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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 11
Shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon an alarm of fire was given, causing some perplexity to the fire brigades, who for a time were unable to locate it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reports continue to come to hand concerning the devastation wrought by bush fires. The continued dry weather has so thoroughly parched everything in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The terrible heat of Tuesday, with the added in-effects of extensive bush fires paging within a few mi[?]es of the town and sending hot [?] of wind over the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Jesse Gregson, whose residence at Mill Paddock, Mayfield, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon, returned to Newcastle by the mail train last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out in some sawdust packing between the organ and the back door of St. Mary's Church yesterday morning shortly after 10 o'clock. Painters had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We read down here that bush fires are raging, among various places, along the line from the Hawkesbury to Newcastle. Presumably these fires are the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →From Napier there have been received reports that state that the finding of the Court in the magisterial inquiry into the circumstances connected with the recent fire on board the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What is known as the "cabbage" train, conveying the major portion of Broken Hill's share of poultry, fish vegetables, fruit, and Christmas cheer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The adjourned inquest on the fire which occurred at Silk and Williams' shop on October 30, which was interrupted owing to the illness of the coroner, was resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A destructive fire broke out on the premises of Messrs Dillon, Burrows, and Company, wholesale manufacturing confectioners, 261 Harris-street, Pyrmont, at an early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This afternoon the fire brigades were summoned to a fire on board the steamer Wilcannia at Port Melbourne. It has transpired that the fire was noticed as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An extensive bush fire is reported to be raging in Glenore fruit district, extending right down to Wiseman's Ferry. Several miles of country have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Christmas night at a late hour a fire broke out on board the Land liner Wilcannia, which was moored at the railway pier, Port Melbourne. At first it was thought the ship's hose could cope with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Information has been received of a shocking tragedy which occurred on Christmas Day at Day Dawn, on the Murchison gold field. The residence of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heat at Adamstown on Saturday was almost unbearable, the township being completely obscured by smoke from a large bush fire, which raged in Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dense haze, which has settled down upon the city and suburbs, due to the many bush fires which are burning within a few miles of the metropolis. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the early hours this morning an outbreak of fire which caused damage to the extent of some thousands of pounds occurred in the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire which was caused by spontaneous combustion in one of the bunkers of the Lund liner Wilcannia, lying at Port Melbourne, continued to burn throughout Saturday and Sunday. As a…
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