Brisbane Fire Brigade. Brisbane
The strike of the Brisbane Fire Brigade, which was to have commenced to-day, has been averted. The men have agreed to again submit the matter to the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
189 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
Three Fires Within 30 Minutes
At 2.3 p.m. to-day, headquarters and Newcastle East brigades were called to a fire in the building in course of construction for the Commercial Bank…
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About half-past 11 o'clock this morning, a fire occurred in Little Burke-street, West Maitland, at a weatherboard house owned by Wolstenholme…
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Members of the Newcastle Golf Club had an exciting week-end at North Stockton. They were just about to step on to the links when a cry of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Front Line Closing Scenes of a Great War Battlefield at First Hand Editors Photographed Under Fire Redingham, France, Sept. 6
Only rarely does reality reach so high as hopes. The lure of the East, the call of the home land, are as nothing to the fascination of the real front line…
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The Newcastle Headquarters Brigade received a call through the local exchange about two o'clock yesterday to a fire in the new building in course of construction…
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A fire broke out in a cottage occupied by Mr. W. Bichoff and his family in Lower Bourke-street yesterday morning, and caused considerable damage. The…
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New Lambton Fire Brigade, under Captain Anderson, this afternoon put out a large grass and scrub fire near Carrington-parade. New Lambton…
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Sir,—In the report of your correspondent on the above matter, the concluding paragraph states that comment was occasioned by the fact that the New Lambton…
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The motor attached to Hamilton Brigade was returned from Sydney this morning after having been overhauled as the result of a recent accident at…
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A fire described by District-officer Hillier as "an alarming-looking job" broke out at the Newcastle Gas and Coke Company's works at Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Fiend Week-end Sensations Charlestown Rumors
Rumors of big bushfires in the Charlestown district were current in Newcastle on Saturday night, and the town was said to have become…
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Drivers and train officials give bad accounts of devastation from bush fires. The driver of an engine running at 25 miles an hour said that the flames beat…
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A horrible accident befell a youth named Cecil Robbs at Morison and Bearby's works last night. He was rolling iron bars, and apparently…
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Alderman Longworth moved at New Lambton Council meeting last night that the Board of Fire Commissioners be written to concerning the…
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Two grass and scrub fires were extinguished by the fire brigades yesterday. At 2.30 p.m. a big blaze ocurred near Mandalong-street…
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A message from Mr. Keith Murdoch states that a fire gutted the Australian Red Cross Christmas Parcels Department at the Old Bailey. The…
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A sensational fire occurred at stockton today At 12.30 this afternoon an alarm was raised by Mr. Fulton and the local brigade proceeded to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday's Fires. the Brigades Busy. House at Stockton Burned Down
The fire brigades had a busy time yesterday, calls being received to five fires. At half-past eight o'clock in the morning the Carrington Brigade was called to…
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One of the biggest fires which have occurred in Sydney for some time broke out to-night in George-street, near the corner of Market-street, shortly after nine…
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