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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
192 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
The opening of the new works of The Port Stephens Fire Brick Company, Limited, at Pipeclay Creek, Port Stephens, which took place yesterday, was an event…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Board of Trade warns shipowners that the eases of fires through explosives on British and neutral ships suggest foul play…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the fire in Vilna, which raged for several days, and practically wiped out all the wooden houses, the flames reached the German headquarters on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out on the naval boarding steamer Peel Castle in the Straits of Dover. Tugs from Dover, and other craft,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir Richard Borden, the Prime Minister of Canada, has sent a message to Mr. Andrew Fisher, the High Commissioner for Australia, conveying the thanks of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The American Club buildings in Toronto have been destroyed by fire, following upon an explosion. One person was killed and two were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heroes of whom little is heard in these days of widespread sacrifice are the army chaplains. Cheerfuly they have laid aside their sombre garb, and quitted the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An interesting account of an adventure of two airmen at Gallipoli is contained in a letter written by an officer in the Indian Medical service:—On the morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →French officers state: Six German companies were pounded to death by our artillery near Champneuville on the Meuse. Some wore chain armour vests and steel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A destructive fire occurred last night at the premises of the Newcastle and Suburban Society, Chariton-street, Wickham, and had it not been for the efforts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Figaro" recounts a thrilling story from Verdun. The Germans were reported to the eastward at three o'clock in the morning, and flares and rockets lit up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although it is difficult to gauge at present with any degree of certainty the extent of the damage caused by the fire at the Newcastle and Suburban Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Wordridge, chief officer of the steamer Clan Macfarlane, relates that when he was chief officer of the steamer Clan Macleod, which was torpedoed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Ferries, Limited, steamer Bluebell was practically destroyed by fire yesterday morning at the North Stockton wharf. The flames spread…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The “Daily Mail” correspondent at Odessa states:—The Bulgarians attacked a Rumanian vessel north-eastward of Rustchuk, and an Austrian gunboat fired…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire, followed by explosions, destroyed and sank the Shaw, Savill liner Matatua, 6488 tons, in the docks, where she was loading cargo for New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A little three-year-old girl, named Bessie, was one Jay sitting in her old rocking-chair before a big fire. The heat becoming very intense, she stood up, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →In response to a letter addressed to the fire brigades by Lieutenant-colonel Holborow, in regard to the 35th Battalion Comforts Fund, a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A town in an eastern county reports that a Zeppelin flying low was quickly subjected to fierce shrapnel fire. It rose rapidly, accompanied by an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An official message states that an accidental fire broke out in a powder factory in Kent. A series of explosions took place in the works…
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