Fire Brigades' Association. Annual Meeting
The adjourned annual meeting of the Newcastle and Northern District Fire Brigades' Asseciation was held last evening at the Newcastle West fire station…
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Fires & bushfires, 1901
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 11
A Fire Brigade of Shoemakers
In an article on the "Fire Fighters of Europe" in the "Windsor Magazine," the writer gives many curious and Interesting statistics concerning the fire brigades of…
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LONDON, Monday.—The manager of the spit considers that the case of the entombed hopeless, since the coaldust must have fired, and set the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wellington. Damages £16,000. WELLINGTON
A destructive fire started a little after 2 o'clock this morning on a hill at the eastern side of the city. A gale was blowing, with heavy squalls at the time…
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Advices have been received of a terrible fire which took place at Auckland on Thursday night, when the Gresham Hotel was completely destroyed, the conflagration…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Great veldt fires are burning between the Vaal River and Bloemfontein, greatly hampering the movements of the Boers…
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The fears of a fifth victim in the terrible fire which completely destroyed the Gresham Hotel, Auchland, have been sadly realised, Dr. Charles Ayres, of Hamilton,…
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Guthris, E. and A Liner, has brought to Sydney the news of the destruaction by fire of the R. D. Price, American ship, ladea with oil from Philadelphia. The vessel was ol[?]barging in Kobe…
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Later advices now available regarding the disaster at Auckland, by which the Grand Hotel was destroyed, state that the mental suffering of Mr. and Mrs. Johnston…
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LONDON, Monday.—There has been sharp fighting at Lacoruna between the Civic Guard and workmen who are sympathising with the Oct-roi (tax)…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—great fire is raging in the Forbidden City. Pekin. Japanese and American troops are protecting the city…
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Shortly after sunset on Wednesday the chimney in a cottage occupied by Patrick Morgan, in Close-street took fire, and for some time blazed furiously. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, June 1. Terrible Fires
Many Australians who have visited the beautiful town of Auckland on their way to the Hot Lakes of the North Island will know the Grand…
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LONDON, Friday.—A great fire has occurred in some large warehouses at Antwerp. The damage is estimated at £3,000,000. Some wool, much tobacco,…
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At 10 minutes to 5 this morning a fire occurred at the establishment of Messrs. Mason Bros., shipping agents and general merchants, 42 Pitt-street The flames had…
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The annual dinner of the Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade was held in the meeting room at the station last night. Mr. R. Jones, patron of the brigade, presided, and there…
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LONDON, Monday.—The London "Daily Telegraph" says that the workmen at the Baltic Shipbuilding Yard have struck, requiring the Government…
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From San Francisco has been received a report which states that the Jane Guilon, French barque, from Newcastle, with 2987 tons coal, caught fire in her cargo after only 80 tons had been discharged…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The fire at Galeriji Island, an Russsia, suspected to be of incendiary Origin in connection with the great shipping strike, is…
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LONDON, Thursday.—General Sir Redvers Buller states that the campaign showed the want of accuracy of the British rifle fire at short ranges,…
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