Lessons of the Kempsey Fire
The great loss which has been occasioned at Kempsey by the disastrous outbreak of fire which occurred in that town on Thursday, flashes…
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Fires & bushfires, 1907
180 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9
The Fire Brigades' Demonstration
During the recent are brigades' demonstration at Wagga, the Mayor of Wagga, Alderman Joseph Hayes, entertained the visiting officials, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fire Brigades. Legislation Imperative. Newcastle's Condition
In view of the recent fire at Kempsey the question arises how Newcastle would fare if faced with big conflagration. It is a well known fact that as far as the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Adelaide. Great Damage Done. Adelaide
Before 6 o'clock this morning a fire was observed in the two-storied offices and warehouse of Harold, Colton, and Company, Limited, Currie-street, city. About…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Cheapside. Great Damage Done. London
A great fire occurred in Wood-street, Cheapside, yesterday morning. Several large warehouses, containing Manchester goods, silk, woollens,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Bundaberg. Bundaberg
About midnight to-night a fire broke out in the old bond of the Bundaberg Distillery. The fire brigade was promptly on the scene, but owing to there being no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bundaberg Fire. Bundaberg, Friday. BRISBANE
The fire at the Bundaberg distillery was got under at 3 o'clock this morning. The fine new still and a quantity of machinery were destroyed. The large new bond,…
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Early this morning a fire occurred in a three-roomed weatherboard cottage in Lygon-street, 'Carlton, occupied by Miss Alice Stapleton and her nephew, Norman…
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LONDON, Monday.—The residence of Mr. John Wanamaker, formerly Postmaster-General of the United States, near Philadelphia, has been…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A shocking fire occurred at a boarding-house at Stinech, on the shore of Lake Constance, Switzerland…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation has met its losses by the San Francisco disaster, amounting to £619,396,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Fire Brigade. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the New Lambton Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Friday evening, and as is the usual custom, a social evening was spent. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kingston Fire Claims
LONDON, Monday.—The fire claims at Kingston against British insurance companies amount to £1,500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner on Fire. Two Men Blown to Pieces. Cooktown
A quantity of benzine, consisting of 340 cases, which had been removed from the ketch Victor to the auxiliary schooner Papuan, for transfer to New Guinea,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gun-fire of Battleships. Big Guns V. Mixed Guns
In order that this question of gunfire of modern battleships may be clearly understood, it will be necessary to mention the fundamental principles of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on the Chupra
The Bombay "Gazette" contains particulars of the fire which occurred on the B. I. steamer Chupra whilst on a voyage from Bombay to Antwerp, with a general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at a School. Forty Children Perish. a Woman's Heroism. London
Forty children were incinerated in a lire which occurred at the Hochelaga Protestant school, in Montreal, Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Canadian School Fire. Reports Somewhat Exaggerated. London
Further reports concerning the fire which occurred at the Protestant school at Hochelaga, Montreal, show that the reports concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Kanowna. Serious Damage. Melbourne
About six o'clock last night smoke was seen issuing from the forehold of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Kanowna, which was to start for Fremantle the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in the South-west
The splendid season experienced last year clothed the western country in grasses over a foot high, which, owing to the high temperatures which have…
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