Fire at Hay. Hay
Shortly after eleven o'clock last night a largo two-storied building at the corner of Alma and Lachlan streets was discovered on fire on the bottom floor,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
243 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 13
Fire Brigades' Demands
Sir,—I have read with interest, and not without a little chagrin, the statements made by Captain Dakin re fire brigade matters in this district. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Halifax. Much Damage Done. Halifax (Nova Scotia)
The building occupied by "The Hall-fax Herald" has been destroyed by fire. Owing to a gale the work of the…
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With the thermometer at 104 in the shade, yesterday, trouble was expected from bush fires, and expectations were realised at Cessnock, Weston, Kurri…
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The decision of the members of the Newcastle district detachment of the Now South Wales Fire Brigade to wait until their grievances can be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Allinga. Little Damage Done. Brisbane
Soon after the Adelaide Company's steamer Allinga left Newcastle for Brisbane on Wednesday night a heavy sea boarded her, and the deck cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Adelaide Hills. Marble Hill Threatened. Adelaide
A bush fire has been raging on the Morialta estate, which was the property of the late Sir Richard Baker, and on Sunday it came into close priximity with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Osaka. Enormous Destruction. Tokio
A fire broke out at Osaka yesterday. No fewer than 13,000 houses have been destroyed. The fire is still burning, fanned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tank Steamer on Fire. Deserted at Sea. London
The R.M.S. Osterley has reported by wireless that she passed the Spondilah, a tank steamer, on fire in the Indian Ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Grievances. Threat From Broken Hill Sydney
The Board of Fire Commissioners have received a letter from the Broken Hill Brigade, intimating that unless the commissioners redress the grievances of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires
Bush fires were again in evidence yesterday in the vicinity of Kurri Kurri, and the firefighters had a busy time. The two reels were taken from Kurri Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Osaka Fire. Many Women Perish. Tokio
Additional details of the disastrous fire at Osaka show that 5268 houses were destroyed, and 30,000 persons rendered homeless…
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The fire at Osaka broke out afresh [?] the evening, after the firemen [?]ought they had control of it but by [?]idnight the brigades had again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in New York. New York
A fire occurred yesterday which swept through a seven-story warehouse of the Terminal Warehouse Company near North River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney. Wireless Station Destroyed. Sydney
At a few minutes before 2.30 this afternoon, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to the Wentworth Hotel. Church Hill, Sydney, and although the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Grievances. Meeting of the Union. Sydney
At a meeting of the Fire Brigade Employees' Union to-night, the threat by the Broken Hill firemen to resign unless their grievances were redressed, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Toronto. Ice Impedes Firemen. Toronto
The Allan Manufacturing Company's block has been destroyed by fire. Three of the firemen were badly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on an Aeroplane. Aviator Fatally Injured. Paris
Lieutenant Boerner, while aeroplaning at Senlis, fell 1000 feet, and his condition is hopeless. His aeroplane swerved and the petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri Fire District
The Cessnock Shire Council is in receipt of a letter from the Board of Fire Commissioners, stating only, £302 was obtainable under the limit of one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
Three fires occurred here early this morning. One broke out at three o'clock in Kidman's stables in Crystal-street. Very…
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