Fire Prevention Advice to Householders "Be Careful"
"Statistics collated over many years by the insurance companies and the fire brigades show that many fires originate in dwellings that can be…
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Fires & bushfires, 1925
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 22
No Street Alarms Singleton Fire Danger Higher Rating Singleton
The Board of Fire Commissioners, comprising T. J. Smith, M.L.C. (president), Messrs. T. S. Doughlas and J. F. Beswick, accompanied by Mr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Outbreaks Fire in Steamer Hold Not Accidental Wellington (N.z.)
An open inquiry into the cause of the fire on the steamer Turakina on Thursday showed that the fire was not accidental, as was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Fire Risks Ash's Recent Fire Chief Fire Officer's Report
The secretary to the Board of Fire Commissioners has forwarded to the Newcastle City Council a copy of a report furnished by Mr. F. Jackson, chief…
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Sir,—In your issue of yesterday's (date you publish Mr. F. Jackson's (Chief Officer of Fire Brigades) report to the Board of Fire Commissioners, and I would like…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Safeguards Frederick Ash's Building
The firm of Frederick Ash, Ltd. has taken exception to the report presented to Newcastle City Council on Monday night by the chief officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Through the Fire Re-embodying Tussaud's Artistry in Wax London, September 20
To-day I walked through the fire scarred ruins of Madame Tussaud's exhibition with her great-grandson, John Theadore Tussaud, and as we…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southampton Dock Fire
A disastrous fire has occurred at Southampton Docks. A seven-storied bonded warehouse, containing tobacco, spirits, and wine, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aberdare Colliery Fire Fan Decking Destroyed
An alarm of firm from Aberdare colliery at 1.30 p.m. yesterday caused a sensation in Aberdare and Cessnock, and for a time there were fears that another disaster had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After the Fire Aberdare Miners at Work
Aberdare Colliery is working to-day. The fire yesterday did not cause any serious damage to the plant. It was known at six o'clock last night that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Fighting in Mines. Interesting American Tests
A series of tests designed to ascertain the most suitable hydrant pressures and sizes of hose and nozzles for use in fighting fires occurring in mines has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New War Greeks. Attack Bulgarian Forces Sudden Balkan Blaze Fighting Follows on Heels of Ultimatum
War has again broken out in the restless Balkan region, where the Greeks Issued an ultimatum to the Bulgarians and launched an attack without waiting for the ultimatum's expiration. Several Bulgars wore killed in the first clash, and the Greeks are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Burning Deck Trawler on Fire Crew's Escape London, September 15
With flames leaping out of her hold, the motor fishing trawler Blue-eyed Maid racod into Folkestone Harbor. Her crew of three jumped into a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strikers Fight Fire GLADSTONE
The Grosvenor Hotel, Gladstone, was burned to the ground this morning in half-an-hour. The cause of the fire is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrace Wiped Out Big Melbourne Fire Poor Water Supply Melbourne
A fire which broke out at 3 a.m. today consumed 11 weatherboard houses in Florence-street. Williamstown North, near the Newcastle workshops…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After the Fire Aberdare's New Record
The fire at Aberdare Colliery last Thursday did not interfere with the output of coal on Friday, for a record was established on that day,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I'd Fire Them Out" Sir Granville Ryrie's Way SYDNEY
Dealing with deportation in a speech at Cremorne, Sir Granville Ryrie said that in England where the Communists were being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire of London
September 2 was the 29th anniversary of the outbreak of the great fire of London. It began in a baker's house in Pudding-lane, near the Monument, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"So I Chopped Off Their Heads"—Mrs. Cheetham Miles of Fire Victorian Bush Alight Property Menaced Volunteers Fighting Hard
MELBOURNE, Thursday. Hundreds of volunteers are out on the hills beating back the long lines of bush [?] racing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sailer on Fire
The Kopenhaven, the largest sailor in the world, bound to Melbourne from Danzig with a cargo of timber, entered Plymouth for survey and repairs after…
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