Newcastle Notes. Fire Brigade for Stockton. NEWCASTLE
The Stockton ratepayers held a meeting last evening, and on the casting vote of Alderman J. Beveridge, Mayor, it was…
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Fire at Montreal. a Block of Buildings Destroyed
LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--A disastrous fire occurred last night at Montreal, Canada. A block of buildings was destroyed…
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A disastrous fire occurred last night at Montreal, in Canada. The flames spread with alarming rapidity, and notwithstanding the exertions of the entire staffs of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland News. a New Coalfield. The Reward Claim. Disastrous Fire at Maryborough. BRISBANE
A party of 10 miners has applied for a coal license near the railway line, 37 miles from Cooktown. The coal crops out of the ground over an area of two square miles…
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By the steamer Manapouri, from New Zealand, details have been received concerning the loss of the British iron barque Compadre on the Auckland Islands while…
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Newcastle, Thursday.-A public meeting was held at Stockton last evening to consider the proposal that the municipal council should take over the plant of local fire brigade, which has…
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CAIRNS, Thursday.-- A fire occurred last night which resulted in the total destruction of six shops. The buildings were all insured, but for less than half their value. The…
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Our readers will be surprised, to learn that the premises occupied by Mr. Wm. Buckingham, 510, George-street, as general draper and importer, which suffered so severely in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland News. The Cairns Fire. The Royal Bank. BRISBANE
Insurances on the buildings destroyed by the Cairns fire were declared to be £4000. The damage is estimated at £7000. The Royal Bank of Queensland has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire in the West End. Lord Romilly and Two Servants Suffocated
A TERRIBLY disastrous fire, which resulted in the suffocation of Lord Romilly and two of his servants, as well as in serious injury to two other persons, one a fireman, broke…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Maryborough offices and storerooms of Messrs. Walker and Co., Limited, with their valuable contents were totally destroyed by fire this morning, but…
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Disastrous forest fires, extending over a vast area of country, have taken place in Michigan, U. S. A. Many villages have been burned…
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A TERRIDLY disastrous fire, which resulted in the suffocation of Lord Romilly and two of his servants, as well as in serious injury to two other persons, one a fireman, broke…
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A FIRE broke out this morning in the Picton Hotel, Campbell-street. It originated under the bar. A staff of men from the M.F.B., with a hydrant, attended and extinguished…
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A fire took place at Gosford Park, Ourimbah, the residence of Mr. Edward Walmsley, this morning, about half-past 2 o'clock. The barn, containing 10 tons of hay, a quantity of harness, saddles, chaff,…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in Mr. Jesse Ireland's produce store, Railway street. The flames spread rapidly, and notwithstanding the efforts of the…
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HE was a fireman was Patrick Maloney, and when he got away from the blaze of his fires after banking them up he quenched his thirst with such fiery liquids that he was in…
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QUIRINDI, Thursday.—A fire took place here at 9.15 p.m. yesterday, when the Central Hotel was completely destroyed, bat a portion of the furniture was saved. The occupier was…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A serious conflagration occurred in Railway-street to-night. Shortly before 11 o'clock Constables Brady and Duffon. who were on…
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