Fire in the City. Sydney
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 & bushfires, 1901
218 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11
Fires in Ships Holds
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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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 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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women's Fire Brigades
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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stockton. the Fire Brigade
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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hordern's Fire. a Policeman's Escape. Sydney
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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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,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hordern's Fire. a Body Found. Sydney
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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham. Fire Brigade Social
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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Attempt to Fire a Magazine
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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wallsend
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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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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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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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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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Greta. Council Chambers Destroyed. Greta
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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