New Fire Appliances for London
"Engineering" points out that while the Fire Brigades Committee of the Council have made no serious attempt at reform, or even as much as a thorough…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
Fire at Fern Bay
At about nine o'clock on Monday night a fire occurred at Fern Bay, Just beyond the northern boundary of the Borough of Stockton, at the picnicking ground known…
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Fire again broke out in the Greta mine to-day. It was believed that the fire had been subdued some little time ago. Latterly the mine has not been worked,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades' Association. Grants to Be Reduced
A meeting of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Association was held at the Newcastle West Station last evening, the president (Mr. G. J. Kempster) in the…
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The position of affairs disclosed at the meeting of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Association calls attention to what is a serious state of…
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A deputation, representing the Fire Brigades' Board, waited on the Premier, Sir John See, this afternoon, to ask whether the board was to administer the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Greta Mine. Greta
Dense smoke is emanating from the Greta mine to-day, and it is evident that the fire is burning briskly. No one has been permitted to have access to the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigades. Their Critical Position
The executive officers of the Northern District Fire Brigades Association, at a meeting held in Newcastle recently, had before them a copy of the estimates from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Greta Fire at the Mine
No instructions have yet been received with regard to the fire in the Greta mine. The smoke coming from the fan drift is getting denser, demonstrating a large…
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The annual meeting of the Waratah and Mayfield Volunteer Fire Brigade was held in the School of Arts on Thursday evening. Alderman W. B. Sharp,…
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The Mayor has communicated with the Minister for Mines, drawing his attention to the menace to the health of the district through the large volumes of smoke…
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade, says "Engineering." has been tinkering at the construction of its own motor fire engines, and after spending a considerable amount…
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Mr. Thomas Affleck, representative of the owners of the Greta Colliery, arrived here by train on Saturday, and at once set to work to engage men to again seal down…
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LONDON, Friday.—A fire has taken place at Todd's haberdashery ware-house at Armagh, in Ireland. the damage being estimated at £100,000…
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News has come to hand to the effect that the steamer Mombassa, a well-known visitor to Newcastle, has been destroyed by fire at sea. The vessel was on a voyage from Calcutta to…
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The new brick offices of the Newcastle Gas and Coke Company in Hunter-street West were lit up last night, and proved an attraction to people passing by trams…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A great fire has taken place at the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum. It is reported that many deaths have occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Colney Hatch. a Terrible Scene. Fifty Two Lives Losl
LONDON, Wednesday.—The fire at the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum has been extinguished, but fifty-two lives have been lost…
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LONDON, Monday.—The great electric generating plant at Niagara Falls has been destroyed by fire. The fire was caused by lightning exploding the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigades. Their Financial Condition
In accordance with the resolution passed at the last meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades' Association, a conference was held at the Newcastle West station…
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