Great Fire in Montreal
LONDON, Friday.—Reuter's correspondent reports that the wholesale business quarter of Montreal, Canada, has been burned. Included in the buildings…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
A Small Fire
About 12.55 this morning an alarm of fire was given. The Central Brigade, under Second-Lieut Harry Taylor, proceeded to a house in Ireland's Terrace, where they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Fire Coal Question. Action by the Proprietors' Committeee
The miners' general secretary has received a letter from Mr. Wheeler, the secretary of Proprietors' Committee, portion of which reads as…
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Some little excitement was caused in Wickham on Saturday morning by the report that a fire had occurred at Ellis' saw mills. The Wickham Fire…
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The members of this brigade held their annual meeting on Tuesday night at their fire station, King-street. There was a full muster of members…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Petroleum Fire at Baku. Many Persons Incinerated
LONDON, Thursday.—A petroleum magazine containing twenty million poods of oil has been burnt at Baku. Four springs fired. Twenty bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Leichhardt. Sydney
At a few minutes to 3 o'clock this morning an outbreak of fire was discovered at the produce store and residence of Daniel Slade, of 401 Parramatta-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Colliery on Fire. Sixty Miners Imprisoned
LONDON, Saturday.—A fire has broken out in a colliery in Cumberland, Vancouver. Sixty miners are imprisoned in the pit…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrible disaster has occurred at Diamondville, in the State of Wyoming (U.S.). A fire broke out in a colliery, entombing 50…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton. the Fire Brigade and the Council
Alderman Warland, the Mayor, as secretary of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade, has handed to the council clerk a cheque for £50 as a further instalment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New Fire Station at Hamilton. a Successful Opening Function
Hamilton, a usually quiet suburb, was on fete on Saturday, on account of the opening of its new fire station. There was a good display of hunting, flags being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire. Sydney
At 2 o'clock this morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at 49 Ann-street, Surry Hills. The premises were occupied by Mr. Charles Anderson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Jumna. Narow Escape. Much Cargo Jettisoned
LONDON, Wednesday.—An alarming fire occurred in the main hole of the British India Company's steamer Jumma on Monday, and burnt for ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Annandale. Sydney
About 2 o'clock this morning a watchman at Boale and Company's piano and sewing machine factory. Nelson-street, Annandale, round that the premiers were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steathgryfe on Fire. Put Into Dunedin
The four-masted barque Strathgryfe, from Sydney bound to London, put into Dunedin on Sunday with her cargo of wool on file…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Bottles As Fire Raisers
Investigations into the causes of the numerous prairie fires in the cattle ranges of Montana and Western Dakota seem to show strong reasons for the belief that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waratah. Fire
On Saturday afternoon a fire occurred at the English and Australian Copper Coy's Smelting Works, with the result that a number of bags and an old shed were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Temora. Sydney
At 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Plesse's Australia Hotel, Temora. Despite the efforts of the fire brigade and townsmen, the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Warship
LONDON, Monday.—A fire broke out in the sailroom of the American gunboat Petrel, at Cavite, Lieutenant-Commander Roper, who went to the…
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A fire broke out in Mr. George Kedwell's Dore Studio yesterday morning, at two o'clock, and although the firemen were promptly on the scene, and worked well,…
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