Fire Station Burnt Narrandera Blaze NARRANDERA
Last night a fire occurred at Narrandera Fire Station, and destroyed the greater portion of the building, The station was a weatherboard…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 29
Very Few Fires Maitland District
The Fire Brigades in the Maitland district which comprise West Maitland, East Maitland Mornoth, Lorn, Homeville, and East Gr[?] brigades,…
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Station Officer G. W. Turner, who is in charge of B District, B Division, of the New South Wales Fire Brigades with headquarters at West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Lambton House Destroyed by Fire
A fire, resulting in the destruction of a six-roomed house on the corner of Lambton and Wallarah roads, occupied by Mr. John Coleman and his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Fire Brigades the Year's Work Improved Appliances
With the close of the year, District Officer W Hillier again made available the records of the Newcastle district fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trapped in Cellar Celluloid Toys on Fire LONDON, November 26
Two girl shop assistants, Jennie flumer, of Church-road Searisbrick, near Southporl, and Eva J[?] of Queen's-road Formby, were trapped…
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The Hotel Hongkong, in the city, was destroyed by fire this morning. Fortunately there was no loss of life. The guests retired in the small hours…
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The village gods of South India are vindictive people. They delight in the discomfort of their admirers and, if the Government were not "a spoil sport," in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Threatens Town Victorian Bush in Flames City Enveloped Melbourne
Melbourne is enveloped in a dense haze, caused by the smoke from bush fires raging in the Tynong. Gar[?]id, and Borwick districts of Gippsland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Act
When the Fire Brigades Act, which came into force at the beginning of 1909, was before Parliament, it met with a good deal of opposition from…
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A total of 8311 miles was travelled by the Newcastle district fire brigades last year. This statement was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Candle Causes Fire Weatherboard House Gutted SYDNEY
When her six-roomed weatherboard collage at Bunkstown took fire early this morning, Mrs. Clara Martin, who was alone in the place, made an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Fires Cessnock's Brigade
Cessnock Fire Brigade answered 38 calls in 192,5 which is a record for the station. The most serious outbreaks were at Gould Bros, timber mills, the…
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A fire occurred at Heiron and Smith's factory this afternoon and the building was gutted within an hour, casting damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jump for Life Girl Leaps from Smoke Filled Room Hunter Street West Alarm Yardman's Presence of Mind Prevents Hotel Blaze
Awakened at two o'clock this morning by dense volumes of smoke pouring into her room, and fearing that her escape by way of the stairs had been cut off Miss Lena Disney, a Kurri girl, leaped from the window of her room at the Believue Hotel at the corner of Hunter'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chimney on Fire
Lambton fire brigade was called out last night, about seven o'clock, to attend to a blaze in a chimney at the residence of Mr. W. Jarrott,…
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Shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon the Hamilton Fire Brigade was called to an outbreak at the Broadway Picture Theatre, at the corner of Lenton…
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Messages from Aleppo and Jersualem indicate that the final settlement of the Syrian trouble is not yet in sight…
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A letter from the Toronto Urban Area Committee was read at yesterday's meeting of the Water Board, complaining that no water was…
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About 160 gallons of tar, belonging to the Newcastle city Council, went up in smoke early to-day. Headquarters are brigade was…
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