Fire at a Railway Station. Melbourne
About eight o'clock this evening the lookout man at the Central Fire Station reported a fire at Spencer-street goods-shed. A chemical motor pump, an…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 11
Living Fire Engines
In all time, probably, a human life has never been saved by animals more extraordinary, or in a fashion more unlooked for, than recently, at a place some few…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Broadmeadow. Fire Brigade Meeting
The annual social of the Broadmeadow Fire Brigade was held on Friday night in the mechanics' institute. The president, Alderman F. Rogers, presided, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Marseilles. London
A destructive fire has occurred in warehouses in Marseilies belonging to the Chamber of Commerce, and covering an area of 10,000 metres. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a School. Many Children Killed. Teachers Share Their Fate. Agonising Scenes. London
The Lake View Common School in Cleveland, Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. There hundred and sixty chidren…
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The timbering of the Hampstead Colliery, near Birmingham, was set on fire by the overturning of some candies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a School. the Death Roll. London
The death roll of the children who perished in the terrible fire at the Lake View Common School, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, reaches a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R.M.S. Mongolia. Fire Extinguished. London
The R.M.S. Mongolia, which arrived at Marseilles on February 28, from London, with a fire aboard, has now continued on her voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swedish Lunatic. Fires at the King's Palace. London
A Swedish labourer, who had been discharged from a lunatic asylum, fired twelve shots from a Remington rifle at Christiana Castle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Regarding Baseless Reports.—new South Wales and Her Governors.—sir Harry Rawson Gives Us Some Information.—the Publicans' "Black Thursday."—poor Feed and the Milk Pail.—that Brand of Fire-water—"sam-sue." Sydney
Who spreads the report which is baseless? There is an old saying that there is no smoke without fire. True, but there can be slander without justification…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Sea
A wireless telegram, received at Cape Sable early in February from the White Star steamer Cymrie, outward from New York, reported that she had rescued a portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mountains of Fire. a New Theory
M. Albert Brun, of Geneva, the distinguished Swiss scientist, has been endeavouring for some years to solve the mystery which has baffled the effort of other…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on a Steamer
A telegram has been received from Bunbury (W.A.), stating that a fire broke out in the bunkers of the steamer Clan Ronald on Wednesday night. The vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. the Earl of Dudley and Australia.—no Doubt, It Seems, About the Fleet.—the Austrias Departs, a Floating City.—superintendent Webb and the Big Sydney Fire to Be.—influenza Again a Sydney Visitor.—old Age Pensions Through the Post. Sydney
The appointment of the Earl of Dudley to be Governor-General of Australia is just what "The Times" claims for it—a lift up. Lord Hopetoun had to his credit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Drury Lane. London
A serious fire occurred at Drury Lane Theatre yesterday. The fire was confined to the stage, thought the safety curtain and much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Boarding-house. Incendiarism Suspected
Shortly before five o'clock yesterday morning premises in Telford-street, used as a seaman's boarding-house, were discovered to be on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Earthquake and Fire. Disaster in Mexico. London
The town of Chilapa was practically destroyed on Friday by an earthquake, which was followed by a fire, which broke out amongst the ruins, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telford-street Fire. Inquest Opened
The district coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, commenced an inquiry at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the cause of the fire at the premises occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telford-street Fire. Griffen Sent for Trial
The District Coroner, Mr. C. Hibble, continued the inquiry at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the cause of the fire at the, promises occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Sydney. Sydney
A fire occurred to-night on the top floor of the premises in Kent-street, of Goodearl, Ltd., tent, tarpaulin, and mattress makers. The outbreak was…
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