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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

280 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 14

Troops on the Move Fire at Casablanca

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 August 1921 · page 1

It is reported from Madrid that Navarro's troops escaped from Montearruit making for Melilla, on the north coast of Morocco…

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Not Unemployed Fire at Timber Yards LONDON, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1921 · page 5

The owners of the Stratford timber yards do not believe that the unemployed caused the fire at the yards. The fire seemed to start in a remote…

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Fury and Fire Unemployed Outbreak £1,000,000 Damage Done LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 August 1921 · page 1

Riotous scenes were witnessed at a timber-yard at Stratford, East End. when three thousand unemployed answered an advertisement for fifty…

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Great Timberyard Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 August 1921 · page 7

It was reported that serious rioting occurred at Gliksten's timber yard, East London, which is the largest timber yard in England…

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Great Fire at Pinsk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

A message from Warsaw says that a great fire la raging at Pinsk, in Russia. Over 300 houses and churches have already been destroyed. The forests…

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Wallsend Ambulance Use of Fire Station Old Building Available

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 4

When the members of Wallsend ambulance brigade asked the council to buy the old fire station for their use as training quarters, the council replied…

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Record Fire Claim London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 6

What is stated to be a record claim in the history of fire insurance is the total of £86,000 prepared in respect of the Stratford timber yard fire on…

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Famine and Fire Horror in Russia Oil Wells on Fire LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 1

"The Times" Berlin correspondent wires; Reports from Moscow show that to the many catastrophtes which Russia is suffering most be added a…

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Fire in Newcastle. Tobacconist's Stock Damaged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 4

Shortly after eight o'clock on Saturday night the Newcastle headquarters fire station received a call to a fire in the premises of Mr. G. Levey, wholesale and…

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PICTURES v. FIRE "Strand" Choice Hunter-street Alarm

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 5

Either a desire to have their money's worth of pleasure, or a total disinterestedness in fires, kept u large audience to their seats in the Strand…

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Bunkers on Fire Union Castle Liner Coal to be Unloaded LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 August 1921 · page 6

The Union Castle liner Saxon, on which General Smuts is returning to South Africa, is reported to be afire in two bunkers, and is proceeding to…

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Big Fire Near Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 5

Fire this afternoon destroyed the three-storied premises of William Cooper end Nephews (Australasia), Limited, sheep-dip manufacturers, in…

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Safety in the Air Fire Risks Prizes for Inventors LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 1

With a view to minimising the risks of fires in aeroplanes, the Air Ministry has offered prizes of £1400, £400, and £200 for inventions of…

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Chased for an Hour Elusive Suspect Police Fire Four Shots SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 6

At coon yesterday detectives chased a man for an hour at Darlinghurst and, before he was captured, four shots were fired over the man's head…

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Great Fire in Moscow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 5

It is reported from Riga that a great fire has been raging in Moscow for two days. Three hundred houses have been…

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New Fire Station Wallsend Celebration

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 4

The opening of the new fire station at Wallsend will take place on Thursday night. An entertainment is being arranged by the Mayor and others…

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Fate of R38 Fire Not From Within What Airships Do London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 6

Circumstantial evidence that the tire of the dirigible R38 did not start within the structure is supplied by the experience of Zeppelins in…

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Maitland District. Fire Commissioners' Visit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 6

The Board of the Commissioners, comprising Messr. E. H. Farrar, chairman; N. G. Sparkes, chief officer; W. Taylor, E. E. Collins, and J. Beswick, visited Maitland…

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District News. Wallsend. New Fire Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 6

The official opening of the new fire station at Wallsend took place last evening. There were present Mr. H. E. Farrar, M.L.C. (president of the Board of Fire Commissioners)…

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New Fire Station Wallsend Building Official Opening Ceremony

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 5

Wallsend's new fire station, which was opened last night by the president of the fire board, was described by the officer in charge of construction as the equal of…

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