Fire at Cessnock. Primus Stove the Cause
The explosion of a Primus stove was responsible for the calling-out of the Cessnock Fire Brigade last night. Mr. Harrison Langdon…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
287 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 15
Fire in New Zealand Hospital. London
The hospital at Weybridge, in Surrey, for Now Zealand soldiers, has been partially burned. The patients were removed solely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Munition Factory. Kingsland (N.j.)
A fire in a Canadian car factors caused a terrific explosion, which desroyed much munitions Intended for Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saves Wife From Window. Swings From Roof at Boarding House Fire
Fire in the theatrical lodging house in New York, before daylight caused injury to more than twenty persons, four of whom were so seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Africa. Armoured Cars in Use. Enemy's Fire Silenced
LONDON, Sunday.—Reuter's German East Africa correspondent states that light armoured cars got into contact with the enemy on January 3…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homeville Fire Station
On Tuesday the Brigade Clerk of Works and Mr. Boxer, the successful tenderer for the erection of a new fire station at Homeville, arrived in West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Islington. Washhouse Burnt Out
Shortly after four o'clock this morning the Hamilton Fire Brigade received advice that a fire was in progress at No. 5 Lewis Street, Islington,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Sydney
SYDNEY. Saturday.—A cottage at Drummoyne, occupied by Mr. John. W. Hemming, was burnt down last night during the absence of the family…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Islington
At twenty past four o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in a building at the rear of the residence of Mr. Frank Hargreaves, Georgeville, Islingtion…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fountain of Fire
Near Do Beque, Colorado an ahondoned oil well has developed into a Darning gas and water gusher which, because of its peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire. Wagga District Outbreak. Grass and Crops Destroyed
WAGGA, Monday.—A bush fire is raging in the Wagga district, started by lighting. The [?] was seven miles wide at midnight last night. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Station Matters. Cessnock Shire Works
A tender for building a building a brick fire station at Homeville has been let. Mr. S. Box, of Woollabra, is to carry out the work at a cost of £315. This…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miscellaneous. London Explosion. Fire Danger in Munition Works
LONDON, Monday.—Dr. Addison (Minister of Munitions), speaking at the Mansion House, said that the most searching inquiry is being made into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Near Essen
AMSTERDAM. Thursday—Large quantities of supplies have been destroyed by fire in a factory near Essen. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on a Farm. Discharged Employee Fined
CAMDEN, Saturday.—John Wilfred Tovey was fined £50 at Camden Police Court for leaving a fire burning on his late employer's farm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leichhardt Fire. Extensive Damage Caused. Family's Narrow Escape
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—Further particulars of the fire at Leichhardt last night show that seven business places suffered, four being completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Wheat Stacks. Extensive Damage at Lockhart
LOCKHART. Tuesday.—A Ore which broke out in two of James Bell and Company's stacks at Lockhart at nine o'clock last night destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Fire Station. Improved Equipment Wanted
A visit to the local fire brigade station show the need of better fire-fighting appliances. The engine is one of the obsolete manual type, requiring…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Bricks
Fire bricks for quality, bearing and endurance have until lately been imported principally from England and Belgium and have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney. Sydney
A fire occurred to-night in a two-storied building in Wellington-street Chippendale, owned by Robert Wall, of Petersham. Eastway's wire factory is on the…
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