Fire on a Steamer
News by the German steamer Laeisz, which arrived at Sydney yesterday, states that an outbreak of fire occurred on the New York steamer Burgermeister Hackmann, bound from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
214 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11
Fire in Kent. Paper Mills Destroyed. London
Messrs. Townshead, Hook, and Company’s paper mills, seven cottages, and two barges, at Snodland, in Kent, have been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stricken City. Fires Still Racing. Thousands Homeless. London
Advices received from Valparaiso stale that the first shook of earthquake lasted for and a half minutes, and the second shock for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, August 18. Fires on Wool Ships
There have been quite a number of fires on New Zealand wool ships this season, the most serious being on the ship Pitcairn Island and the fine direct…
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At the Wool and Flax Commission, held at Wellington on Wednesday last week, a witness stated that he had been a ship charterer for 10 years, and considered wool, flax, and tow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigades
The State Chief Secretary intends shortly to redeem his undertaking to bring forward legislation to place the country fire brigades upon a proper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigades' Board. Sydney
The report of the New South Wales Fire Brigades Board for 1905, which was laid before Parliament to-night, states that 43 municipalities within the area of…
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The bill for control of fire brigades was circulated in the Legislative Assembly last week. The measure provides for the creation…
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The policy of centralisation is the most prominent feature of the bill for the control of fire brigades which Mr. Hogue, the Chief Secretary, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Previous Fire
The Marlborough Hill had a previous experience with fire, and on that occasion was badly damaged. On August 25th, of last year she was lying in New York…
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The fire was discovered a few minutes before 4 a.m. by a member of the crow named Swanson. He was on watch at the time, and smelling fire, went to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque on Fire. Marlborough Hill Ablaze
The four-masted barque Marlborough Mill, lying at No. 12 dolphin, on the North Stockton foreshore, was the scene of a disastrous fire in the early hours of…
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A simple and inexpensive contrivance for ascertaining the temperature of bales of wool was exhibited before the Wool Fires Commission by Mr. Henry Lambert, of Wellington…
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At the commission appointed, by the New Zealand Government to inquire into the causes of fires on wool ships, Captain Willie, surveyor of Lloyd's gave evidence that in his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perpetual Fires
There are domestic fires burning in Yorkshire to-day, which have never been out for hundreds of years. At the old-fashioned farmhouses in the dales of…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The damage by the fire aboard the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Whakatane, in Poplar Dock, was less serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Conference. Local Government Extension. Fire Brigades Bill
The conference of the representatives of the councils of the Newcastle and Maitland districts, upon the provisions of the Local Government Extension Bill, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades' Association Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Northern Fire Brigades' Association was held at the Newcastle West station last evening, the president, Mr. G. J. Kempster, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigades Bill
The Amending Fire Brigades Bill, which was introduced into the Assembly at the beginning of last month, has received considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Tunnel. Bravery of Foremen. London
Owing to defective electrical wiring a thick, choky outbreak of fire has occurred in the tunnel in course of construction between Long Island and…
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