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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1901

218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11

Fire in the City. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1901 · page 5

About 3 o'clock this afternoon a fire broke out in a store at the rear of No. 271 Pitt-street, between the School of Arts and the loyal Arcade. The…

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Fires in Ships Holds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 2

A machine for extinguishing fires in ships' holds, recently introduced into Great Britain, depends for its action on the generation of sulphurous acid…

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Boolaroo. Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 7

The Boolaroo Fire Brigade-attended their first fire on Thursday. The brigade was at practice, and had just wound the hose on the reel, when screams were heard issuing…

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The Balmoral's Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 4

The decision of the South Australian Marine Board regarding the fire on the steamer Balmoral on July 25 states that the cause of the outbreak was the close proximity of one of the donkey boilers and…

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Women's Fire Brigades

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 10

There are, upwards of a hundred efficiently drilled anti properly equipped women's fire brigades in the United Kingdom. The best examples of these latest…

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Stockton. the Fire Brigade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1901 · page 5

Last week the members of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade held a successful concert in the Temperance Hall to raise funds to defray various expenses…

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Hordern's Fire. a Policeman's Escape. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1901 · page 5

The work of demolishing the walls of the larger of the ruins left by the fire in the Haymarket was continued this morning. During the operations Senior-Sergeant…

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A Barque on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1901 · page 4

At Honolulu recently a serious fire occurred on the American barque, C. D. Bryant. The loss to the ship and insurance will be very heavy, as the vessel had discharged hardly any of her cargo,…

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Hordern's Fire. a Body Found. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1901 · page 5

The remains of one of the men who perished in the recent fire at Hordern's Palace Emporium were discovered to-day in the engine-room. The…

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A Remarkable Fire Escape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 5

An English manufacturer has made and patented an easy chair, that combines a fire escape. The idea is simplicity itself, as a glance at the accompanying illustration…

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Wickham. Fire Brigade Social

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 8

The Wickham Fire Brigade's second social of the season was held in the Wickham School of Arts last evening. These occasional functions of the…

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Attempt to Fire a Magazine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Three attempts have been made during the past two months to blow up a powder magazine at Vienna. Last night the…

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Hordern's Fire. Another Body Found. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 5

Another body was found among the ruins at the Palace Emporium buildings to-day. The corpse was lying on its back. The skull was devoid of…

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Fire at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 August 1901 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in a two-roomed cottage in Martindale-street. The occurrence took place shortly after two o'clock, and although an alarm was quickly…

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Wallsend Fire Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 5

An inquiry by Coroner Martin and a jury concerning the cause of the fire at Martindale-street on Saturday afternoon was to have been held at the Red Lion…

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Wild Animals Fear Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 8

All really wild animals have an inborn dread of fire, partly [?]ion account of its novelty and partly through memory, inherited or otherwise, of forest fires. An animal…

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Fire!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 7

Sir,—The Federal Government is giving a prize to the successful competitor whose design shall be adjudged as the one to be worked in bunting for…

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Great Fire in Norway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A great fire occurred yesterday at Farsund, Norway. Four-fifths of the town were destroyed, and 1200, persons rendered…

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Stockton. Fire Brigade's New Reel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 8

On Thursday evening a pleasant time was spent at the Stockton Fire Brigade Station, when a little sociality was entered upon for the purpose of christening the…

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Fire at Greta. Council Chambers Destroyed. Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 5

A fire was discovered at the municipal chambers shortly after 6 o'clock this morning, and in a very short time the building was completely destroyed,…

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