fire was given. The Fire Brigade very quickly turned out, and the fire was discovered to be situated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. Carrington. Fire
At 12 15 on Saturday morning the fire bell rang out its warning that a conflagration had taken pies. The scene of the fire proved to be in one of two cottages, owned by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Waratah. Fire Brigade
The members of the local fire brigade are taking a lively interest in their work, and are determined to fully protect life and property in the municipality as far as possible. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fortifications of Havana. Spanish Squadron with Fires Banked. Enormous War Fund in Spain
LONDON, Friday.—Twenty-eight thousand regulars and 15,000 volunteers garrison the fortifications of Havana at the entrance to the harbour,…
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A fire broke out on board the Adelaide S. S. Company's bulk Zephyr at Albany yesterday. The cabin and galley were completely gutted, but owing to the efforts of the launches, with steam pumps, the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Americo-Spanish War the First Shot Fired France and the Anglo-american Alliance. More Prizes Captured. American Call to Arms. Britain Remains Neutral. Spain Fires the First Shot. the Blockading Squadron in Position at Cuba
LONDON, Sunday.—The United States had declared that the blockade of Cuba must be effective, otherwise it will not be recognised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Fire Brigades' Association. Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting of the Northern District Fare Brigades' Association was held at the Newcastle West Station last evening. There was a large attendance of delegates, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ship Bravo on Fire
The Norwegian ship Brave, lying in Southampton docks, caught fire on the 20th of February. Help was immediately at hand, but the majority of the crew, who were below at the time, were rendered…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A disastrous fire has occurred in Glasgow by which damage has been done to the amount of some £200,000. About 60…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in the City. Furniture Factory Ablaze. Splendid Work by the Brigades
SHORTLY after 7 o'clock last evening the City firebells rang out an alarm, and upon inquiries being made it was ascertained that the outbreak was in King-street. Smoke…
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The opening ceremony in connection with the Fire Brigade's No. 2. Station at Mayfield will take place next Saturday. The district brigades will join in procession through the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dr. Maloney on Fire
At Table Mountain Scientific and Mutual Improvement Society members, according to Truthful James, were in the habit of following up their arguments with choice palœzoic…
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