Fire at Lochinvar Convent
There was some excitement at Lochinvar on Sunday morning when a fire broke out in a building at the rear of the convent. The outbreak…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 45
McBEATH'S Tennis Court. Official Opening in Blaze of Splendor. Fine Exhibition Games
Mr. W. McBeath, a well-known and respected citizen of Cessnock, recently conceived the idea of making a tennis court on spare ground…
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A fire destroyed the whole quarter of the Bourges, lasting all night. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million pounds. The world-famous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woonona Fire. Drapery Emporium Destroyed. Sydney
Griffin's large drapery emporium, at Woonona, was was destroyed this morning by fire. The brigade concentrated on saving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neighbours at Variance Woman Claims She Was Called "A Bad, Wicked Woman" But Her Claim for a "Tenner" Missed Fire
In the Cessnock Small Debts Court this morning Amelia Matilda Courtney claimed from Elizabeth Wilkinson £10 as damages. The action was one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting Bush Fires. British Lorry Proved Its Worth
The readiness of British manufacturers to meet special overseas requirements is illustrated by an uncommon order executed by Thornyercroft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Weather. Wind, Dust and Bush Fires. Rain Wanted
Unpleasant weather conditions have prevailed for the past few weeks. The heat for this time of the year has been abnormally high. Drying winds and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raging Bush Fire. Endangers Hospital. Fire-fighters Surrounded by Flames. Bellingen
Probably never in the history of bush fires in this district has greater energy and tenacity been displayed in fighting the flames than was put…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outbreak of Fire Baby Clinic Endangered
Shortly after 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning the Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to a fire at the rear of the Baby Clinic in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Convent. Dormitory Destroyed Boarders' Heavy Loss
A fire occurred in one of the dormitories at the Lochinvar Convent at 10.30 o'clock on Sunday morning, the building and its contents being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woonona Fire. Drapery Emporium Destroyed. Sydney
Griffin's large drapery emporium, at Woonona, was destroyed this morning by fire. The brigade concentrated on saving…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Disastrous Fire. Extensive Damage at Bourges. Paris, Sept. 15
Fire destroyed the whole of a ter of Bournes, lasting all night. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney Fire. Blaze in Phillip-street. Motor Cars Saved
About a dozen fire engines and a large number of firemen were engaged strenuously for about an hour early on Sunday morning ona fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Panic Fire at Madrid Theatre Hundreds Perish
It is feared that several hundreds perished in a fire at Novedades Theatre in one of the most popular cuarters of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Fire Station
The new brick fire brigade station is in course of erection at Kurri Kurri, on the site of the station, Lang-street, at a cost of £1800…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Panic Fire at Madrid Theatre. Hundreds Perish. Madrid, Sept. 23
It is feared that several hundreds perished in a fire at Novedades Theatre in one of the most popular quarters of the city. Two hundred were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Burnt Alive. In Theatre Fire. Catastrophe in Madrid. London, September 24
At Madrid many were incinerated in a fire which broke out during a performance at the Novedates Theatre, in one of the most populous quarters of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Scenes. Madrid Theatre Fire Frenzied Crowds Fight Madly at Exits. Horrible Discoveries. Madrid, Sept. 24
Though it is doubtful if the death roll resulting from the awful holocaust at the Novedades Theatre will reach the first staggering estimate, as the story of the horror is unfolded, it is realised that it is the worst that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Echo of Inquiry Into Charge of Graft Cr. Burns Fires Fusillade of Verbal Brickbats at Bruxner "Burglars and Murderers Would Not Be Treated Worse"
"Why, the damned hide of him! That is what I think about Bruxner iand the crew that backs him up..." "Talk about the third degree and the fourth degree, why Bruxner's got the lot..."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hoaxed. False Fire Alarm. Brigade's Rush to St. Vincent's Hospital. Sydney
Fire brigade headquarters received a telephone message early this morning to the effect that a fire had broken out at St. Vincent's Hospital…
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