Fire Statistics. Year of Small Fires. Improvements to Stations
The Newcastle District Fire Brigades work shows a very satisfactory record for all concerned. As a matter of fact, fire wastle of any kind is…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
189 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 10
Newcastle Fire Brigade. Last Year's Work
As the old year passed at midnight, District-officer W. Hillier, of the Newcastle District Fire Brigades, closed the records for another twelve months' work…
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The annual report of the Maitland District Fire Brigades, submitted by submitted Officer Henry Sercombe to Divisional-officer German, Newcastle, shows…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. Fire Brigade Dinner
The annual dinner of the West Maitland Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on New year's Eve, when there was a good master of firemen and their friends…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Waratah
The Waratah Fire Brigade were called out a quarter-past two this morning, in response to a telephone message concerning an outbreak at…
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"The whole thing pieced together makes a mass of suspicion,'' remarked the coroner the other day at the conclusion of a lengthy inquiry conducted before him…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.—Wireless calls have been received from the Japanese steamship Shinyo Maru, somewhere on the Pacific. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires. Great Destruction
Bush fires, which have been raging between Gunbar, Hillston and Whitton for the past three weeks, were kept within 30 mites of Whitton by…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire broke out in a bootmaker's shop at Liverpool early this morning. The premises were burnt out and the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Y.m.c.a. Workers. Experiences Under Fire
In a report just to hand, Secretary Bavin, of tho Y.M.C.A., says: "Being jettisoned from a peaceful couch in the early morning with more force…
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Shortly after ono o'clock to-day a fire broke out on the premises of S. Johnston, black[?]mth at West Maitland. The property is owned by…
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Ernest Adams, Frederick Blogg, and Harold Gun, three of the boys under-going training on H.M.S. Warspite, which was recently destroyed by free, were…
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Chaplain-captain James Wilson, who accompanied the Miners' Battalion to, France, and has been invalided homes on account of a severe illness, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Hardwoods. Cheap, Durable. Fire-resisting
V. B. Trapp writes in the Melbourne "Argus":—Though there has been much groundless prejudice against them in…
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The three Warspite boys, who are charged with causing a fire on the vessel, have been committed for trial. The defence suggested that the boys…
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SYDNEY. Thursday.—The Botany Municipal Council has decided to solicit the co-operation of all metropolitan Councils, with the object of having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In North Queensland. Experiences with Fire. Newcastle Boy As Jackeroo
A Newcastle boy, 16 years of age, who has gone up to one of the great stations of Northern Queensland, "jackerooing," in writing to his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Lines. Raids and Gun Fire
LONDON, Monday.—Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig reports: "We raided enemy trenches eastward of Hargi-court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The West Front. Raids and Artillery Fire. Air Activity Continues. London
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports:—We raided a post south-eastward of Queant, killing and taking…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Salonica of To-day "Sad and Dirty" Devastation of Fire
A Newcastle resident has received a letter from a friend who is with the British nurses at Salonica, dated October 25, 1917. This nurse, who is…
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