District Fire Brigades
The record of the work of Newcastle District Fire Brigades during the year which has just closed, which is published to-day, indicates…
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Fires & bushfires, 1925
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 22
Cessnock Fire Fighters
During the year Cessnock fire station received 27 calls, including four false alarms. During fire-fighting operations 18,950 gallons of water was…
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A radio message received in Los Angeles states that the fire on the Japanese vessel Ginyo Maru is under control, and almost extinguished…
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Station Officer G. W. Turner, who is in charge of B District. B Division, of the Now South Wales Fire Brigades, with headquarters at West Maitland,…
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In making available the statistics of the Newcastle District Fire Brigades for the year which has just closed, Mr. W. Hillier, the district officer, was again…
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Considerable excitement was caused in Oxford-square, Darlinghurst, about 5.40 p.m. yesterday, when the fruit stall of D. Geroge, who resides at…
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The Bishop of Newcastle Dr, Stephen, attended the camphire concort of the boy scouts at Adamstown last night. In the course of a brief…
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The annual report of District officer Hillier, officer in charge of Newcastle headquarters first station, states that during the year 106 calls were…
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Shortly before eleven o'clock last night headquarter's station of Newcastle Fire Brigade was informed by the police, through the Perkin-street alarm, of an…
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Two men had a sensational escape from a burning building at Darlinghurst yesterday. They were forced to jump from the first floor to the…
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During the week-end several fires occurred in scrub in the outer suburbs of Newcastle, but no damage was done…
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The Manchester and Salford Fire Brigades, assisted by a fire float, fought fire for hours which broke out aboard the Egyptian cotton laden steamer, Chinese…
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The Waratah Council decided at its meeting last night to nominate the Mayor (Alderman Gardiner) for a sent on the Fire BOard…
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Percy Jones, aged 24 years, a motor driver, employed by Messrs. Young and Green, and living in Church-street, Newcastle, was severely burned while at…
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At the last meeting of district municipal councils, communications were received, soliciting support for Councillor A. M. Johns, the Cessnock Shire…
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A fire broke out about four o'clock this afternoon in a wooden warehouse in Darby-street, Newcastle, used by Messrs. Nicholson and Company. Ltd.,…
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Mildred Davis, wife of Harold Lloyd, was badly hurt by a fire which destroyed her husband' movie studio…
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A fire which broke out in a garage at Paddington early this morning destroyed six motor omnibuses and did damage estimated at £10,000. The…
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The timely arrival of a motor detachment from the headquarters fire station prevented a big blaze in Darby-street on Saturday afternoon. At 4 o'clock…
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The inadequate equipment of the Newcastle East Fire Brigade Station was the subject of the report by Alderman M. Light, Mayor of Newcastle, to the…
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