Hospital Fire Appliances. Are They Adequate?
The fire at the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum in London, which resulted in the loss of 52 lives, suggested an inquiry as to the fire appliances at the Newcastle…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 11
Fire at a Meeting
LONDON, Tuesday.—A fire broke out in a building in which a meeting of Finns was being held in Malcoo, Finland, and in the panic that ensued 11…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigades. Supt. Webb's Views
Superintendent Webb of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades, is at present on a visit to Newcastle, and upon arrival by the mail train last evening he was met by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hamilton Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
The members of the Hamilton Fire Brigade held their 15th annual meeting and supper in the new station last evening. Alderman Alexander presiding. Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at the Australia. Sydney
Just before 1 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the Hotel Australia, which fortunately was discovered in time to prevent a disastrous conflagration. The alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Watford
LONDON, Tuesday.—The works of Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa, Limited at Watford, Hertfordshire, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at the Sulphide Works
About 2 a.m. on Monday a fire broke out at the Sulphide Company's works at Cockle Creek, which resulted in the destruction of a large storeroom, containing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colney Hatch Fire
LONDON, Friday.—At the inquest into the recent fire at Colony Hatch Lunatic Asylum, a verdict was returned that there was no evidence as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades. Deputation to the Premier
Mr. W. T. Dick, M.P., has arranged that the Premier. Sir John See, shall, receive a deputation of Parliamentary representatives on matters affecting the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Newcastle. Lake-road Fire Brigade. Pioneer Riflemen. No. XXIII
Thursday, Nov. 9, 1865, was a great day in Newcastle. For many months preparation had been made for ceremony to commemorate laying the foundation stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires. Waratah in Danger
An extensive bush fire took place at Waratah yesterday morning, endangering a number of houses and necessitating much labour and many willing workers to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Blaze at Broadmeadow
While the fire was raging at Mayfield another broke out at Broadmeadow, where the grass and scrub in the block of land reserved for the new railway workshops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intense Heat. Gale and Fires
Hot weather prevailed on Saturday throughout the State, thermometer readings from 90 to 100 degrees in the shade being reported from a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires
Reports to hand from the police and others show that a considerable amount of damage was caused by the bush fires which raged in the district on Sunday and…
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Another fire broke out yesterday at noon in the scrub near the Crystal Palace Gardens, which ignited the high fencing surrounding the gardens. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Stockton
About 3.30 p.m., Dr. Russell, the medical superintendent at the Asylum for Insane, and port health officer, received at message to the effect that a fire had broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Port Stephens. Nelson's Bay
Yesterday was a terrible day, the temperature registering 102 in the shade, in addition to which there was a strong north-westerly wind blowing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Effect of Fires. in Newcastle and District
The westerly gale which proved so disagreeable on Sunday continued to make its influence felt yesterday, but the temperature was much cooler than on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi. Bush Fires
The weather on Sunday in this neighbourhood was almost unbearable, the hot winds and the smoke from the bush fires being stilling. The members of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boolaroo. Bush Fires
The heat of late has been intense. The smoke of surrounding bush fires hangs over the township. For all such emergencies there is a fully equipped…
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