Benzine Takes Fire
Benzine, which was being transferred from a bowser machine to a motor car in Chatham-road, Broadmeadow, shortly after 9 o'clock on Saturday night, came…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1924
415 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 21
New Fire Station Agitation Bears Fruit
When Hamilton Council was advised that a tender had been accepted for the erection of a new central fire station in the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires in Sydney at Mort's Dock Damage £60,000 SYDNEY
A disastrous fire occurred at Mort's Dock Engineering Company's establishment at Balmain this afternoon, and damage to the extent of £60,000 was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the End of the Fire
What the big fire at Mort's Dock left. The damage has been estimated to be about £70,000. A study of the picture shows damage was extensive, it might have been more so. The fireman did great work…
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An inquiry was held at the Cessnock court house this morning. before Mr. George Brown, coroner, into the cause of a fire that destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Water! Big Fire at Scone £8000 Damage Scone
A serious fire broke, out in C. Lee's drapery shop, Scone, at noon to-day, and absolutely gutted tho Railway Hotel. C. Lee's drapery store and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Scone Railway Hotel Gutted Two Shops Destroyed Scone
As a result of a fire which occurred this afternoon, the Railway Hotel, of which Mrs. Mary Alice Irish is the licensee, was gutted, a drapery Store,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Scare Commotion at Hamilton
About eight o'clock last night, District Headquarters Fire Brigade received a call to a fire which had broken out in one of the rear…
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Stockton will have a motor fire engine stationed there after to-night. A new Garford-Hale engine arrived in Newcastle this morning in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Paxton Headmaster's House Burned
Considerable damage is reported to have been caused at the residence of Mr. D. O'Donnell, headmaster of the Paxton school, by a fire, which broke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grandstand Burnt Fire at Tenterfield TENTERFIELD
The grandstand at tho showgrounds was gutted by fire last night. The total loss is estimated at £1000. The building was insured for £300…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire Furniture Factory SYDNEY
Fallshaw's furniture factory at Leichardt was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The damage is continued at £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton Fire Brigade Motor Engine Installed
A motor fire engine for the Stockton Brigade arrived in Newcastle yesterday morning from Sydney by the steamer Hunter. A ceremony for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smyrna Fire Huge British Losses Action Fails London
A verdict for the defendants was returned in the test action against insurance company for damages caused by the fire in Smyrna after the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday Fire Blaze at Merewether
Headquarters, Merewether and Hamilton fire brigades were called out at two o'clock on Sunday morning for a fire in a small lock-up shop in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Merewether Blaze
A lockup shop in Edward-street, Merewether, used by Mrs. A. C. Roberts for the purposes of a mixed business was, with the contents, almost completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Reval Fire
A telegram from Reval reports that the damage caused by the fire in the building belonging to the State railways, is estimated at 5,000,000 Esthonian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balkan Blaze Albanian Rebels Making Headway Russians Expelled Did Soviet Torch Light the Revolutionary Fuse? LONDON
The Albanian Government believes that the revolt in Albania was caused by agents of the Russian Soviet. The position is critical, and the rebels are everywhere are everywhere making headway against the Government troops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Coal Mine Fire-Foot Seam at Ulan Gas Works Test Western District Discover SYDNEY
An important mineral discovery has been made at Ulan. A five-foot workable seam of high-grade coal has been found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Farewell Popular Fire Officer
A farewell to Fire Officer Gorman was given in the Cessnock fire station. Mr. Gorman has been divisional officer for the northern district for the…
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