Cessnock Bush Fire
Cessnock fire brigade received a call about noon on Sunday to a bushfire near the late Mr. William Kearsley's former home in Cessnock…
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Fires & bushfires, 1925
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 22
Kurri Fire
A fire occurred in a bock room of a shop and dwelling occupied by Mrs. P. Henry at the corner of Cessnock and Stanford streets, Kurri, at 10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MOTORS for Grace Pace Petrol Fires How to Save Car Don't Use Water
How petrol burns or explodes is what puts fear into the average man, and makes him stand at what he considers a safe distance while he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Costs Complaints at Waratah
Waratah Council will have to pay the Board of Fire Commissioners, during the ensuing year, £993 3s 2d as its share for the upkeep of the fire…
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A permanent fireman is needed at Kurri fire station. During the past week three outbreaks have occurred, and in each…
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The boy who "stood on the burning deck, whence all but he had fled," has won the immortality of a well-known poem, but probably a certain skylark will not…
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Wallsend fire station is equipped with an up-to-date motor engine, but is not provided with permanent men, This, in the opinion of the council,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Religion of Fire Worship
The religion of fire worship, called Zoroastrianism, is a survival of a faith of great antiquity. It flourished during the fourth and sixth centuries B.C., and its…
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Premises in Ewenton-street, Balmain, occupied by the Grafton Knitting Company, were totally destroyed by fire to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire Half a N.Z. Town Gutted Many Homeless Auckland
Half thetownship of Raurimo, at the foot of the famous Spiral, about 200 miles from Auckland, on the Main Trunk line to Wellington, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades' Carnival
A carnival will be conducted in the grounds of the head station, Cook's Hill on Saturday afternoon and night in aid of the fire brigades' effort on behalf of…
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An outbreak of fire occurred in ti-tree scrub on the bush side of Mulbring-street, Kurri, early this afternoon…
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A Christmas tree and fancy fair in aid of the Fire Brigades' effort for the Newcastle Hospital will be hell in the grounds of the district fire station at Cook's Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kurri Fires Permanent Man Wanted Brigade Troubles
The need for a permanent fireman for Kurri was again domonstrated yesterday. In the afternoon the town was literally surrounded by…
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Residents of the village of Kensington, in the Bolwarra Shire, yesterday petitioned the Shire Council, asking that steps should be taken to have the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BROADCASTING Much Data Destroyed Big Fire London
Captain Eckersley, chief engineer of the British Broadcasting Company, returned early this morning from the Brussels wireless conference to find…
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Bush fires swept the scrublands between Richmond Main and Sawyer's Gully on Saturday, causing much destruction of grass and fencing. The…
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The extreme heat on Saturday was responsible for several bush fires, and suburban brigades were kept busy. Fortunately, and due to the efforts of the…
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Shortly after three o'clock on Saturday morning smoke was seen under the root of a balcony of buildings on the southern side of Hunter-street between…
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A Christmas tree and fancy fair was held at the Newcastle District Fire Brigade headquarters on Saturday afternoon, with the object of assisting the…
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