A Suspicious Fire. Sydney
At half-past two o'clock this morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in a large boarding establishment in Macquarie-street, occupied by Mrs…
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Fires & bushfires, 1899
209 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11
The British Victory at Elandslaagte. Boers Fire After Showing the White Flag. the British Respond with the Bayonet
LONDON, Tuesday.—Further details of the British victory at Elandslaagte state that the British troops refused to take the shelter that offered them during their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Sydney, Thursday Night
The annual report of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was laid on the table of the House to-night. It states that 45 insurance offices contributed during the year 1898,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney Letter. the Contingent and a Demonstration.—disappointment Among Rejected Volunteers.—to Keep Down Vice.—that Macquarie-street Fire.—influenza and Chicken Pox.—a Lady in Parliament.—mr. Lyne Seriously Accused.—mr. Crick and [?]Ried Men. [?]Ey
[?] Kent on Saturday [?]ical Corps. [?]d on the [?]ay. It…
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The first electric fire engine of the firemen of Paris is now running on the streets, and has already begun its work of saying life and property. It is a handsome vehicle, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mafeking being Bombarded. Houses on Fire. a Pigeon Post Formed
LONDON, Thursday.—A Boer report states that the Transvaal forces are shelling Mafeking, and that several of the houses are in flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colonel Schiel and the British Fire. "Nothing Could Resist It."
LONDON, Friday.—Colonel Schiel, the Commandant of the German Corps, and organiser of the Transvaal artillery, who was taken prisoner by the British at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Another British Victory. Against a withering Fire Heavy British Casualties. Brilliant Charges. The Boers Routed. Their Positions Taken
LONDON, Friday.—Particulars regarding the recent fighting at Reitfontein state that 6000 Boers occupied a strong position on a ridge of hills, which commanded the main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Hospital. Proposed Establishment of Fire Appliances
The monthly meeting of the Newcastle Hospital Committee was held at the institution last night, the president (Mr. C. H. Hannell) occupying the chair. There were…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Boers yesterday directed their fire on a convent in Ladismith, although aware that the building is being used as an hospital…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—ThE "Daily Mail" publishes important news from Mafeking. The "Mail's" war correspondent states that the Boers threw 300 shells into Mafeking,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer Attack on Kimberley They Fire the Veld. Tons of Dynamite Exploded. No Harm Done
LONDON, Wednesday— News from Kimberley states that the Beers fired the veld, exploding 35 tens of dynamite belonging to De Beers mine. No harm was done by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Where Are the Fire-eaters?
The contingent has gone forth amid frantic cheers and with a munificent supply of beer, wine, tobacco, books and magazines, war correspondents and other adjuncts of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Fire Engine Station
Two Americans in London inspected a certain fire-engine station. One of them remarked to the chief engineer, "Do you know, in New York we use a 9in hose, not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War The Fighting at Ladismith. Destructive British Fire. a "Veritable Inferno."
LONDON, Thursday.—A Beer despatch declares that the British artillery at Ladismith created a veritable inferno. The Boers have shot twenty of their Rand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A British Cruiser Fires on a French Steamer. an Apology Demanded
LONDON, Tuesday.—The British cruiser Magicienne, Captain P. F. Tillard, fired blank cartridge at the French steamer Cordoba, 70 miles from Delagoa Bay, to cause…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire in Sydney. M'lean Bros. and Rigg's Ware-house in Flames. Danger From Exploding Cartridges. Sydney
At 7.30 this evening the head quarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were informed through the fire alarm bax, at the corner of Park and George streets, that the…
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LONDON, ,Thursday.—The Hamburg-American liner Patria caught fire in the North Sea. One hundred and fifty passengers were landed in safety at Dover. There…
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The fact that self-propelled fire engines have not yet found favour in London does not necessarily illustrate any lack of ability on the part of our manufacturers, says…
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Some horrible details of the atrocities committed by the Voulet-Chanoine mission in the French Soudan-atrocities which led eventually to the murder of Colonel Klobb…
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