Fires on Board Ship. How to Extinguish Them
When a fire is once well started on board a ship, says "Eingineering,'' the means adopted for its extinction may be either the lowering of the temperature…
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Fires & bushfires, 1907
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The Merewether Fire. Opening of the Inquiry
Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, opened an inquiry at Merewether School of Arts yesterday into the circumstances of the fire by which the residential store…
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A fire at the summer residence of Mr. Walter Schiffer, a wealthy cigar manufacturer at Long Reach, New Jersey, was attended with sensational…
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Considerable excitement was created on board the steamer Rose yesterday afternoon. The steamer had been chartered, with the Guthrey, to convey excursionists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Merewether Fire. Inquest Further Adjourned
Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, resumed the inquiry at the Merewether School of Arts yesterday into the fire, by which the residential business premises, leased…
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"Very commendable energy has been shown," says the London "Times," "by the New Zealand Government in dealing with the question of wool fires on board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merewether Fire. Inquest Further Adjourned
Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, resumed the inquiry at the Merewether School of Arts yesterday, into the fire by which the residential business premises, leased…
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The barque Eagle Craig, which arrived at Melbourne from Liverpool recently, had a sensational experience on the voyage ago. "Weather conditions wore nothing…
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The inquiry into the fire by which the residential business premises, leased and occupied by Thos. Robson, jun., Merewether, were destroyed on May 26th, was…
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At about half-past 8 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the afternoon in the transoms of the Russian barque Lochee, lying at the A.A. Company's shoots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Disastrous Fire
A fire broke out yesterday morning at about a quarter to three o'clock in the premises of Mr. Frederick Marsh, paper-longer, painter, and picture-frame maker,…
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LONDON, Friday.—A destructive fire has occurred among the wooden hotels at Jamestown, Virginia, and which were crowded with visitors to…
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During the recent visit of Professor Henry E. Crampton, of Columbia University, to the South Sea Islands for the purpose of biological exploration and…
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Fire broke out to-night in four-storied premises in Clarence-street, near Erskine-street, occupied by Messrs. S. Gordon and Sons, shirt manufacturers, and Messrs…
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The annual meeting of the members of the Wallsend-plattsburg Fire Brigade was held in the brigade's station on Monday evening. There was a large attendance, including the…
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A serious fire occurred in the Nightcaps coalmine, in Southland, on June 21st, three miners losing their lives. The mine has been worked for many years, and has been…
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A fire, which was attended with fatal results, broke out shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning at the residence of Mr. Charles C. Ramsay, of Zara-street,…
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The hand five engine passed out on the application of steam, and now the horse-drawn steam fire engine is passing out on the introduction of the motor. With…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Colonial Puts in at Fremantle Perth
Shortly after midnight last night the lookout man it Rottnest sighted a steamer heading for Fremantle and flying signals of distress. As the vessel came…
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A fro occurred on Thursday at the Plymouth workhouse. The officers of the institution had an anxious time rescuing the inmates,…
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