Putting Out Fires Newcastle Money
The expenditure in the Newcastle district for 1923 by the Board of Fire Commissioners is £14,977, to which the City Council will contribute £1866…
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Fires & bushfires, 1922
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 20
Big Blaze Merewether Shop On Fire Brigade's Good Work
A fire broke out at 3.25 o'clock last night in a weatherboard bulletins owned by Mrs. A. Attack, in Patrick-street, Junction. The building was…
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At 25 minutes past 9 o'clock last night headquarters station of the Newcastle district fire brigades received a call through the telephone exchange to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Irish Boys' Plight Burnt Out Victims of Republicans SYDNEY
"You see it was tins way, sir. We were Just assembling for tea, when armed Republicans surrounded the orphanage. Ten minutes later, sir,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Devastating Fires. Canadian Towns Swept
One of those devastating fires to which all new countries are liable at intervals, has just swept over an extensive tract of Northern Ontario, bringing death and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District. Disastrous Fire
The West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out last evening to a fire in Wolstenholme's cordial factory and ice works. Elgin-street, West Maitland. The fire…
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Several outbreaks of fire occurred in Newcastle during the holidays. At 9.22 a.m. on Sunday a man called at the Newcastle East fire station and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Board Vote for Country Member
An extraordinary election by municipal and shire councils will be held on February 27, for the election of a country representative on the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Aboard Blaze On Niagara Little Damage Nothing Suspicious SYDNEY
The Union Company's steamer Ningara caught fire early this morning; but the flames were subdued before any serious…
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Mr. M. Kennedy, a motor-car proprietor of Cessnock, was caught in a bush fire near Salt Ash on Wednesday…
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The home of Victor Chesworth, a returned soldier-orchardist, at Young, was totally destroyed by fire. Mrs. Chesworth was awakened by the…
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Alfred Hobbs, of Middle Dale, Narraburra, Temora, had a strip of an acre of crop burnt. He was sewing bags in the crop when a storm,…
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A fire broke out in the kitchen of a house occupied by M. Jack Kerr, in William-street, Stockton, at 11 a.m. to-day, but was put out with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Coal Blaze 1000 Tons Bunkers Water at Boiling Point TAMWORTH
The bunkers at the new power station, which contain 1000 tons of coal, are on fire. Firemen and council employees were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Speers' Point. Extensive Damage
A fire occurred at Mr. E. Coughlin's premises, Fifth-street, Speers' Point, early on Wednesday morning, destroying a motor garage and laundry with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Near Powder Magazine Dangerous Fire Outbreak at Aberdare
At about three o'clock yesterday the Cessnock fire brigade received a call from Aberdare, and the motor detachment, comprising Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Gaol Prisoner's Action Maxwell's Escapade Mackay (Q.)
A short time ago a prisoner, Robert John Maxwell, escaped from Mackay gaol by climbing the stockade fence, about 30 feet high. Subsequently he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. Fire at Swan Bay
Mr. Ben Farnsworth's home at Swan Sati, Port Stephens, was destroyed in a bush fire which swept that district on Sunday. The fire travelled so rapidly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Sydney. Risk of Dynamite Explosion. Sydney
The firemen were considerably concerned by a fire which broke out to-night in a Clarence-street building of five floors, and occupied by a number…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thrilling Battle Sydney Fire £40,000 Damage SYDNEY
Hundreds of people witnessed a thrilling battle with tho flames last night, when the premises of Kynoch, Ltd., at Kynoch House,…
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