Fire Raiser Sentenced. London
At the Glasgow Criminal Court, Cordon, a suffragette, has been sentenced to imprisonment for fire raising at Sutherglen…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
262 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 14
Big Fire in Paris. Paris
A serious fire occurred to-day at the Mangasins Generaux Lavillette. The damage done, which was principally to foodstuffs, is estimated at…
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Sir.—My attention has been drawn to a letter signed "Progress' in your issue of yesterday's date. While I am always ready to take the responsibility for any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Swept City. Blaze in America. Enormous Damage. Salem (Massachusetts)
Ten thousand people are homeless as the result of a tremendous fire which swept over half the city. The loss in money is put down at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Board
Sir,—I note in Saturday's issue of the 'Newcastle Herald" a letter headed "Fire Brigades Beard" over the signature of John Pitts. I presume that same is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mysterious Fires. Incendiarism Suspected. London
There has been a series of mysterious fires in the Old Kent-road, and several shops have been burned. Damage estimated at £100,000 has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Waimate Fire
Additional particulars have been received regarding the outbreak of fire which occurred on the New Zealand Shipping Company's s.s. Walmate, and necessitated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Salem Fire. Relief Sought. Washington
President Wilson has sent a special message to Congress, urging the immediate appropriation of £40,000 for the relief of the homeless and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Ayrshire. Flames Under Control. London
The steamer Ayrshire while in the vicinity of the Equator wirelessed that her number three hold was on fire and that the flames were under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pacific Park. Site of New Fire Station
At the meeting of the Newcastle Council last night, Alderman Pitts moved "That the resolution of the council, on real estate committee's report, dated 12th June,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires. in North-east Russia. St. Petersburg
Forest fires cover wide stretches of country in North-east Russia. They are of alarming proportions, and an enormous quantity of hay and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Russia. Troops Fighting Them. St. Petersburg
Troops have been mobilised to comba[?] the forest hires. A huge expanses of country around Archangel is a mass of flames A hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preventing Theatre Fires. Drastic Regulations. Sydney
The regulations under the Theatres and Public Halls Act, published on April 30th, 1913, are repealed in a special supplement of the "Government Gazette,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Warehouse. Timely Discovery
An outbreak of fire occurred in the warehouse of Messrs. David Cohen and Company, Limited, Bolton-street, Newcastle, last night, and if it had not been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Russia. Intense Summer Heat. St. Petersburg
The greatest continuous heat known in Russia for half a century is being experienced. Monster forest fires are raging in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Russia. Great Destruction. St. Petersburg
At Vankoe, in the Novgorod district, 600 houses have been burned. Rain alone can stop the appalling fires which are raging in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alarm of Fire
A little mild excitement was caused in West Maitland last night, when the fire alarm was sounded at the local station. It was a busy hour in the streets, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Neath Colliery on Fire. Shafts Sealed Down. Over 300 Men Idle
A fire was discovered in Neath Colliery yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock. It assumed such proportions that the management decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Neath Colliery Fire
The work of sealing the shafts at Neath Colliery was completed at 11 p.m. on Sunday, and occupied the attention of the officials and men for about five hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Glasgow. Oil Factories Burned. London
Three large oil, soap, lard, and tallow factories have been burned at Port Dundas. The damage done is estimated at…
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