Fire at Balmain. Sydney
A fire broke out late this afternoon in the bonded stores of Messrs. Elliott Bros. at their chemical works at Balmain. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
Fire at Broadmeadow
The residence of Mr. W. Fountain, of Pokolbin-road, Broadmeadow, was the scene of an outbreak of fire at about 2 o'clock yesterday morning…
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A fire broke out in the centre of the city this morning, when the workshop attached to Williams Brothers' furniture warehouse was completely destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sea. Many Lives Lost. Heroism of the Captain. London
The steamer Sardinia, from Liverpool for Alexandria, with 200 passengers, took life off Malta. Many jumped overboard, and were…
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Early on Friday morning last a fire broke out in the Grand Hotel at Emu Park, near Rockhampton. The flames spread rapidly, and the building was…
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A fire occurred at the Islington Hotel, on the Maitland-road, Islington, at an early hour this morning, which resulted in one of the inmates losing his life…
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Fifteen miles north-west of tamiahua, in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, the greatest oil fire in history has been burning for two months (writes an American…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Fire on the Sardinia. Burial of the Victims. London
The steamer Sardinia, which caught fire of Maita, and was subsequently run on to rocks, was laden with machinery, Manchester goods, and a…
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It transpires that the fire which occurred at the Islington Hotel, Maitland-road, at an early hour on Saturday morning was discovered by Mrs…
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A fire occurred in Victoria Parade, Thursday Island, yesterday, destroying four shops and greatly damaging the plant of the "Pearler" newspaper. The…
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Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held in inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday afternoon concerning the death Of John Wilks, who was suffocated at the…
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The announcement made by Mr. W. C. Grahame, M.P., to the effect that there is little likelihood of the State Parliament legislating on the question…
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A serious fire broke out late to-night at T. Anthony and Company's timber yards in Beckett-street, Melbourne. The fire, the cause of which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigades Bill. Views of the Firemen
The bill to amend the Fire Brigades Act, which has been introduced into the State Parliament, is naturally the subject of much interest to the members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Bill. Municipal Conference
The conference of representatives of the various municipalities and shires in the Newcastle district, arranged to consider the Local Government Amending…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Sydney. Sydney
Four-storeyed premises in Kent-street, occupied by Messrs. A. Sonnefeld and Sons, clothing manufacturers; Messrs. Farleigh and Netthelm, bootupper…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Arthur Roberts, the popular comedian, was badly injured during a fire at a hotel at Aberavon, Glamorganshire, where…
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Several thousand people assembled in the Islington Park last evening at the continental, promoted by the citizens to raise funds to enable the Islington Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, December 17. Roma Fire Extinguished
On the 10th instant the cast Iron hood manufactured in Brisbane to the order of the Roma Mineral Oil Company was deposited at the bore, from which the…
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The Bucknall line oil ship Kaloma, from America to China, took fire in the harbour at Singapore. As the fire was endangering 80,000…
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