Alarm of Fire
About 10 p.m. on Monday an alarm of fire was rung out in Morpeth, and as fully half the brigade were in the School of Arts the reel was quickly run out. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1899
209 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
Fire in a Colliery. Bulli
The manager of the Bulli "B" Pit, on making his inspection, found that one of the pit doors or entrances to the passage which takes the return air from the workings was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton Fire Brigade. the Annual Meeting and Reunion
The annual business meeting and social reunion of the members of the Hamilton Fire Brigade was held at the local fire station, James-street, next to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Great Loss of Life
LONDON, Monday.—The village of Nagy-Babroes, in Hungary, has been destroyed by fire, with great loss of life. The charred remains of 90 of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney. Sydney
Shortly after 2.30 this morning a fire was discovered in the Golden Produce Store, 190 George-street, North, occupied by W. Harris. The City Fire Brigade was soon on the spot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire's Progress
was watched with the keenest interest by the smoke-blinded, mud-bespattered crowd, the scene, so terribly grand, possessing a peculiar fascination. Peering through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Fighting Appliances
In connection with the manipulation of the appliances, attention has been drawn to the necessity for universal hose coupling. Some of the hose used by the different…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Discovery of the Fire
From what can be gathered, it appears that a few minutes after 8 o'clock Mr. E. Barlow was passing along Scott-street, when his attention was arrested by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Origin of the Fire
So far it is impossible to form any idea, as to the origin of the fire. The head storeman, Mr. Sam Davis, was the last to leave the building, having locked up the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire in the City. R. HALL & Son's Warehouse Destroyed. Heavy Loss of Property. Adjoining Buildings Damaged. Incidents of the Fire. Work of the Brigades
Scarcely had the Custom-house clock announced the hour of 8 on Saturday evening when the attention of the thousands of promenaders along Hunter-street was arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Reform
The letter written by "Citizen," and published in another column, will be concurred in by the residents of Newcastle generally. With regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne
The premises of Sargood. Butler, Nicol, and Ewen, erected to take the place of those destroyed by fire in 1897, were found to be on fire this evening, but after an hour's work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire at Messrs. Hall's Store
Sir,—Permit me, through the columns of the "Newcastle Herald," to call the attention of the insurance companies to the miserably inadequate means of coping with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Scott-street Fire. Removing the Debris. Expressions of Sympathy
Early yesterday morning the firemen were still in attendance watching the fire, which smouldered all day, but there were no fresh outbreaks of any consequence. Nearly the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scott-street Fire
Mr. J. M. Rooke, representing the Sydney underwriters, was in town yesterday in connection with the fire at the premises of Hall and Son on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton. Fire Brigade Social
On Monday evening the members of the Now Lambton Fire Brigade gave a social at the fire station to Mr. G. L. Campbell, president, who is leaving New Lambton to take…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Fire Brigades
Mr. W. Hillier, secretary Northern Fire Brigades' Association, writes as follows:— As an officer of the Fire Brigades' Association, It was not my intention to take…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Scott-street Fire. Mayoral Letter to Messrs. R. Hall and Son
In accordance with the resolution passed at Tuesday night's meeting of the Newcastle Borough Council, the Mayor (Alderman A. Timbury) yesterday forwarded the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in New York Navy Yard
LONDON, Thursday.—A destructive fire has occurred in the machine shop in the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scott-street Fire
At yesterday's meeting of the H.D. Water Supply and Sewerage Board, a report from the engineer, Mr. J. B. Henson, Asso. M.I.C.E., was read…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →