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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
The remains of the fire in the main business block of Cunnedah, Conadilly-street, which broke out on Tuesday morning. A gale was blowing at the time, and it was with great difficulty that the flames were suppressed. The losses in the various businesses destroyed are estimated at nearly £1580,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A small fire at Wallsend Hospital, at 2.30 a.m. to-day, did slight damage in one of the nurses' rooms. The outbreak occurred in a chest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The blowing-out of the fuse in a tram at the corner of Castlereagh and Kins streets shortly before 10 o'clock this morning, caused a hold-up of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush fires raged round Killaben Bay and Wangi, where some of the houses wore in danger. The police from Toronto notified headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An outbreak of fire in a nurse's room of the old staff quarters at Wallsend Hospital destroyed a chest of drawers and its contents at an early hour on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About. 11 a.m. to-day Cessnock Fire Brigade received a cull from Brown's fruit markets, in Cumberland-street and on arrival found that neighbors…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A social, to celebrate the installation of a new motor fire engine, took place in Adamstown Fire Station on Saturday night. Alderman Rt. Coote, Mayor,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Installation of a motor fire engine was celebrated at the Adamstown Fire Station on Saturday night. Fire Commissioner Douglas, chief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A small shed at the rear or Clayton's billiard room in Cessnock was burat out late last night, I was occupied as a camp by an old man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire brigades had a busy time yesterday extinguishing outbreaks of bush and grass fires in various parts of the Newcastle district. About 11.15 a.m., the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A circular has been sent to all municipal councils in the metropolitan area by Alderman G. J. Baker, of Randwick, who is the representative…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Serious dislocation of railway traffic was caused by a fire which destroyed the bridge at Nundah, on the main northern line yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The bush fires this week in the Newcastle district ought to cause orchardists and others to be careful about "burning off." It appears to me that many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Standing within a few yards of the site of Hely's old mill, and a heavy [?]eposit of sawdust, only the strenuous efforts of the Dora Creek railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victor George Tonks, water bailer, employed at Pelton Colliery, was charged at the Cessnock Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. H. Cleeve, P.M., with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Following the devastation wrought by the unusually sovere fires in the bush carly in the week. there are many who are wondering if anything could…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under the auspices of the New South Wales Fire Brigades' Hospital and Ambulance Charity Carnival and Art Union a largely attended meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the invitation of Captain Taylor, officer-in-charge of Lambton Fire Brigade, persons Interested in the carnival and art union inaugurated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call yesterday afternoon to a building In Church-street. occupied by Mr. P. Suzor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At a quarter-past 11 o'clock last night, Hamilton Brigade responded to a call to Herbert's Picture Theatre, in Beamont-street. A detachment from headquarters…
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