Minmi. the Fire Brigade
The annual ball of the Minmi Fire Brigade was held in Sharp's Hall on Friday night, when there was a large attendance, including visitors from various parts of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 11
Burwood-street Fire. Outbreak Unexplained
Nothing has transpired to afford any explanation of the cause of the fire which occurred at Mr. A. Cook's joinery works and timber yards, Burwood-street,…
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The intimation that the Fire Underwriters' Association is prepared to recommend the insurance companies to make a substantial contribution to the…
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Breekenridge's sawmill and timber yards in Darby-street was the scene of a disastrous fire last night, the building containing the wood-working machinery…
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Sir,—The fires which have just occurred are much to be regretted, the loss being enormous, not only to the proprietors, but particularly to the…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Heavy rains that have fallen in Canada have extinguished the forest fires which have lately been raging in the Kootenay…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A fire has occurred in Uskub, in Turkey, by which half the town was destroyed. The damage is estimated at £300,000…
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A fire broke out on Sunday morning in the hairdressing saloon occupied by Mr. Philip and was discovered by Mr. R. D. Armstrong a neighbour who was…
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During the forenoon a fine display was given in the Domain by detachments from the city depots and some of the suburban branches of the fire brigade. The full…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Forest fires are sweeping along the famous Yosemite Valley, California, and threaten to [?]eat up the giant redwood trees in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Dawes Point. Sydney
A fire broke out at about 1 o'clock this afternoon on Parbury's Wharf, at Dawes Point. About 20 large bales of hessian, goat skins, corn sacks, and flax were…
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LONDON, Friday.—The impression is gaining ground that the recent fire in Constantinople was the work of reactionary incendiaries…
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A fire his broken out in a coalmine at Haileyville, Oklahoma. It is believed 30 miners have been suffocated…
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At half-past eight o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a Wicker factory, belonging to Messrs. Wiese and Varcoe, in Eliza-street, city. A three-storey…
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A destructive cane lire broke out at Windemere, near Bundaberg, this morning, resulting in the total destruction of a considerable tonnage of unfrosted cane…
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The lives of many miners at the Stanfield Colliery, in Lanarkshire were seriously imperilled yesterday by a fire at the mine…
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At half-past eight o'clock last night a fire was discovered in the roof of a dwelling house of two stories in Barton-street, Waratah, owned and occupied by…
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At the Coroner's Court yesterday Mr. W. J. Et[?]ight, who represented Mr. Bible's interests at the inquiry concerning the recent fire, took occasion to express appreciation of…
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Fires are raging in the pine forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin, in the United States. The town of Chisholm has been…
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An outbreak of fire was discovered on the second floor of Mr. T. S. Petherbridge's building in Market-street. Newcastle, a few minutes before half-past…
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