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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

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New Fire Station Adamstown Request Plans to be Prepared

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 6

The members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Messrs. Farrar, W. Taylor and Collins, accompanied by Mr. N. G. Sparks (officer-in-charge)…

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Stolen Thunder Weekender and Fire Board

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 September 1921 · page 3

An enterprising Wallsend weekender upset the plans of the New South Wales Fire Commissioners. They had prepared a nice little…

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To Fight Fire State Board's Work Newcastle District Facts

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 September 1921 · page 7

During the opening of a new fire station at Wallsend, the chid of the New South Wales Fire Board (Mr. Farrar, M.L.C.), mails some…

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£100,000 FIRE Dock Warehouse Blaze Fruit and Sugar London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 September 1921 · page 1

Forty fire engines and river floats were engaged for three hours this morning, fighting a fire in a warehouse on London docks, crammed…

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Fire at London Docks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 7

A fire broke out early yesterday morning in a huge warehouse of six floors, at London Docks. The place was filled with dried fruits…

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Cecilia Sudden Fire at Sea Crew's Thrilling Rescue Auckland (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 5

A graphic story is told by the captain of the Cecilia sudden, which wag burned at sea on Thursday. At 3.45 smoke was found Issuing from…

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Kapox Alight Furniture Fire Employees' Good Save

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 September 1921 · page 5

A spark from an electric switch was the cause of a fire in the premises of M. Light and Son's furniture shop in Hunter-street West this morning,…

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Fatal Burning Child Plays With Fire SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 September 1921 · page 5

Doris May Adrook, aged 7½, who lived with her parents in Rocky Point-road, Kogarah, died in the St. George Hospital from the effects of injuries…

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Fat in the Fire Arbuckle's Avoirdupois 'Going to Enjoy Life' Gorgeous Garage

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 September 1921 · page 3

In a recent interview with a representative at "Pearson's Magazine," Fatty Arbuckle said he was compelled to be…

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Taxi on Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 5

At 8.30 last night a taxi car owned and driven by sydney Wilson, of Cessnock, a returned soldier, caught fire on the Maitland-road, about a mile…

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Setting a River on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 7

The old suggestion of setting the Thames on fire is evidently not such an impossible proceeding as it seems. The River Avon, at West Tiverton, near Bath…

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Sea of Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 7

"To have reached the brim in safety and to have an opportunity of gazing into that yawning sea of fire acted as a lure. Far below was what I can only…

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Filming a Volcano Woman's Adventure Roaring Sea of Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 7

"My life has been one big adventure. I have climbed the Rockies, and spent hours on the brim of a volcanic mountain in the Hawallan Islands."…

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S.S. Port Augusta. on Fire at Sea. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 7

Lloyd's report that the Commonwealth and Dominion Company's s.s. Port Augusta, which is on a journey from New York for Fremantle and Sydney, is on fire…

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Boolaroo Fire Station. Official Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 4

The completion of the now fire statium at Boolaroo was celebrated by the fireman and representative citizens of the district at a function held in the new…

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Our Fire Brigades Up - TO - Date System New Boolaroo Station

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 5

The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners is the only body in the world which has a whole State under its control…

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Port Augusta Fire Stokers' Anxious Time Ship Berthed at Capetown Capetown

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 1

The Port Augusta arrived at Cape town this morning. She will be berthed, when the fire will be dealt with. The fire stared in the bunkers…

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Fashions in Flames Disastrous Fire Paris Shop Destroyed LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 1

A fire occurred in the new block of the Printemps building, a magnificent structure of five storeys, covering three acres…

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Fires in Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5

A message from Paris state that fire destroyed the Magasin du Printemps, a huge store in the Boulevard Haussmann. It is one of the biggest in the city,…

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Fashion's Fire Printemps Disaster Lifts Spread the Flames LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 1

A Paris correspondent states that the Printemps building was entirely destroyed. The damage is estimated at 80,000,000 francs…

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