Bush-fire Sympathy
The practical manner in which the Victorian public is expressing its sympathy with the bush-fire sufferers is deserving of all praise, and only goes to show what…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 11
The Pyrmont Fire. Mass of Blackened Ruins. Sydney
When the report of the Pyrmont fire closed this morning, it was stated that a strong southerly had sprung up, and that the adjoining timber yards were in…
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LONDON, Saturday.— Taira, in Japan, has been the scene of a conflagration, in which 600 houses were burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney. Sydney
Shortly before ten o'clock to-night a fire was discovered in premises occupied by Messrs Morgan and Smith, general merchants, 211 Clarence-street, Sydney. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Mine Fires. Broken Hill
The Proprietary mine has been closed down, so far as mining and milling are concerned, gas and fire having gained control in most of the workings. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Berlin Fire Brigade
Writing on the subject of German fire brigades, "Engineering" says it is a matter of considerable interest to observe that the Berlin Fire Brigade is at great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Wickham
At about one o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in a six-roomed cottage in Albert-street, Wickham. The Louse is situated within a few yards of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Millions Made by a Fire
The death was announced in New York recently of Mr. Marshall Field, one of Chicago's richest and most modest men. In a list of the world's millionaires published…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Ball
LONDON, Wednesday.—While dancing was going on in a ball room over a stable at Fucecchio Italy, the building caught fire, and the floor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer
The American mall steamer Schema brings news to the effect that George Wallace, third officer of the United States transport Usade, a native of Sydney, lost his life in an outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Broadmeadow. Fire Brigade
The first annual meeting of the Broad-meadow Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday night at the Premier Hotel, the president of the brigade, Alderman Arthur, being in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Fire Brigades. Report by Mr. Webb
Mr. W. Hillier, the secretary to the Newcastle and Northern Fire Brigades' Association, has received from the Chief Secretary's Office, a copy of a report on…
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The report of the Superintendent of the Sydney Fire Brigades upon the condition of the brigades in and around Newcastle raises a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Disaster. Coal Pits on Fire. Eleven Hundred Killed. London
Particulars are to hand of a terrible mining disaster which occurred in the coal mines at Courrieres, in the Department of Pas-de-Calais, in France,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at the Proprietary. Broken Hill
The Proprietary Mine fire at the 100ft level, spread badly last night, and extended to M'Bryde's shaft, a good way south. All the men who went underground at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train on Fire. Ten Persons Burned. London
A serious railway accident has occurred at a place called Godsend, in Ohio. The carriages of a train caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proprietary Mine Fire. Broken Hill
The fire at the Proprietary Mine continues very bad, Both the mine and hill are now idle, and will probably remain so for some time. It is impossible to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Courrieres Disaster. Fire Again Raging. London
The fire is again raging in the Courrieres Mines, and operations to recover the bodies of the men who have been killed have been suspended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Woonona. Woonona
A disastrous fire broke out in Mr. James Davidson's Polytechnic Stores, at Woonona, between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning and extended to Messrs. Molley and Sons…
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Carbolic acid, used in homes, factories, shops, and offices as a germ destroyer, should not be brought into the presence of an open flame, as the vapour is…
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