The Fire Brigade
In consequence of the decision of the West Maitland Fire Brigade Board not to allow the brigade to attend fires beyond the boundaries of the municipality…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11
A Woman Burglar. Fires at Gendarmes. London
Anna Kunmer, a fashionably-dressed [?] of 18, belonging to a good German [?] has been, with a male com[?] arrested at Lucerne,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Fire Brigade Dinner
The annual dinner of the West Maitland Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Tuesday evening. Superintendent Phillips occupied the chair, and…
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The second disastrous fire within a week occurred last night, Punton and Jackman's butcher's shop and O'Keeffe's grocery store, situated in the main…
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The marine Anderwriters at Sydney have been advised that the steamer Hornby Grange has arrived at Vladivostock from Sydney and Queensland ports…
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A 13-story house, known as Parkor-building fronting Fifth-aveue, Nineteenth-street New York, took fire on Saturday, and burned for 14 hours…
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A dramatic rescue of firemen was a feature of the fire at Parker-building at New York. The firemen being unable to throw…
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A fire occurred at Ganmain at half-paal four o'clock this morning, destroying Cooney's hotel, of 20 rooms, Burns' blacksmith's shop, Holland's saddler's shop…
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A fire occurred in the premises of Henry Berry and Company, in Divett-place, Adelaide, between Wakefield and Flinders streets, early this morning. The outbreak…
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On March 14th, 1865, the most destructive fire that was over seen in West Maitland took place. It broke out at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and…
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Shortly after 5 o'clock a.m., the firemen had succeeded in confining the fire within the four wells of the building, but they did not discontinue their efforts, and…
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The great conflagration which broke out in Newcastle in the early hours of yesterday morning, and effected a very large amount of damage before…
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At about a quarter past eleven o'clock to-night a serious fire broke out in the Valley Browony, in Brunswick-street. After an hour's hard work the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire in Newcastle. Cohen's Warehouse Burned Out. Other Business Premises Injured. Much Loss Occasioned. Excellent Work by the Brigades
The fire which broke out in the premises of Messrs. D. Cohen and Company, in Scott-street, Newcastle, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Victoria. Town Partly Destroyed. Melbourne
Heavy bush fires are raging in different parts of the State, and much damage has been done to buildings, crops, grass, and fencing, while many sheep and cattle…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—According to the "New York World," the fire at the Parker-building was the work of the Hunchakis (the Armenian…
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During Monday night, and throughout yesterday, the firemen were engaged pouring water into what remained of D. Cohen and Company's warehouse in…
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The fire which occurred on the premises of the Queensland Brewery Company, in Fortitude Valley last night, evidently started in the engine-room on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Fire. Documents Found Intact
The smouldering remains of Messrs. D. Cohen and Company's Scott-street warehouse, in Newcastle, which was destroyed by fire early on Monday morning, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Fire. Salvage Operations
Under the directions of the insurance adjusters a portion of the debris in Messrs. D. Cohen and Co.'s warehouse, in Scott-street, Newcastle, was sorted over…
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