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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
191 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10
LONDON, Tuesday.—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Mitchell, the Governor of the Strait Settlement, has telegraphed to the British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The members of the fire brigade very anxiously watched the weather on Friday, and were hopeful that the gale would be exhausted, to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire at the railway workshops at Ipswich caused considerable damage to the wood-work. RAILWAY SCHEME…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—Wool to the value of a quarter of a million dollars, stored by a Boston firm at Andovor, in New York State, in preference to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An alarm of fire was raised shortly before 10 o'clock last evening. The fire brigades were quickly out, but luckily their services were not required. The outbreak was in one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 6 o'clock last evening the fire bell rang out an alarm, and almost immediately the fire brigade turned out with hose and reel. Fortunately their services were not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The opening ceremony in connection with the new No. 2 Fire Station at Hayfield and the christening of the fire engine will take place to-morrow. The procession of members of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday.—The coal in the bunkers in the American cruiser St. Paul took fire while there were 1300 tons of ammunition on board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday afternoon Waratah was on fete on the occasion of the opening of the new No 2. fire station at Mayfield and the christening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A year's fires in London is a formidable record. The number increases rapidly year[?]y [?]ear, whereas with the great improvements in heating and lighting they…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An exciting scene was witnessed in Harwich Harbour recently, when the four-masted steel ship Routenburn took fire The Routenburn had recently arrived from san Francisco with 3000 tons of barley,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A fatal fire is reported from Scarborough. A house was destroyed, and the inmates, a mother and six children, burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This new fire-resisting cement has lately been subjected to a careful test in Germany and an official protocol, which has been issued concerning its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Berlin correspondent of the London "Times" has given some particulars of a new invention by one Carl Wegener, which has for its object…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The clanging of the fire bell last evening at about a quarter to 7 o'clock attracted crowds of spectators, in anticipation of seeing a large fire, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The members of the local fire brigade held a successful social and dance in the Music Hall on Friday night. The attendance was very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in a lime shed at the rear of St. Mary's Church of England Hall this morning at half-past 2. The fire reached the hall, which is a mass of flames at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire at St. Mary's Hall yesterday morning was subdued shortly after the dispatch of the wire which appeared in our issue of yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. A. A. Atkinson, the Chief Inspector of Collieries, Mr. W. Humble, Government Colliery Inspector. Mr. W. Turnbull, and Mr. Jonathan Dixon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—A fire broke out yesterday on the P. and O. steamer Ganges, while lying at Bombay, and a great part of her cargo, together with…
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