Danger From Fire
The Select Committee of the Legislative, Council which has been inquiring into the question of fire prevention and suppression in Sydney, has…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
184 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 10
Italy Mourns. Appalling Death Roll. Messina Fires Renewed. Starvation in the Country. London
The latest estimate of the mortality in Messina, owing to the earthquake shock, the fires, and the great tidal wave which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Blayney. Six Shops Destroyed. Blayney
A disastrous fire occurred in Adelaide-street, the chief thoroughfare of Blayney, at an early hour this morning. Six business places were gutted, and the…
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Saturday was a warm day in Newcastle, but the heat was not very oppressive. Yesterday was a very hot day, and from an early hour in the morning conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Bush Fires
A temperature of 114 degrees in the shade, with a westerly wind and bush fires raging in various quarters, made the Maitland district a very unpleasant place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Carrington. Fire Brigade Social
The annual social gathering of the Carrington Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on New Year's night, amongst those present being Mr. W. C. Grahame,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Heat Wave. High Record in Newcastle. Bush Fires Still Raging
The heat wave continued yesterday, when the conditions were even more oppressive than on Sunday. The morning broke will a north-west…
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Mr. Anstey, who has a selection about a mile on the Fassifern side of Awaba, has been heavy loser through the fires. Early yesterday morning it was seen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Bush Fires
West Maitland, 113 in the shade; Weston 114; Neath, 119; Abermain, 118; Cessnock, 116. These records give some idea of the weather experienced in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in Queensland
Terrific heat has been experienced in parts of the country. At Charleville the heat for the past three days has been almost unbearable the…
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At Wallsend the shade temperature was 107 degrees. During the day the firebell rang out alarms three times, the first being account of the bush fires in the…
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The weather during the past few Says has been the hottest experienced for many years past. On Thursday the temperature was 100 degrees, on Friday 93,…
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The bush fires in the South [?] strict have been suppressed, as a [?] the splendid efforts of fire[?]iners police, and other residents [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heroism of Bush Fires
The history of great bush fires in Australia, associated though it unfortunately and invariably is with vast destruction of property, and not…
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The southerly change which reached Newcastle on Monday evening proved to be the end of the heat wave. Yesterday morning broke fine, but…
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Sir,—I desire to draw the attention of property owners who are non-residents of Kurri to the splendid work which has been done by the above brigade in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Brisbane. Brisbane
A disastrous fire broke out in Brisbane at twenty minutes past three o'clock this morning in the tailoring premises of T. J. Rothwell, Limited, in Edward-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killingworth. Fighting the Fires
The fires which came down from the mountains on Sunday, and practically surrounded Killingworth during that afternoon and all day Monday, were the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. the Dismal Story of the Fire Fiend.—a Tragical Happening in the Harbour.—a British Fleet for Australia (?)—The Work at Broken Hill.—dealing with the Prize-fighter.—italy's Troubles—and Ours. Sydney
The New Year has already written a rather tragical page. The bush fires constitute a serious enough story, affecting many parts of the State, but some more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bush Fires. Around Young Wallsend
In common with the people in many other places in the district, residents or Young 'Wallsend suffered severely on Sunday and Monday, through the great…
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