Spectacular Fire Cessnock Blaze Firemen's Great Work
As Cessnock theatre patrons were on their way home on Saturday evening their attention was attracted by a glare in the sky, and the sight of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1924
415 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 21
Fire Brigades and Hospital
Advantage was taken of the holiday crowd on the Newcastle beach on Saturday by the Newcastle District Fire Brigades to hold a gala day in Shortland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suspicious Fire Second Dubbo Outbreak DUBBO
It is believed that the recent fire which destroys five business premises in Talbraggar-street, Dubbo, was the work of incendiaries, who attempted to start…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Station Site Commissioners' Activity
Mr. Skelton, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Fire Commissioners regarding the erection of a modern fire station at Hamilton, stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dog As Alarm Big Fire in Melbourne DAMAGE £50,000 Sparks And Explosives MELBOURNE
Flames bursting through the root of a five-storied building in Elizabeth-street illuminated the city before 2 a.m. to-day. Dense…
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The epidemic of fires in the city, as well as in the country, is causing insurance companies very serious concern. Just why so many fires have occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Office Alight Hunter-street West Fire
Headquarters fire brigade received a call at 3.40 this morning to the building of the Borrima District Farming and Dairy Company, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Causes Fires Mittagong Home Sent To Gosford MITTAGONG
Mysterious fires have occurred lately at the Mittagong State Farm. On January 26 a fire destroyed a large shed with two tons of hay and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sussex-street. Sydney
Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out at 188 Sussex-street late this afternoon. The building is of five floors, and the fourth and fifth floors,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£30,000 Damage Blaze in Sydney Lamp Factory Destroyed SYDNEY
The shop and factory of Brand Brothers, lamp makers, in Pitt-street, opposite the Palace Theatre, took fire at about 6.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in a Theatre
A message from Rome reports that Richard Strauss, the composer, was responsible for checking a panic in a crowded theatre, where he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Sydney £30,000 Damage. Sydney
Fire destroyed the premises and occupied by Erandt and Company, lamp and wire manufacturers, in Pitt-street, city, this morning. It is estimated that the total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Bus on Fire Motor Backfires
At 8.20 a.m. yesterday Newcastle headquarters fire brigade were notified of a motor 'bus alight, opposite the Trades Hall. The brigade turned out two men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Moldavia Fire Perth
An inquiry into the cause of the fire on the Moldavia was held at Fremantle before Mr. H. J. Craig, police magistrate, and Captains Bates and Millington,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boarding House Fire Walk Through Flames Bank Clerk's Escape LONDON
A fire in an Islington boarding house, in which a man and woman were burned to death, and during which a woman fell from a third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Dudley Building Destroyed
Early this morning Mr. Iles' general store and residence, in Main-street, Dudley, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrown Into Fire Separatists Incinerated Bavarian Mob's Outrages London
Thirty Separatists were incinerated at Pirmasens, in Bavaria, when the mob threw petrol, and set fire to the barricaded Government building. Schwab, the Separatists' leader, in endeavoring to escape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stirring Man Hunt Countryside Terrorised Where Is the Fire Fiend? Sheep Musterer Shot From Behind GOULBURN
Not since the bushranging days have the hills around Woodhouselee between Goulburn and Crookwell, witnessed such a manhunt, as has been proceeding for the last three days. The residents of the district are banding together against the mysterious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why Greater Newcastle Hangs Fire
The Greater Newcastle scheme still hangs fire. The aldermen in some of our suburban councils fear the loss their personal dignity would sustain if they lose the positions which they have attained to through the goodwill of the people…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Dudley Shop and Dwelling Destroyed
The shop and dwelling of Mr. J. E. Iles, general storekeeper, Ocean-street, Dudley, were destroyed, with nearly all the contents, by fire early yesterday…
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