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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

280 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14

Ulster's New Era Ushered in with Riots Disastrous Gun Fire London, Tuesday night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 November 1921 · page 5

To-day, when the North heland Parliament took over the control of affairs in Ulster, was ushered in with an orgy of sectarian rioting…

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Fortnight's Fire Ivanhoe Outbreak Men Exhausted and Blinded SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 November 1921 · page 5

A fire on Ivanhoe station, in the Hay district, is still raging furiously. A firebreak is being made, but if the flames cross the Ivanhoe—Wilcannia-road, it is…

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Fire in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 November 1921 · page 4

At eight o'clock last night the headquarters station of the Newcastle Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in a building at the rear of the saddler's…

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£600 Fire Brigade's Smart Save Hunter-street Outbreak

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 November 1921 · page 5

Newcastle fire brigades were responsible for a smart save last night. Within ten minutes of the firemen being notified of a fire in a building at…

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Fire at a Cinema

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1921 · page 5

It is reported from Newhaven, Connecticut, that an explosion occurred in a cinema theatre there, and that 50 persons have been killed, while 500 were seriously…

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The Cinema Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1921 · page 7

Reports from Newhaven indicate that it is known that the casualties at Rialto Theatre fire are three dead and twenty seriously injured. Many of…

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Fires in the West Crop Destruction Wages of Firemen HAY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 November 1921 · page 5

Fire lighters in Ivanhoe district succeeded in slopping the head of the main fire which has been devastating the country for some weeks close to…

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Too Slow Stockton Fire Engine Plea For a Motor

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 November 1921 · page 8

Mr. W. Johnson, working foreman at Stockton, stated at the council meeting that he had inspected the plant at the fire brigade station, and…

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The Weston Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 December 1921 · page 6

Mr. G. Brown, district coroner, held an inquest at the Weston Police Station, yesterday, into circumstances connected with the destruction by fire of a…

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Fire Assessment

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 7

The Board of Fire Commissioners forwarded to Merewether Council this week a statement of expected expenditure of the board for Newcastle fire…

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Fire-fighters' Strenuous Task

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 December 1921 · page 6

Volumes of flames and smoke arising from the great fire which destroyed the Grand Magasi[?] Primi[?] in the Boulevard Haussman, Paris, last month. Firemen are seen on the tops of water towers trying to subdue the fire…

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Big Fire in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 December 1921 · page 4

The Deputy Postmaster-General to-day received the following advice from the postmaster at Barcaldine:— At 2.30 on Sunday morning a fire…

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Fire on Steamer Boorara Alight Australian Cargo Damaged LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 December 1921 · page 1

At Dunkirk a fire broke out on the Boorara, a requisitioned Commonwealth steamer laden with 6000 tons of wool, barley, meat, and copra from…

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Saving of £106 Wickham Fire Estimates

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 December 1921 · page 4

The Hoard of Fire Commissioners forwarded to Wickham council last night a statement of the proposed expenditure of the board for Newcastle…

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Distillery on Fire Oil Explosion Outbreak at Leichhardt SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 December 1921 · page 7

A fire broke out at 12.3 to-day at an oil distillery works at Leichhardt. The building was burned to the ground. Thousands of tins of tar and…

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Fire Brigade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 December 1921 · page 5

The Hamilton Fire Brigade came into existence under the voluntary system about a quarter of a century ago. One of the promoters of its formation was…

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Hamilton Jubilee, 1871-1921 Boys of the Old Brigade Fire Brigades Past and Present

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 December 1921 · page 14

The first fire brigade in Hamilton as an organised body, came into existence in 1888, and was designated the Hamilton ("Pioneer") Hose and Reel…

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Fire in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1921 · page 5

A few minutes after three o'clock yesterday afternoon an outbreak of fire was reported in the three-storied building situated on the eastern corner at the…

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Fires in Newcastle £500 DAMAGE Outbreak on a Ship

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 December 1921 · page 6

A fire broke out in the engine-room of the steamer Ingaren, lying at King's wharf, this morning. Newcastle and Newcastle East fire…

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Revengeful Girl Sets Fire To House

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 December 1921 · page 7

An admission that she had set fire to the boarding house at which she was employed was made at Bath (England) by Lilian Spiller, a…

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