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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Occupants Missing Excitement at Fire Police Bravery Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 6

There was excitement at a fire which destroyed Foster's joinery works at Redfern this morning. The alarm was given by the crowd that…

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Lamps on Fire Teralba Colliery Loss Blaze in Cabin

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 5

A fire occurred in a lamp cabin at Stockton Borehole colliery, Terlba, early this morning. At 1.30 a.m. the Boolaroo fire…

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Fire at Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 6

At an early hour this morning it was reported from Boolaroo that a fire had broken out at the Teralba colliery, and that the fire brigade had gone to the…

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Colliery Fire Stockton-borehole Lamp Room

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

The fire at a colliery, which, as reported in the Newcastle "'Morning Herald," the Boolaroo Brigade attended at 1.30 yesterday morning, was an…

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Greta Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 5

East Greta fire brigade received a call at about seven o'clock last night to a motor garage owned by William McCourt. It was found that two…

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Fire in Bunkers. Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 4

A fire was discovered in the bunkers of the steamer Clan Macquarie, 6438 tons, which has just arrived from Bombay, and is discharging coal at the wharf…

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Fire on a Wheat Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 5

The British steamer Jersey City has arrived at Venice with a cargo of wheat from Fremantle. The captain reports that a fire broke out…

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Too Much Power Electric Fuse Causes Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 3

An accident to the electric cable in Newcastle causer an outbreak of fire at the Masonic Hall, Stockton, at 2.30 this morning…

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Mysterious Fire Mid-Atlantic Outbreak LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 1

The Canadian Pacific liner. Mont Laurier, is undergoing repairs at Liverpool, after an accident which occurred in mid-Atlanic…

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Church Burned Down Big New York Fire New York

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 1

The Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, one or the finest buildings of its kind in America, was gutted by lire last night…

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Fires in Sydney Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 6

Extensive damage, amounting to some thousands of pounds, was caused by a fire which broke out in a three-story brick building in Sussex-street, near…

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Fire on a Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 5

A fierce fire occurred on the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's liner Mont Laurier, 17,282 tons, which was being repaired in dry dock at Birkenhead, the fore…

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On Way to Wedding Actress's Car on Fire SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 5

A fire added to the excitement surrounding the wedding of Miss Viola ("Peggy") Willoughby, the English dancer, to-day…

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Cessnock Fire Outhouse Blaze

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 5

The Cessnock fire brigade received a call shortly after noon to a fire in an outhouse at the rear of the residence of Mr. Arthur Lowis, at the…

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S.S. Aeneas Fire in Forepeak Arrival at Durban (Australian Cable Association. CAPETOWN

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 7

The steamer Aencas, of the Blue Funnel Line, which sailed from Sydney on March 20, for Liverpool, via Durban and Capetown, has arrived at Durban with a…

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Melbourne Tragedy Radiator Causes Fire Aged Woman's Death Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 5

A woman was burned to death in a fire which destroyed the caterer's living quarters at St. Kilda-road police barracks, at 10 o'clock this morning…

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Trapped by Flames Woman's Terrible Death St. Mary's Fire Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 6

The residence of John Locke, of Western-road, St. Mary's, was destroyed by fire last night, and his wife, Ellen Elizabeth, 50, the only occupant,…

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Fatal Fire Woman Burned to Death Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 5

The caterers' sleeping quarters were destroyed, and the mess room and billiard room of the mounted and foot police at the depot, in St. Kilda-road,…

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"Your Place on Fire" Blaze at Belmont Doing "Nothing" Evidence at Inquest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 5

On the morning of April 7. about two o'clock, the refreshment shop known as "White Wings." with a dwelling, occupied by a Greek Speros…

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Belmont Fire Charge of Arson

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 7

At the conclusion of the evidence at the coroner's inquiry into the cause of the fire at the shop and dwelling recently occupied by Spero…

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