Newcastle Fire Brigades
Sir,—I desire to reply to Alderman Pitts' statement us to the Newcastle fire brigades. Any person with the ability to be alderman for the second city of New…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 15
Fire in Constantinople. Constantinople
A hundred houses in the Kadikeny suburb have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £80,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New York Fire. a Sad Funeral. New York
The funeral of eight unidentified victims of the recent terrible fire in the factory of the Triangle Waist Company, in New York, took place…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Board. the Recent Inquiry. Judge Edmunds' Report. Extravagance Condemned. Sydney
The report of Judge Edmunds, who has been sitting as a Royal Commission to make diligent and full inquiry into the purposes to which public and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disasters. Many Lives Lost. Fire and Black Damp. Vancouver
An explosion has occured in a mile at Throop, in Pennsylvania, by which 74 men lost their lives. A fire, which followed the explosion,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Fire Brigades
Sir,—With regard to the letter in last Friday's paper from Mr. J. Snipe, a member of the City Fire Brigade, relative to my remarks at the City Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Tokio. Tokio
A destructive fire has occurred in the Yoshiwara quarter, 5000 houses being destroyed. Six thousand women are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Near Poona. Two Hundred Perish. Bombay
A thatched festival building to the northward of Poona has been destroyed by fire. A festival was in progress at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Tokio. Loss of Life. Tokio
The fire which broke out in the Yoshiwara quarter of Tokio is still raging, and a high wind and shortage of water make the situation critical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-eating Tricks
Fire tricks were practised in very ancient times. The first-known fire-breather was a Syrian slave named [?]nus, a leader of the servile war in Sicily, 130…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Alaska. Much Damage Done. Vancouver
A cable message received from Kaltag, in Alaska, states that practically all the business section in Iditaron was burned on Tuesday, including 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York Fire. Arrest of Factory Owners. New York
Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist Company, have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Fire Brigades
Sir,—In answer to Mr. Pitts' letter of the 11th, I notice he has taken a different view of the matter altogether, as it was system, not individuals, he alluded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne
Mr. James Miller's rope works at Yarraville were damaged by fire to the extent of several thousand pounds early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in England. Trippers Blamed for Them. London
Large tracts of gorse have been fired in three places on the hillsides between Folkestone and Beachborough, and also the heath on Hayes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Factory. the Employees Escape. St. Louis
A fire has occurred in a shirt-waist factory in St. Louis, where two hundred girls were employed. They all escaped firemen aiding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Fire Insurance
The proposal of the State Government to establish a fund for the insurance of Government property against loss by damage from fire is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in High-street
At midnight on Wednesday a fire was discovered in the premises occupied by Messrs. Morgan, M'Lellan, and Company, clothiers, High-street, West Maitland, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in a Hospital. London
The Fazakerly Hospital at Liverpool was destroyed by fire last night. The patients, were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Mine. Thrilling Escapes. London
The fusing of an electric cable at the Pinkton Colliery set fire to the woodwork at the bottom of the shaft and filled the mine with dense smoke…
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