Fires in Newcastle. a Good Save
At about a quarter-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Newcastle West fire station received a call to an outbreak that had been discovered at the West End…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 15
Fire and Snow
Once upon a time there were two dear little children. Their father was king over a vast land. Their mother, who was dead, had been a beautiful witch maiden. She…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire at Camperdown. Great Damage Done. a Plucky Young Woman. Sydney
A disastrous fire occurred at the corner of Missenden-road and Stephen-street, Camperdown, early this morning, and destroyed the large two-storey wood…
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Several fires were reported in the metropolitan area to-day. All were small, but one, which occurred in a five-storied building, No. 36…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine on Fire. Only Three Escape. Knoxville (Tenn.)
An explosion at the main mine of the Great Mountain system, entombed probably a hundred miners. Throngs of women and children are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton. Bush Fires
Bush fires about the Hospital for Insane and the cemetery, were yesterday very serious. At the hospital a gang of six men worked all day, cutting a fire break, and so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Coney Island. New York
A fire raged for hours in Lana Park, a show place on Coney Island. A restaurant and amusement resort adjoining were destroyed, but no lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Ontario. Owen Sound (Outario)
A grain elevator on the Canadian-Pacific railway was destroyed by fire, and a million bushels of grain were burnt. The flames spread rapidly, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Battleship. Many Officials Injured. London
During the trials at Portsmouth of the electrical equipment of the battleship Orion, the overheating of some oil tank bearings created an inflammable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer
During the voyage of the Gorgon, which arrived at Freemantle on Wednesday, from Singapore, a fire occurred in the forehold. The outbreak originated amongst some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Disaster. Another Fire Outbreak. All Hope Abandoned. Knoxville (Tenn.)
The fire at the Cross Mountain mine has broken out a second time, and all hope of saving the entombed miners has been abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Adelaide
A fire broke out in the held on the German-Australian steamer Richfield, which is lying at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's wharf at Port Pirie…
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In the reign of King Richard the First the wardmotes ordered that all persons who dwelt in great house within the wards should have a ladder or two ready…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in a Colliery. No Lives Lost. London
A fire has occurred in the tunnel of a colliery at Nuneaton, in Lancashire, which has thrown 1400 men idle. A fire brigade made what were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock. Great Bush Fire
A large bush fire took place on Wednesday afternoon in South Cessnock, and only for the timely arrival of the Cessnock Fire Brigade, much damage would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Among Children. Five Seriously Injured. London
A child was attempting to light a cigarette in a room adjoining a picture palace at Chesterfield, when he set fire to a group of children who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Narrabri. Great Damage Done. Narrabri
One of the biggest country fires that has occurred in the State for many years broke out at Narrabri West last night, and destroyed the whole of the business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. Some Mails Injured. Rome
When the P. and O. Company's liner Isis was two hours out from Brindisi a fire was discovered among the mails, which is supposed to have been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Board. Increases in Salary. Sydney
The salaries of the metropolitan and country permanent members of the Fire Brigades' Board are to be increased from January 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Botany. Damage About £20,000. SYDNEY
A fire, resulting in the destruction of the greater part of Messrs. Thomas Elliott and Company's wool-scouring and tannery works in Botany-road. Botany,…
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