Fire in Peshawar. Great Damage Done. Calcutta
A fire has occurred in Peshawar. Three hundred houses were destroyed and many persons rendered destitute…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
243 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 13
The Great Fire in Osaka
Describing the great fire which recently devastated Osaka, Reuter's Tokio correspondent says that it was caused by the spark from a bath-house chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Tamworth. Tamworth
At midnight last night an outbreak of fire occurred at the store and premises in Pool-street occupied by Michael and Company. The fire very soon spread,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Mail Van. Warwick
On the arrival of the Sydney mail train this afternoon the post-office van was found to be on fire. The outbreak was due apparently to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire and Light
Workers should have the fire of freedom in their souls, but they should also have the light of knowledge in their eyes…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Saved by a Dog. Fire in Wiltshire. London
Mr. P. H. Illingworth, MP., his wife, children, and servant, escaped in their eight attire, at Lake Wiltshire, from a newly rented Elizabethan mansion,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killingworth Colliery. the Sealed Area. No Sign of Fire
The report of Mr. A. R. Watt, who was appointed a Royal Commissioner to Inquire into the explosion which occurred in Killingworth Colliery in December…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Sydney. Effective Sprinklers. Sydney
The Circular Quay Fire Station received a call at ten minutes to nine o'clock to-night, from a street alarm, to the promised of Borsdorff and Company, dry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at a Castle. Great Damage Done. London
A serious fire has occurred at Gibbstown Castle, County Meath, a historic building, and one of the "show" places of Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades. Question of Control. Municipal Conference
A further I conference on the question of the control of fire brigades and the working of the Act was held in the Newcastle council chambers last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer on Fire. Cargo Jettisoned. New York
The steamer Ontario, belonging to the Merchants' Transportation Company, was seen in flames off the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Newcastle. Hunter the Stationer. Stock Extensively Damaged
One of the most disastrous fires that have occurred in Newcastle for a considerable time broke out shortly after seven o'clock last night in the promines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Boat
Now and again there is a fire on a ship in harbour. The illustration shows the latest type of fire boat to deal with such a case. The fire boat of this kind is able…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Barque. G. Mazzini Damaged. Firemen's Good Work
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out on the Peruvian barque G. Mazzini, berthed at No. 2 ballast Jetty at the top and of Carrington, and considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Fire
Sir,—I was somewhat surprised to read in your account of the fire at Hunter's, on the night of the 10th instant, that owing to the supposed fact that Newcastle had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Fire Brigades. Caustic Comment. Vigorous Defence
At the meeting of the Newcastle Council last night, several references were made to the Newcastle Fire Brigades, and the system now in operation…
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Sir,—The alderman who found fault with the present fire system, evidently fell in by the statement he made at the council meeting on Monday night. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor Fire Engine. a Record Turn Out
The new motor fire engine for the Newcastle district had been in the city barely a day when it was put into practical operation. Shortly before nine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Panic at Sea. British Crew's Pluck
A dramatic story of a British crow's pluck was related at the Board of Trade Inquiry opened at Westminster on Monday into the loss of the steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Modern Fire Fighting. Newcastle's Motor Engine. an Effective Demonstration
"Why she could stay Oft the wharf here nod put a fire out over at Stockton," This was it remark made by an enthusiastic spectator on the Market Wharf,…
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