Ship on Fire
LONDON, Saturday.—The ship Durham, bound for Melbourne, was badly damaged by fire while lying in port at Buenos Ayres. The cargo is now…
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Fires & bushfires, 1903
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District News. West Wallsend Fire Brigade
A fire brigade is now on the point of formation which will be made up of 25 young and active fire-fighters. Saturday week is mentioned as the probable date…
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Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday morning, a weatherboard workshop, the property of Mr. R. H. G. Sibley; of Brunker-road, Broadm[?]adow, was destroyed…
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The Citizens Committee held their final meeting on Wednesday evening in Wilson's Hotel. Mr. W. Johnson, who was in the chair, stated that the object of the…
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A fire broke out at midnight on Saturday in the top storey of the bulk store at the rear of Messrs. A. E. Whittet and Co.'s stores in High-street. The alarm was…
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A magisterial inquiry was held at the Suburban Hotel, Newcastle yesterday by the Deputy-Coroner. Mr. Charles Hibble, touching the death…
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LONDON, Friday.—Wireless fire alarms have been experimentally introduced at Brussels, the capital of Belgium…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Damp in Mines. Remarks by Mr. Atkinson
In one portion of his annual report for 1902, Mr. A. A. Atkinson, the Chief Inspector of Collieries, makes the following references when dealing with fire-damp…
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There were nine fires in the collieries of the Northern district during 1902: At Greta on 25th February, at Burwood on 11th April, at Brown's No. 2 Colliery on…
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Although the presence of fire-damp had not been reported under the Coal Mines Regulation Act at the Mount Keombla Colliery for several years prior to the…
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Notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather, the fire brigade social held in Sulphide Hall on Friday evening last was well patronised, the roomy hall being…
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Extraordinary seenes took place during a great con[?]agration at Popadjina, in the district of Straiza, province of Tyer, Russia, which resulted in more than half the…
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The miners and others employed at the Waratah Colliery were informed that there was no work for them when they appeared at the pit-top yesterday…
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The fire which was discovered in the Waratah Colliery on Wednesday morning is still burning. At midnight on Wednesday, the seat of the fire was located. It…
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A fire broke out about 4 o'clock this morning at Drummoyne, by which a shed, the property of Mrs. Dudley, in which the business of oilskin and tarpaulin making…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A serious fire broke out on a train on the Great Western Railway which was conveying Lord Falmouth's household to his…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A destructive fire occurred at the Casino at Trouville, France, yesterday morning. There was an indescribable panic…
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At five minutes to one this morning flames were noticed to be issuing by the watchman at South Head from the fore part of the four-masted barque Earl of…
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The annual ball connection with the Minmi Fire Brigade place in Sharp's Hall on Thursday night. Upwards of 30 couples took part the grand march to…
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The fire which broke out on hoard the four-masted tarque Earl of Dunmore this morning proved far more serious than was at first anticipated, and after several…
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