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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
Never in the history of the city has there been a conflagration so sudden, all consuming, or in which such terrific damage was occasioned as that which yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire presents many lessons which must not be allowed to pass unheeded. There can be no question about the matter. The fire bridges wholly failed, both in organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During yesterday a large number of visitors viewed the ruins of Messrs. D. Cohen and Co.'s bulk store, which, on Monday, was reduced to ashes by Newcastle's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The scene of the recent fire at Messrs. D. Cohen and Co.'s bonded warehouse was visited by some hundreds of spectators yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About a quarter to 9 to-night a fire occurred at No. 2 station of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, George-street West, and spread with such rapidity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Russianship Occide it, bound from Hamburg to China with a cargo of coal, comment, and general merchandise, caught fire at sea. The fire, which is supposed to have been caused by the heating of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 9 o'clock on Saturday evening an alarm of fire was given by the Stockton fire bell. The brigade promptly turned out, and discovered a fire on board the river…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The annual dinner given by the members of the West Maitland Fire Brigade was held at the brigade station on Saturday evening, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A terrible fire broke out in an asylum at Rochester, New York State, occupied by 175 orphans. A boiler exploded in a wing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On December 22, says the Melbourne "Argus," Messrs. Mm. Howard Smith and Co., Limited, the contractors for the supply of coal to the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The quarterly meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades' Association was held at the Newcastle West station last evening, the vice-president (Mr. G. H. Tuder) in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a meeting of the local Water and Sewerage Board, held yesterday, the board engineer (Mr. J. B. Henson, Asso. M. Inst. C.E.) submitted a report dealing fully with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual meeting of this brigade was held in the fire station on Monday evening. There was a full attendance of members present, and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shortly after 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the [?]oof of the Victoria Theatre Hotel. Fir men were quickly on the scene and soon succeeded in putting out what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annual meeting of this brigade was held on Friday evening. The secretary read the report, which showed that the brigade was, notwithstanding the heavy expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As briefly announced in Saturday's issue a fire broke out at the Victoria Theatre Hotel shortly after 3 a.m., and it is due to the efforts of the Central Fre Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual gathering of the Waratah send Mayfield Fire Brigade was held on Friday evening in the School of Arts, when the brigade was fully represented by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire occurred in Prince-street, between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, resulting in the total destruction of three business places, and the partial destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The members of the Adamstown Fire Brigade held their annual social in the Carrington Hall on Friday night, There were 30 couples present, including several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The members of this brigade held their annual meeting at their station on Saturday evening. The Mayor (Alderman R. M'Cann) occupied the chair and Mr. Peter…
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