Fire Brigade Matters. Mr. Webb's Visit
Mr. Superintendent Webb, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades, returned to Sydney yesterday afternoon. During his stay in the city the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1899
209 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 11
District News. Waratah. False Alarms of Fire
Last evening about 8.30 the firebells were rang violently on perceiving a big blaze at Mayfield, and the firemen turned out in quirk time with their reel and hose. After a mile,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Fire Brigade System. Letter from the Underwriters' Association
The secretary of the Fire Underwriters' Association of New South Wales submitted to last night's meeting of the Newcastle Council the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How They Manage a Fire in Korea
The land where they make least trouble about a house on fire is perhaps Korea, possibly because there is about the houses very little to burn. When several dwellings at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Barque M'near. on Fire at Sea. Arrives Safely at Honolulu
Mr. T. Ball, who left here in the capacity of chief mate of the American barque M'Near, returned to Newcastle yesterday, and informed a "Newcastle Herald"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire in New York. Nineteen Lives Lost
LONDON, Sunday.—The residence of Mr. Wallace Andrews, a New York millionaire, was totally, destroyed by fire yesterday. The residence was a…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—It has transpired that an infernal machine and explosives were recently sent to Mr. Wallace Andrews, the American…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah. Fire Alarm
Shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning the fire bell rang, and the firemen turned out, when it was found to be a chimney on fire at a dwelling in Georgetown. Fortunately the…
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Extensive improvements have just been completed at the fire brigade station. The land has been enclosed by a strong and substantial fence, and a neat and uniform picket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Heroic Engine-driver. Through a Forest Fire
Of the heroes of the footplate, perhaps Edward Barry, engine-driver on the Eastern Minnesota Railway, was one of the most daring and enduring. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Morpeth. Fire
At half past 8 on Sunday evening a fire broke out in the boys' room at the training stables of Mr. James Chambers. In a remarkably short time the greater number of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in London. Exciting Scenes
LONDON, Monday.—A serious fire occurred to-day in the upper floors of a house eleven storeys high, at Hyde Park Corner, the floors being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A French Ship on Fire. Her Crew Desert. the Ship Saved by English Sailors
LONDON, Thursday.—A fire broke out on board the French vessel Elise, in the Mediterranean, and the crew. Frenchmen, deserted her. Men from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in the Metropolis. Sydney, Saturday Morning
Shortly after 2.30 the Metropolitan Fire Brigades received a call to a fire at 484 Kent-street, occupied by Fuerth at Nail, box-makers and printers…
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At about a quarter to 8 o'clock on Sunday evening a fire broke out in a two-storey building in Elgin-street, occupied by Mrs. Lanham, a boarding-house keeper. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Bartism of Anti-federal Fire
The opening of the second Federal campaign in Sydney was accompanied by a manifestation of opposition thoroughly reminiscent of the days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waratah. Fire Brigades Band
By consent of the council the Fire Brigades' Band will play on the reserve on Sunday afternoon, and the public may expect a treat in the way of an excellent programme of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Merewether. Fire
The fire bell at the local brigade station rung out an alarm yesterday about mid-day. Upon inquiry it was found that the roof of Mr. Thos, Rodgers' premises, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Stockton. W.B. Residence Destroyed
Shortly before 12 o'clock last night the ringing of the city firebells denoted that a fire had broken out, and before the brigades could get their gear out it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. New Lambton. Fire Brigade Sports
On Saturday an afternoon's competition sports was held in the reserve, between the New Lambton and Wickham Fire Brigades. There was a good attendance of the public,…
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