Calamitous Fire. No Lives Lost. Quebec
A fire has occurred in the city of Chicoutimi, on the Sauguanay River, which rendered a thousand persons homeless…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
243 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 13
Stockton. Outbreak of Fire
About three o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the shop of Mr. M. Miller, Hunter-street, Stockton. The brigade quickly responded to the alarm,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Brisbane. Brisbane
A destructive fire occurred this afternoon in a five-story brick building at the lower end of Albert-street, at one time occupied by the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Tumby Bay. Adelaide
The "Western Newspaper" office at Tumby Bay, on the West Coast, and two business places adjoining, were completely destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Newcastle. Earp Bros' No. 3 Store Alight
A fire broke out last night in Messrs. Earp Bros, and Company's No. 3 store, and resulted it a fairly large amount of damage to, portion of the contents…
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Shortly before eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, the Honeysuckle Point Fire Brigade were called to a fire which had broken out in a building used in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Brave Priest. Descends Fire-swept Mine
"Where is mu daddy?" The cry (said the "Glasgow Weekly Mall," on May 18) was that of a little boy, as, with pitiful eyes, he looked up…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A New Fire Escape
A new type of slide fire escape, which can be combined with a stair fire escape in the same shaft or allotted space, has been designed by a Canadian inventor,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Fire Indicator
A pipe running from the hold to the deck is often to be seen on cargo vessels, This acts as a fire-indicator. Even a little smoke from the slightest outbreak…
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The Russian barque Procyon arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Melbourne. Captain Eriksson stated that there had been no fire on board as had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Factory. Eight Girls Killed. Six Burned to Death. London
A fire occurred in Angus and Thomas' Christmas-card factory, in Moor-lane, last night, in which six girls perished. It was occasioned by the ignition of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Newcastle. Bolton-street School
At 8.32 last night the headquarters of the Newcastle Fire Brigade received an alarm through the telephone, intimating that a fire had broken out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hemmed in by Fire. Alaskan Town's Danger. Skagway (Alaska)
A great forest fire has swept down the mountains surrounding the city, and threatens to wipe it out. The whole of the inhabitants are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Epernay. Champagne Store Burned. Paris
A big fire broke out this morning at Mine, Mereter's champagne buildings, at Eporanay , the whole of which were dostroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Newcastle
A fire occurred in a house in Perkin-street, occupied by Mr. J. O'Hanlon about nine o'clock last night. The Newcastle West Fire Station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Saved From Sinking, Several Passengers Injured. San Francisco
While the passenger steamer J. A. Kilborn, which burns oil as fuel, was replenishing her bunkers, one of the tanks slipped, and a fire broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Sydney. a Timely Warning. Sydney
A fire was discovered by Constable Watkins about four o'clock this morning, in the five-floor warehouse of Messrs. Ayers, Baker, and Company, at 19 York-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in St. Petersburg. Historic Palace Burned. St. Petersburg
A fire starting in a timber yard on Petrovski Island, completely destroyed the palace built by Peter the Great in the seventeenth century…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster. Fire-damp Explosion. Many Men Killed. Berlin
An explosion of firedamp has occurred at Lothringen Colliery, at Bochum, in Westphalia. Sixty-five of the miners were saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Vessel! Barque Fingal Damaged
At about one o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered on the Norwegian four-masted barque Fingal, lying at No 6 jetty, North Stockton…
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