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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

454 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 23

Fire in a Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Brighton when a fire broke out early in the morning in a four-storey Red Cross Hospital…

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Fire at Mount Morgan. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

The main street in Mount Morgan, known an Morgan-street, was the scene of the worst fire in the town's history late last night, when twelve buildings,…

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Free Beer From Hotel Fire Desolate Mount Morgan ROCKHAMPTON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

With blackened and burnt masses of iron, and immense heaps of charred debris, with a street full of salved goods which have been drenched by…

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Cease Fire! Rebel Surrender Headquarters' Order LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

The Irish rebel headquarters have ordered a cessation of hostilities. DE VALERA HAS ISSUED A…

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Midnight Blaze Damage at Cessnock Firemen's Good Work

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 5

The most disastrous fire in the history of Cessnock occurred early yesterday morning, when Whiteford's mercery store was completely…

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Fire at Kearsley

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

A bag humpy occupied by Wesley John Smith, at Kearsley, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. The contents, including a piano…

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Vapor Ignites Fire at Chatswood SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

Fire broke out yesterday in a shed occupied by George Wilson, coachbuilder, at Chatswood. Some spirit vapor came in contact with a flame…

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Central Fire Station Hamilton Site Approved

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 6

Hamilton Council has been advised by the Board of Fire Commissioners that the Valuer-General has been Invited to acquire the two…

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Open Verdict Sandgate Motor Fire Suspicious Circumstances

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

The adjourned Inquiry Into the burning of a mtorr lorry, owned by Mrs. Sarah McDonald, at Sandgate on February 19, was concluded before…

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Sandgate Lorry Fire. Open Verdict Returned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 2

The destruction by fire of a motor lorry, the property of Sarah M'Donald at Sandgate, on February 19. following another outbreak on the previous day…

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Fire Trouble at Neath

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 5

A few days ago all the shiftmen and 18 pairs of miners were called in to the Wickham and Bullock Island Company's mine at Neath, to cope…

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Escaping the Flames Home on Fire Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 5

When awakened by a policeman and informed that the house was on fire, William Crowley, tobacconist, of Botany-road, Waterloo, and his five children…

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Big Blaze Timber Yard Gutted £410,000 DAMAGE Spectacular Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 6

A fire estimated to have caused ovor £40,000 damage, destroyed the sawmill and Joinery works of Messrs. Armstrong and Royse,…

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Fire at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 5

A five-roomed house, occupied by Mr. R. Steel, at Gordon-avenue, Hamilton, was severely damaged by fire shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon. Upon…

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The Cessnock Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 6

Mr. G. Brown, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Cessoock Courthouse, yesterday, concerning the fire which occurred in premises in Vincent-street,…

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Disastrous Fire. Armstrong & Royse Timber Yards. Estimated Damage £45,000 to £50,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 5

One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Newcastle occurred last night, resulting in the almost total destruction of the sawmill and…

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Fire at Merewether

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 6

A fire broke out in the kitchen of the Terminus Hotel, Merewether, about 8.30 last night, and a motor detachment from headquarters and the…

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Armstrong and Royse Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 6

The fire at the sawmill and joinery works of Messrs. Armstrong and Royse, Limited, Carrington, burned all day yesterday, and was still burning last…

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Fire at Hotel Glebe Outbreak

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 2

Newcastle headquarters fire station received a call at 8.30 last night for a fire at the Terminus Hotel. Merewether. A motor detachment, under District Officer…

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A Blaze by Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 1

The fire at Armstrong and Royse, Limited's timber yard at Carrington lit up the surrounding area so well that Mr. Daniels took this photograph of the fire at 11, o'clock at night…

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