Fire in Nobbys-road. a Good Save
The residence of Captain E. Deed (of the Navigation Department), in Nobbys-road, Newcastle, was badly damaged by fire last night, but in the circumstances…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
287 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 15
Forest Fires in Sweden. Gothenburg
A fire destroyed great areas of woods in western Sweden, and are raging on a fourteen miles front. Already millions of damage has been…
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AMSTERDAM, Friday.—Eleven farmsteads have been burned down at Grosscheidenbrunn in Bavaria. Many cattle were burned to death…
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Station-officer George Harper, who has been in charge of the Maitland district brigades, since December, 1910, left Maitland on Thursday, to take charge at Crow's…
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A meeting of the whole of the captains, officers-in-charge, and other representatives of the district fire brigades was held at Newcastle Headquarters Fire Station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Cowardice. Sink a Ship. and Fire on the Boats. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Messrs. Eider, Dempster and Company's steamer Addah was torpedoed without warning on June 15th, under the following circumstances…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Rickett and Thorpe's art furniture factory at Rockdale, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire early this…
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At a meeting of the Stockton Council last night a motion was moved that [?] be called for puiling down fire [?] well points in…
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The Newcastle fire brigades [?] making a big display on France's Day one hundred and fifty fireman will match in procession on the night of that…
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At the meeting to-day of Lake Macquarie Shire Council, a long and heated discussion took place concerning an ultimatum from the West…
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Indignation at the breaking of their promises by the Board of Fire Commissioners was expressed by members of the Cessnock Fire Brigade in a…
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GOULBURN, Tuesday.—Bennett and Woods's cycle establishment at Goulburn was considerably damaged by fire this morning. Practically the…
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Cessnock has a competitor in the field for the tire engine. temporarily stationed in Newcastle. At the meeting of the wickham…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Between last night and this morning, no less than seven outbreaks of fire occurred in the home of Mrs. Fraser, at…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Details that have come to hand concerning the sinking of the Norwegian ship King Haakon in June last show that the…
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The members of the local fire brigade and friends celebrated the installation of the turbine engine and improvements made for better accommodation to the…
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An outbreak of fire at Weston at 1.30 o'clock this (Monday) morning caused the complete destruction of an eight-roomed house in Bird Street,…
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A fire destroyed at large warehouse at Trondhjem, containing British goods intended for Russia; also a customs-louse with adjacent stores of Norwegian flour…
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Only by a few minutes did Mrs. [?] sent and her daughter-in-law and grandchild escape being burnt to death to the fire which…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Miss M. Hour chief, who keeps a confectioner shop in Elizabeth Street, war awaked early this morning by a…
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