Fire at Wapping
A disastrous fire has occurred at Wapping, in a four-floored warehouse, which was filled with rubber. As the first party of firemen entered…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
211 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
Timber Works on Fire £12,000 DAMAGE Three Homeless Families MELBOURNE
The timber yards and works owned by W. R. Brookes, at Norman by road, Canfield, were destroyed by fire this morning In addition to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irish Anarchy. Murders of Officials. Destruction by Fire. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated in the House of Commons that 22 policemen and 14 soldiers had been murdered in Ireland in…
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An extensive bush fire raged last night on Merewether hill. During the morning the undergrowth was seen to be on fire in several places, and with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proved Under Fire A.I.F. LOYALTY King and Empire Alliance SYDNEY
It was decided by the executive of the Returned Soldiers' League not to grant affiliation to the King and Empire Alliance. Major-General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£200,000 Fire Big Blaze in Sydney Warehouse Destroyed Christmas Stock Burnt SYDNEY
The warehouse of John Connell and Company, Ltd., merchants, 355 to 357 Kent-street, Sydney, was destroyed by fire late last night. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Corinthic
An outbreak of fire occurred on the [?] at the Wellington Wharf on Thursday. The fire occurred among the cargo of flag an kauri gum in No. 1 hold,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adamstown Fire Station
Adamstown Council nave been notified by the secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners that the board will be pleased to receive suggestions…
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Damage estimated at £30 was done to the tar-boiling plant of the City Council at its depot in Merewether-street, Newcastle, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sinn Fein Outrages. Great Fires in Liverpool. Cotton Warehouses and Timber Yards. Immense Damage Done. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Organised outrages in Liverpool indieate the commencement of the threat ended Sinn Fein attacks on English industrial centres, which were disclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Dublin
The military continue to comb out Dublin. There were fifty arrests at the end of last week, making a total of 300. The imposition of the ten o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charlestown Blaze £1000 Damage Done
John Patterson's grocer's shop at Charlestown was burned to the ground last night and damage done to the extent of £1000…
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William Robison, who was arrested after the fire in the timberyard of Ingram, Perkins and Company at Finsbury, was brought up in court yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Alarm Municipal Buildings Danger of a Panic
At 8.50 this moraine fire brigade, headquarters received a telephone call to the municipal buildings in Hunter-street, at the corner of Thorn-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Board's Expenditure
The amount proposed to be expended by the Fire Commissioners of New South Wales for the year, 1921, for each fire district in the Newcastle area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notice to Quit Inadequate Bental Merewether Fire Brigade
At the Merewether Council meeting last night the contribution of the council to the expenses of the Board of Fire Commissioners was discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Blight
We are threatened with a new pest. Fire blight has made its appearance in the orchards in the north of Auckland, and the inspectors of the department are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Sydney. Sydney
The premises of Messrs. Simmons. Limited, printers and lithographers, 65 Lruitt-street, consisting of four stories, were gutted by fire this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unsafety Matches Cause Fire at Auburn Coroner's Comment SYDNEY
In recording a finding of accidental burning in the case of a fire in a grocery shop of John Yuille at Auburn, MR. Richardson Clarke, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in "Times" Office Tons of Paper Destroyed LONDON. Sunday Night
A fire occurred in "The Times' office Printing House Square, on Saturday morning. Prompt action by tho fire brigade…
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