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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
730 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 37
The revenue cruiser, Chuentino, arrived this morning bringing 219 survivors from the small Chinese steamer, Tachi, belonging to the Tata Company, which exploded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mrs. Mary Smeaton, 60, a widow, had a remarkable escape from death early this morning, when she was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The new fire station at Toronto was officially opened last night, in the presence of a representative gathering, by the President of the Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A fire which broke out in a fruit shop at the intersection of Spofforth and Reginald Streets, Cremorne, early this morning, awakened two men, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The steamer Hurunui (9243 tons) left Brisbane early yesterday morning for Northern Queensland ports, via Gladstone, and when about 230 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Petrol caught fire when the generator of a motor car was being cleaned yesterday. Struck by a blazing rag which had been burriedly discarded, William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toronto now possesses an up-to-date fire brigade. Modern appliances worth £1500 have been installed, and the engine carries 1500 deet of hose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six people are dead as a result of a ghastly tragedy at a lonely farmhouse, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mayor (Ald. Parker), at the meeting of the City Council last night, reported the receipt of the detailed figures in connection with the election of a country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serious fire is in progress at the Mt. Morgan mine. When the midnight shift was going off work a fire was noticed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The whole of the Mount Morgan works is now threatened by a fire which is sweeping unchecked and causing great damage. The flames were fanned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There was a large attendance at the annual meeting of the Adamstown Fire Brigade Novelty Band, held in the fire station. The President (Mr. Bloomfield),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage estimated at £7000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the wood-working mills of William Gibson, of Collingwood, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Camp Fire Ball to be held in Newcastle next week will be something quite out of the usual as regards the decoration scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heartbroken at the death of her husband, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Ingle, aged 67, poured kerosene over her clothing and applied a lighted match to it. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Managing Director of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company (in liquidation), who is located in Sydney, stated to-day that he had been in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After a mob of 1600 convicts had set fire to the Interior of the new Statesville Prison to-day they ran riot for upwards of an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen were called last night to release two men and three girls, who were locked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three shots were fired in an exciting police chase after a man who rushed out of a Belmont Hotel in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An unoccupied cottage in Orchard street street, Cardiff, was badly damaged by fire in the early house of this morning. The cause of the fire is…
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