The South Africa Fire
At the Marine Board inquiry concerning the fire on the steamer South Africa in Port Adelaide River, while at the explosives station, the board found that the conflagration was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1910
230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 12
American Forest Fires. Shooting to Bring Rain. London
The United States authorities at Washington are conferring with the commandant of the coast artillery with a view to arranging for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wallsend. Woman and Child Killed
Shortly before eight o'clock last evening a fire was discovered in the residence of Mr. Isaac Buxton, Brookstown, Wallsend, and resulted in the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Fire. Opening of Inquest
At the Wallsend Courthouse yesterday, Mr. G. Hibble, the district coroner, opened an inquiry into the death of Mary Ann Buxton and her grandchild, Myrtle Elleen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Forest Fires. Quenched by Rain. London
The forest fires in Montana and Idaho are being quenched by rain. Seventy-three forestry employees are dead or missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rocklily Fire
A survey was made on the steamer Rocklily, which was seriously damaged by fore at Sydney on Monday night. The survey was conducted by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wallsend Fire. Finding of the Coroner
The inquiry concerning the death of Mary Ann Buxton and Myrtle Eileen Buxton, who lost their lives in the fire at the residence of Mr. I. Buxton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Hospital. Thirteen Patients Injured. London
An explosion of gas caused a fire in the hospital at Henares, in Portugal. Firemen rescued ninety panic-stricken women and girls from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg the Recent Fatal Fire
A well-attended meeting was held in the Baptist Tabernacle, Wallsend, on Thursday to express sympathy with Mr. I. Buxton and family in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Evolution
The terrific forest fires in the North-Western United States, from whence we obtain Oregon pine, tinned fish, and the silver question, have been followed with…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire on a Battleship. Fuel Oil Explosion. Three Men Killed. Vancouver
The United States battleship. North Dakota, of 20,000 tons, put into, Lower Chesapeake Bay, Marryland, with the oil bunkers afire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Belgian Fire. Britain Forgoes Damages. London
It is officially stated that the British Government, from motives of friendliness, will not claim damages from Belglum for losses by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Russia. Great Damage Done. London
Three hundred houses at Karkas, a suburb of Zarizyn, in Russia, have been destroyed by fire and 4000 people have been rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires
Very serious bush fires were started on Saturday afternoon last in the Winton district, and large areas of country on either side of the railway were swept…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Forest Fires. a Plucky Teacher. Vancouver
The area swept by forest fires in the State of Montana and Idaho, U.S.A., amounts to 15,000 acres. A teacher at Bellingham saved the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carrington. Outbreak of Fire
Between one and two o'clock yesterday afternoon a flew broke out at the residence of Mr. R. Oliver, in Forbes-street, Carrington. The fire station being in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hotel on Fire. Saved by a Dog. London
The Castle Hotel, at King's Lynn, was destroyed by fire last night. The barking of a fox terrier dog aroused the inmates, and all escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American News. Vancouver, Wednesday. Great Fire at Winnipeg
A large section of the fashionable residential quarter of Winnipeg the capital of Manitobo has been swept by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brussels Exhibition Fire
The first attempt of the British Government to organise officially a British section at a great international exhibition has ended disastrously—though through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London News. the Tourist Traffic.—the Brusels Exhibition Fire.—new Empire Festival.—weather Forecasting. — Florence Nightingale. — London Horticultural Exhibition. London, August 19, 1910. the Tourist Traffic
As I walked along the platform at Victoria Station a few days ago my attention was arrested by the departing Continental train. Window after window…
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