How Fires Start Relation to Falls Indications of Gas
The next witness, Alexander Kirk, manager of Aberdare Extended Colliery, replying to Mr. Heare, expressesed the opinion that rescue appliances…
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Fires & bushfires, 1923
454 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 23
Fire in City Roof Catches Alight
This morning a detachment from headquarters fire brigade received a call to the Rawson Hotel, where a call had started in the roof, caused,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Signs of Fire Waste Workings Miners Gave Evidence
Jonah Crook, a minor, said that on August 28 he went right into the waste workings at Bellbird and found nothing wrong. He was getting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland House on Fire Early Morning Blaze
A house in Bulwer-street, West Maitland, occupied by Mrs. Hallams, was partially destroyed by fire at about 2.15 this morning. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mastering Fire by Faith
That a man should be able to plunge his hands into a large and blazing fire, and stir the red-hot coals with his fingers in the hottest part, without feeling the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Carrington. Motor Lorry Damaged
Shortly before nine o'clock last night the Carrington Fire Brigade was called to a motor lorry which was on fire at the top of William street. The brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Road Fire Mr. Jeffries' Views Organising The Rescuers
Joshua Jeffries, superintendent of Abermain colliery, said that he had had experience of all kinds of fires and heating, directly and indirectly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Truck Blaze On Train OULBGURN
A fire broke out on the paper train which usually leaves Sydney at 2 am., conveying newspapers from Sydney to Albury. When running into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District Fire in Bulwer-street
The West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out yesterday at 2.30 a.m. to a fire in a cottage in Bulwer-street, owned and occupied by Mrs. E. Hallams…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Fire West Australian Outbreak Forty Men Out Of Work PERTH
The Collie Co-operative mine, belonging to the Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd., was found to be on fire, at about half a mile from the tunnel's…
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It is reported from Tokio that the companies belonging to the Fire Insurance Association, after a general conference, announced their readines to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires Round Sydney. a Man Electrocuted. Sydney
The Parramatta Fire Brigade was called this afternoon to attend an outbreak of fire, caused, it is believed, by the fusing of an electric wire. When…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cottages Burnt Set On Fire By Spark
Five families, all in very poor circumstances, were rendered homeless by a fire which destroyed five thatched cottages in the village of Pendoylan, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire "Don'ts" Prevention Week SYDNEY
Don't smoke in bed. Don't throw lighted matches, where they can possible cause fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Laundry Fire Causes General Alarm
Shortly before 10 o"clock this morning, the Wickham fire station received a call to 12 Estell-street, Maryville, to a shop and residence occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wyong. Much Damage Done
A fire broke out in the extensive stables of Chapman and Sons' stores at a late hour to-night, and was not got under control until damage to the amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Fire Damage to Hotel Back Rooms Destroyed
Wallsend fire brigade received a call about ten minutes past nine o'clock this morning to the rear of the Commercial Hotel, in Kemp-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Station Wanted Mayfield Need Commissioners To Inquire
The Mayor (Alderman Ireland) reported to Waratah Council last night that during his visit to Sydney he made representations regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Fire at Sea Cargo Vessel in Trouble the Unlucky Monadnock Sydney
Forced to enter Sydney Harbor last month on account of her cargo moving, and the steering gear breaking during a gale, and now, according to reports, afire near Thursday Island—such are the high-sea experiences of the freighter Monadnock during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires on the Dyke
There were two fires on the Dyke, Carrington, yesterday. The first, which was discovered in the forenoon, was among a stack of piles belonging to the Public…
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