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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Fire at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 4

A fire was discovered shortly before two o'clock yesterday morning in the furniture exchange of Messrs. K. Smith and E. M'Keton, 22 Beaumont-street…

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New Fire Alarm Australian Invention

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 3

Newly invented, the Sentinel automatic tire alarm is another step forward in fire detection and fire fighting…

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"In a Vile Temper" Money Thrown Into Fire Bailiff Before Court

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 5

"My wife was in a vile temper, and When I gave the money into her charge before I went out, she threw it into the fire," said Percy Lumby,…

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Unsuitable for School Broadmeadow Fire Station

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 3

Mr. Connell, M.L.A., has received from the Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) a letter concerning the suggestion that the old fire station at…

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Glasgow on Fire Six Big Outbreaks Defy Fighters Thousands Homeless Appeal for Help Sent to All West Scotland Brigades LONDON, Wednesday Morning

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 1

Probably the most disastrous fire in the history of Scotland is raging in Glasgow. Many important buildings have been destroyed, and thousands of people are without homes, owing to the flames gutting the tenement districts…

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Fire in Glasgow Great Damage Done No Lives Lost (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

A most shocking fire has occurred in Glasgow, as the result of which Kelvin Hall has been destroyed, as well as a number of tenement houses…

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The Canberra Fire Craythorn's Death Coroner's Verdict Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 5

The fire on the steamer Canberra, in Sydney Harbour, on June 30, and the death of Reginald Craythorn, 35, a steward, who perished while attempting rescue…

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Watching the Sun's Fires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 2

All life and weather on earth depend on the rays of the sun, and its study is receiving more and more attention. To observe the sun properly, the observers…

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Dangerous Fire Melbourne Factory Gutted Workers' Hard Luck Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 1

The boot factory of Alfred Payne in Park-street. Collingwood, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Motor Car Blaze Leaking Petrol Tin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 8

A motor car, the property of the Phoenix Insurance Company. Bridge street, Sydney, was considerably damaged by fire in Hunter-street, Newcastle,…

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Fire in Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 7

A fire, which might have resulted in a serious conflagration in Martin Place, occurred tonight shortly after eight o'clock. Premises occupied by the Radio Electric…

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Exit Darktown Carrington's Fire Engine

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 4

Carrigton's Darktown Fire Brigade methods will be merely a matter of history in about a months time. The Board of fire commissioners…

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Fear of Fire South Wallsend Scare Inspection To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1925 · page 5

The fire which broke out in Old Lymington colliery about three years ago is, according to a Cardiff minor, still raging, and this accounts for the…

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Blaze in Docks Swedish Ship Burnt Out LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 1

The Swedish wool and celluloid ship Greta was burnt out in the London docks. The flames leaped mast high, and destroyed a jetty and warehouses,…

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Freezing a Fire to Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 13

A new kind of fire extinguisher has been invented for use in petrol storehouses, oil tankers, and other structures containing inflammable substances. When directed…

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Heating Coal Indications of Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 10

Mr. J. Iceton, district check inspector, stated this morning that in various parts of the South Wallsend tunnel, after digging into the sides,…

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Fireman Killed Building Collapses Melbourne Blaze Two Men Injured MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 5

One fireman was killed and another badly injured at a fire which broke out after 3 a.m. to-day in a three-storied brick boot…

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Industrial Matters Fire Brigade Pay Increases Granted Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 4

Increases in the wages of permanent firemen are to take place, as a result of an interview between the Fire Commissioners and representatives of the Fire…

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Fires in Melbourne a Fireman Killed Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

One fireman was killed and two others were injured by falling masonry while on duty at a fire which destroyed a boot factory in Little Lonsdale-street…

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Open Verdict Fire at Muswellbrook MUSWELLBROOK

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. A. W. Swaddling) yesterday investigated the circumstances surrounding the burning of a house here on July 5…

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