The Fire Brigades. Statement of Their Position
A largely-attended meeting of delegates of the fire brigades of the district was held last night at the Newcastle West fire station. Mr. G . Kempster, president of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
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Fire in Sydney. Sydney
A fire which, had it not been for the promptitude of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, would have been attended with serious consequences, broke out in premises…
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Captain Newton, Acting-Superintendent of Navigation, visited Newcastle yesterday, and hold a preliminary inquiry concerning the destruction of the barque…
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Yesterday afternoon, a demonstration of the power of the Eureka are extinguisher was given on a vacant piece of ground off Nowoomon-street, For the…
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The annual meeting of the New Lambton Fire Brigade was held at the fire shed on Tuesday evening. The captain, Mr. A. Quinn, occupied the chair, and there…
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At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, day, Mr. C. Hibble, District Coroner, opened an inquest concerning the fire which resulted in the destruction of the…
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Yesterday an inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which occurred on the German barque Worra, while lying at No. 1 buoy on, the 9th instant, was conducted…
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The Consular inquiry concerning the fire on the German barque Werra, on 9th instant, was concluded yesterday by Mr. Otto Johannsen, the German Consul in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Mr. T. H. Ingall's. Inquest Resumed
At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. C. Hibble, District Coronor, the inquest on the fire at Mr. T. Ingall's shop, Hunter-street, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mr. T. H. Ingall's. an Open Verdict
At the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. C. Hibble, District Coroner, the inquest concerning the fire at Mr. T. H. Ingall's shop, Hunter-street, on 31st…
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Owing to representations made by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce to the Chief Secretary on the position of the fire brigades of Newcastle and district,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—An express train has been derailed near Ghent, in Belgium. The mail van caught fire, and forty-three bags of British mails,…
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About nine o'clock last night a fire started in an old building owned by Mr. Hartley Spurr, and situate at the water's edge, off Merewether-street, Newcastle…
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The inquest concerning the fire on the barque Itata on the morning of Friday, the 12th inst., was resumed at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. C…
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With a view of affording some relief to the sufferers from the recent disastrous bush fires, Mr. Ashton, the Minister for Lands, has decided to follow the course…
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Shortly before two o'clock yesterday al fire broke out amongst some bales on kapok in a detached building at the reach of Messrs. Diamond Bros.' furnishing…
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Big fires are raging in the Mount Best and Mount Fatigue districts of Gippsland. Ten families have been burnt out. Six children named Lonsdale were burned to…
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The inquest concerning the fire on the barque Itata on the morning of Friday, the 12th instant, was concluded at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, before Mr…
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The settlers in a considerable area of this State and of Victoria have been called upon to pay a tremendous penalty for the prolific season which…
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At about half-past eleven o'clock to-night a fire broke out on premises at 376 Sussex-street, occupied by Francis J. M'Donald, a skin merchant. The…
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