Blaze in a Mine. Rescue Party's Dash
Believed to have been caused by the bursting of a keroseno oil lamp, an outbreak of fire recently occurred at the South Hindley Colliery, near…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1914
262 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 14
Hostilities Begun. Report Confirmed. Servians Open Fire. London
Telegrams from Vienna states that a force of Servians blow up a bridge over the Danube. They then opened fire on Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine on Fire. Eighteen Miners Killed. Berlin
A fire has occurred in the Adolf von Hausemann coal mine at Dortmund. Eighteen miners lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah. Outbreak of Fire
About one o'clock yesterday morning a lire broke out in the men's recreation room at the roar of the Newcastle and Northumberland Benevolent Society's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Operations. Storming of Belgrade. Fires in the City. Vienna
An artillery duel is in progress near Smedcheve, 20 miles south of Belgrade. According to official accounts only small skirmishes have yet occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans Fire on Red Cross
The Germans then commenced an indiscriminate massacre of the inhabitants, and fired on the lied Cross. The Belgians' blew up the villages,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Withering Fire. Germans Mowed Down. Brussels
The morale of the Seventh and Tenth German Army Corps has been seriously taken by the withering Belgian fire, which mowed down the men like corn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton. New Fire Station
Mr. [?]. Gorman, divisional officer, yesterday took over the new fire station in Do Vitro-street on behalf of the Fire Brigade Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Fire. Sensations in Battle. How Tommy Atkins Fights
About a year ago an Australian on a visit to England had an opportunity of conferring with men in high place upon that Continental outlook which has now…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →German Shame. Fire From Red Cross Houses. Paris
The Germans at Mulhausen, knowing, that the French were sparing the Alsatiane as much as possible, concealed themselves in houses protected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Fire Station. the First Anniversary
The members of the Newcastle District Fire Brigade staff entertained a large number of guests at the fire station. Melville-street, last evening, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British Fire. a Boer Artifice. London
The relatives of Sergeant A. Loftus have received a letter from the front, in which he says:—"When the British artillery opened fire the Germans replied, but they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans at Longwy. Mistake of Their Guards. Fire on Their Own Men. London
The Belgian Minister states that after their check the Germans withdrew from Louvain in disorder. During the confusion as German guard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kaiser Wilhelm. Story of the Encounter. Silenced and Set on Fire. Las Palmas
Lieutenant Deane, one of the prisoners from the Galician, interviewed, said the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sighted the Highflyer at half-past one on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Plattsburg. Co-operative Store Gutted
The most serious fire which has taken place in the Newcastle district for a long time occurred in Nelson-street. Plattsburg, last night, and was net got under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bishopric of Llandaff Palace Destroyed by Fire. London
The palace of the Bishop of Llandaff, in Glamorganshire, has been totally destroyed by fire. The bishopric is a very ancient one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The British Wounded. German Rifle Fire Poor. London
There is a concesus of opinion among the wounded who have arrived in England that the German rifle fire is extremely poor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The German Assault. Beaten Back by the French Strong Artillery Fire. London
Heavily censored messages narrate that the Germans' great wheel to the French left continued on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and resulted in a flerco…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Service Under Fire. London
While a religious service was being conducted in one military camp on Sunday, shells were being fired from all around…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend and Plattsburg Nelson-street Fire
A complete examination was made yesterday of the premises of the Wallsend-Plattsburg Co-operative Society, in Nelson-street. Plattsburg, which were the…
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