Fire in Madagascar. Fifteen Hundred Homeless. Paris
Intelligence has been received that a village in the province of Majunga. in Madagascar, has been destroyed by fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
243 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 13
Fire in Brisbane. Man Burned to Death. Brisbane
A house occupied and owned by Mrs. Andie Wholohan, a widow, in Elizabeth-street, Rosalie, a suburb of Brisbane, was totally destroyed by fire between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg. Fire at Summer Hill
An unoccupied house, situated on the Minmi-road, at Summer Hill, Plattsburg, was destroyed by fire last night. The outbrook was first noticed at 9.40 by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on the Commodore
A few minutes before eight o'clock last night a fire broke out on the tug Commodore, one of Messrs. J. and A. Brown's fleet, which was lying at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire and Telegraph
London was cut off for a time from telegraphic communication with the rest of the world by a fire which occurred at the Central Telegraph Office last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Port Adelaide. Adelaide
Messrs. Berry, Hodgson, and Company's ti[?]ber mills at Port Adelaide were totally destroyed by fire last night. The cause of the outbreak is unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London News. London Sunshine.—america and Arbitration.—mr. Borden—fire and Telegraphs.—dear Coal. London, August 30. London Sunshine
London has at last been granted a few hours of sunshine to remind us that there is still such a thing as the sun, Tuesday, despite some rain in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Cathedral Grounds. an Alarming Blaze
Considerable excitement was caused yesterday morning by an outbreak of fire in the Newcastle Cathedral grounds. Some rubbish was being burned about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Fire Brigades. Improved Alarm System
When Mr. E. J. Young, the Deputy Postmaster-General, was in Newcastle a few months ago, Alderman Sheddon, the Mayor, brought under his notice the serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Battleship. Supposed Incendiarism. Tokio
A mysterious fire occurred on board the Japanese battleship Mikasa, when the vessel was close to a powder magazine, but it was quickly extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Newcastle. Brigades Busy Yesterday
The Newcastle fire brigades has a busy time yesterday. At about ten minutes to eleven yesterday morning a call was received at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Wickham
At twenty minutes past eleven o'clock last night the headquarters station of the Newcastle Fire Brigade received a ca[?] to the factory of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney. Great Damage Done. Sydney
A disastrous fire broke out at a-quarter to three o'clock this morning, at the factory of Messrs. D. Hardy and Sons, Ltd., wheelwrights and timber merchants, Jones…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Fire in Tasmania. North Mount Lyell. Ninety-eight Men Entombed. Queenstown
Shortly after-noon yesterday, news was received in Queenstown that the North Lyell Mine was on fire. Ninety-eight men are below, and it is feared that they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Newcastle. Weather Board House Burned
A one-roomed weatherboard house in Newcomen-street, Newcastle, occupied by Mr. John Letpar, was destroyed by fire at about midnight last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in London. a Hundred Girls Saved. London
A sensational fire broke out in the promises of Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, King's printers and Government booksellers, in East…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in France. Five Men Killed. Paris
A fire has destroyed the asylum for old men at Quimper, in France. Five men were burned to death. Warehouses at Dunkirk, containing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lyell Disaster. Forty-five Victims. No More Lives Saved. Fire Now Overcome. Queenstown
There is no longer any hope of further lives being saved in the North Mount Lyell mine. The dead and missing are now officially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Busy. Blaze at Newcastle Hospital
The weather conditions which have prevailed during the last few weeks in the Newcastle district, have been such that anything exposed to the air has become…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Fire Waste
Amongst other things that New Zealand is celebrated for is the total loss by fire during the last eight years. It amounts to no less a sum than £4,540,116. During…
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