Fires on The Blue Mountains Night Fight to Stop Spread
Two buildings were gutted and numerous houses "menaced by bush fires on the Blue Mountains during yesterday and last night…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
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Fire Board Coalfield Visit Itinerary Completed Cessnock
The Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales informed the Kearsley Shire Council that the Hon. T. J. Smith,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Fight Heddon Greta Fire Houses in Danger Kurri
The bush fires which raged near Heddon Greta yesterday afternoon assumed a serious appearance at one stage. The Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade…
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Cessnock sweltered yesterday in a temperature of 97. With a hot north-west wind in evidence and plenty of dust flying about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorry Destroyed by Fire
A motor lorry, loaded with twenty bales of wool, took fire near Gundy this morning, and was completely destroyed. It was the property of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigades Kurri Kurri Display
Thirty-five trophies are on view at Dimamock's buildings, High-st, West Maitland, to be presented to successful competitors at the fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Long Service Fire Board Presentation
The Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales visited Morpeth to-day at 11.15 a.m. on their periodical tour. The board consisted of Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosion of Iron Causes Disastrous Fire Gosford
Avoca House, situated on Avoca Beach, a well-known summer resort, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Station Commissioners on Tour Fire Brigades Weston
Requests for now stations in Weston and Abermain were placed before the members of the Board of Fire Commissioners when they…
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THE N.R.M.A. reminds motorists that when on tour they are required to conform with the provisions of the Careless Use of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Alarm for South Cessnock?
When the Board of Fire Commissioners visited Cessnock last Wednesday they were asked to have a fire alarm installed at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade Maitland Volunteers First Captain
The establishment of the first volunteers fire brigade in West Maitland in 1855 was recalled when an enlarged photo of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Demonstration. Competition to Be Held at Kurri
Representatives from 15 fire brigades will compete in the firemen's demonstration at Kurri on November 14. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Board of Fire Commissioners' Visit. Medals Presented to Firemen
The Board of Fire Commissioners paid a visit to the coalfields on Wednesday, and made tours of inspection in the Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fierce Timber Fires San Francisco, Oct. 18
A SERIES of timber fires has raced dangerously close to San Francisco and neighboring areas, destroying thousands of acres and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sawmill And House Destroyed By Fire Maitland Blaze Fourth Outbreak At Mill Poor Water Pressure
Fanned by a strong westerly breeze, fire quickly gutted a small sawmill and two storey house adjoining in Mount Pleasant-street, West Matland, this morning. The house was…
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EIGHTEEN persons were injured, three seriously, when 50 gas-filed balloons burst in a great sheet of flame at the San Francisco…
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A series of timber fires has raced dangerously close to San Francisco and neighbouring areas, Thousands of acres have been destroyed, and…
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During the confusion which occurred in the dash from the building when a fire broke out in the Salonika Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Steamers. Loss of Life. Palermo
Four people lost their lives to-day, when a fire broke out aboard the liner Vullcania. Two stewards were suffocated in fighting the blaze, while the…
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