Mysterious Fires
A cane farmer residing at Broadwater, Richmond River, named Anthony Gordon, has had the extraordinary experience of having had four fires…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
189 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
The Montreal Fire
The death-roll caused by the fire in the Grey Nunnery in Montreal will not exceed 70. The fire was originated by a spark from an X-ray machine…
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PARIS, Tuesday.—An official communique states: "There has been violent artillery firing at night time in the region south of the Forest of St…
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A disastrous fire occurred yesterday morning at Singleton, when a large galvanised iron shed in Walter-street, owned by Messrs J. T. Horne and Son, general…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The West Front. Continuous Raiding. No Great Enemy Attack. Artillery Fire on the French Lines. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports:—We repulsed with enemy losses an attempted raid on Hill 70, and drove…
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A small fire occurred at 15 Tyrrell Street, Newcastle, at about nine o'clock this morning. Kerosene was being need for disinfecting purposes…
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A bamboo booth on the racecourse, on which several thousand persons were seated, collapsed, and took fire. There were frightful scenes. A hundred…
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ROME, Friday.—An official communique states: "A squadron of our seaplanes flew over Pola (Austria's naval headquarters) on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Sporting Sport at Boolaroo Running Fire Successful Queen Acre Wins Flying
The March meeting of Boolaroo Race Club was hold this afternoon, in splendid weather conditions. There was a large crowd present Details:…
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Amsterdam reports that the British raid on Coblentz, on the Rhine, at the confluence of the Moselle, had terrific results…
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The correspondent of the United Press on the American front states that Mr. Baker, the American Secretary for War, was in the front line trenches under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Maitland. the New Fire Station
The new fire station, erected near the crest of the bill, at the corner of Newcastle and High streets, and commanding a panoramic view of the Maitland…
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The new fire brigade station at Carrington was opened last evening by Mr. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C., president of the New South Wales Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Raid on Mannheim Terrific Fire Caused London
Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"In our aerial raid on Mannheim several area were started, one of great size, the flames reaching a height of 200 feet, and the smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Laman-street Fires Landlady's Suspicions Evidence at Inquiry
Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, conducted an inquiry at the Newcastle Police, Court this morning into the circumstances surrounding outbreaks of fire on February…
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John Scoles, carter, said that on March 11, when he came home to tea, Mrs. Collins told him they had had another fire. He said to Mrs. Collins that if there were…
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The outbreak of two fires—one on February 25 and the other on March 11 in 82 Laman-street, Cook's Hill, a dwelling-house occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, March 21. Disastrous Bush Fires
One of the most disastrous bush fires in the history of settlement in the middle of the North Island occurred at the beginning of this week. All this part…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chased by Fire Maoriland Sensation WELLINGTON
On March 28 a bush fire which swept great areas of country along the main trunk railway, destroyed a considerable portion of the town of Raetihl, as well as many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"X" at New Lambton Shocking Vandalism Damage at Fire Station Mysterious Inscriptions
An extraordinary act of vandalism was perpetrated at New Lambton early on Sunday morning last. An intruder or some intruders, who had gained entry to the fire…
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