Store Gutted Fire at Wyong WYONG
The store of Mr. A. W. Foott, Tuggerah, was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. There was no one living at the business…
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Fires & bushfires, 1925
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 22
Japanese Fire
It is reported from Nagasaki that a fire broke out in the Medical College of the Kyushu University at Fukuoka, destroying the hospital and the college…
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Some tests carried out by the American can Bureau of Standards on the fire-resistance of concrete columns showed that quarts, chert, or granite…
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Two women suffered severe shock when the overhead wires came down on a train at Darling station. The carriages were set on fire, and passengers were…
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[?] a minute, the Mayor of Lambton (Alderman Johnson) recommended to his council last night that app[?]tion should be made to the Board…
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A lire broke out in the Town Hall at Reggio. Fanned by a high wind, It spread to neighboring buildings, and destroyed practically the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner in Flames Fire Fighter's Escape Snatched From Death Vessel Completely Gutted AUCKLAND
Great sheets of flame leapt high into the air when the Federal liner, Kent, caught fire in the stream to-day. One fire-fighter…
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A demonstration of the Foamite Fire foam fire extinguisher was given yesterday afternoon at the headquarters of the Newcastle castle District Fire Brigade, in the…
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A fire broke out in premises occupied by Messrs. Whitelun and Catts, picture frame makers, in Reynolds-street, Balmain, to-night, and the building was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Kent Cat Slept Through All Heroic Officers Auckland
The whole of Auckland's fire-fighting force is quite exhausted to-day from their long, and at times seemingly hopeless, battle on the burning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Steamer Thousands of Pounds Damage' AUCKLAND
An investigation aboard the steamer Kent, following the outbreak of fire shown that in addition to 1500 tons of cargo destroyed in No. 2 hold,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breakneck Chase Kidnapper Fires On His Pursuer Driver Murdered Business Man's Daughter Carried Off in Motor
The most melodramatic cinema films wera rivalled by the Incidents which followed the kidnapping of a Now York business man's step-daughter from outside her home in New Jersey. A wild chase at breakneck speed followed, and was terminated by a…
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Sensational rescues characterised a fire in business premises in Mary-street Dublin in which 40 people were trapped. Several girls, who jumped from the…
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The French artll[?]ery is blazing from Quezzane to the banks of Quercha[?]ver, and the dusty roads are crow[?] with advancing battallons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mount Morgan Riots Miners Take Possession of Works Girl Typists Scared Mob Forces Shift-[?]osses to Draw the Fires ROCKHAMPTON
The law[?] behavior of miners at Mount Morgan created a sensation yesterday. The men, who had been locked out owing to the closing of the mine, took possession of the works…
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Headquarters fire station received a call at 5.30 yesterday afternoon for a fire at 40 Railway-street, Cook's Hill. A motor detachment was sent…
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A tragedy attended a fire which broke out in a house at Dumbleton shortly before seven o'clock to-night. Roy Henry Dalton, aged 5 years, was burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine on Fire Head Gear Blazing at Mount Morgan Strikers to Rescue Hoots for the Manager in Street Procession ROCKHAMPTON
A telephone message from Mount Morgan stated that this morning the head gear of the mine was on fire. Striking miners from all over the town rallied to the rescue, commandeering motor 'bases and other vehicles in their haste to reach the…
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The installation of the new motor hose carriage in the New Lambton fire station, on Saturday evening, took place in the presence of a large gathering…
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Although New Lambton has been fortunate in not having had any big fires during the 33 years existence of the local fire brigade, which in that…
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