New Lambton. Fire Alarm
On Monday evening an alarm of fire was raised by the sounding of the fire bell. The alarm caused some excitement, and a crowd quickly gathered. The members of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1899
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Northern Fire Brigades' Association. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades Association was held at the Newcastle West Station last evening. The president (Mr. Geo. Kempster) occupied the…
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High on the ridge where the marines pitched their tents on the shore of Guantanamo Bay, the first Cuban soil taken by American troops, are the…
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A Social and dance, under the auspices of the local fire brigade, was hold in the Music Hall on Friday night. There was a large attendance, and the result financially was…
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LONDON, Monday.—Another disastrous fire has occurred at Dawson City, the chief town of the Klondyke goldfield, by which the town was almost…
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A meeting of the City Fire Brigade was held at the station, Scott-street, last evening Deputy-Superintendent J. Snipe in the chair…
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LONDON, Friday.—A large portion of the city of St. John, New Brunswick, has been destroyed by fire. The damaged is estimated at £60,000…
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A special meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades' Association was held at the Newcastle west station last evening for the purpose at dealing with the last report or…
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At the meeting of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Association, held at the Newcastle West station on Tuesday evening, Mr. W. Hillier, the secretary, referring…
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On the 28th February last the president of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board forwarded a minute to the Chief Secretary pointing out that, in the…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A fire occurred yesterday in a large shed at the Victoria Dock, where the cargo of the steamer Banffshire was stored. The…
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A fire broke out on board the iron barque Aldergrove between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning, by which the barque received serious damage, and which was only…
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As reported in yesterday's issue, the fire on the barque Aldergrove was extinguished by flooding the vessel, the work being completed about 10.45 p. m…
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An old cottage, known as Dr. Grant's, off Maitland-road, opposite the laundry, was burnt down at 11 o'clock last night. It was the property of Mrs. Grant, an aged widow,…
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Sir,—As an ex-fireman of another colony, I have been much struck by the evident absence of even an attempt at any system in giving the fire alarm in Newcastle. I have…
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The "Morning Post" illustrates with some striking figures the backwardness of our navy in relation to a very important point—the accuracy of gun-fire at sea. It analyses…
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In connection with the fatality at the fire off the Maitland-road, Waratah, on Thursday night, when Mrs. Grant's cottago was burnt to the ground, it now transpires that the…
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Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., district coroner, conducted an inquest on Saturday morning at the Waratah Hotel, Waratah, into the cause of the death of Mrs…
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At half-past 12 o'clock to-day a fire occurred on the Italian ship Stefano Razetto, lying at the Grafton Company's wharf. For a time the flames assumed alarming…
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About 2 o'clock yesterday morning a four-roomed weatherboard house, unoccupied, belonging to the estate of the [?] Mr. Thos. Maloney was found to be on fire. The…
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