House on Fire McCormack-street Blaze
A two-storeyel house in McCormack avenue, Newcastle, occupied by Mr. F. Doyle, was damaged by fire this morning…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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Government Deffeat on Fire Brigades' Bill Sydney
The Government suffered its first serious defeat in the Legislative Council this session to-night when the House rejected by 22 votes to 21, clause 3 of the…
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Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning fire brigade headquarters received a call to an outbreak that had occurred at 10 M'Cormick-street, Newcastle, the…
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A fire on Lambton Heights shortly before 2.30 a.m. to-day, destroyed a shed and a sulky at the rear of a cottage occupied by Mr. E. Taylor, off…
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At 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon, a bushfire occurred in Croudace-street, Lambton, caused, it is said, by a match thrown down…
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Between half-past one and two o'clock a.m. on Saturday morning a large weatherboard shed on the premises of Mr. Edmund Taylor, of First-street, was…
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Kearsley will soon have its own fire station. The fire brigade board calling alternative tenders in brick and wood, for its construction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spills and Thrills Maitland Speedway Machines on Fire
Several of the riders at Maitland Speedway an Saturday night had spectacular falls, but two of the biggest thrills of the night were when Pat…
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Headquarters' fire brigade, under District-officer Gerrett, assisted by Hamilton and Adamstown brigades, was called upon to make a hard fight when an outbreak of…
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A fire at her shop in Beaumont-street Hamilton, and pressure of creditors were mentioned as causes of her bankruptey by Priscilla…
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A fire broke out on the Kayuga road and spread into property of Mr. J. M. Campbell's, and burned a big area of river flat country, as well as…
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But touching the many bush fires reported, and this is only November: They are the inevitable result of a rather dry time, one, however, which may have been…
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Headquarters fire station was notified of a fire in Railway-street, Glebe, by Hamilton station at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. A motor detachment…
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Shortly after three o'clock yesterday morning fire brigade headquarters received a call to an outbreak in the shop and dwelling of Mr. Arthur Cork, grocer and…
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Hamilton fire brigade received a call at 6.30 a.m. to-day to a fire in a weatherboard cottage in Boreas-street, Hamilton, occupied and owned by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrific Fires Homesteads in Danger Race for Safety Men Fight Blazing Bush GRAFTON
One homestead was burnt to the ground, others were menaced, many outbuildings were destroyed, and thousands of acres of grass and miles of…
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Owing to a motor car skidding on some metal at Homebush to-day, a motor 'bus ran into it, and then swerving, the 'bus collided with an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thought He Jeered Youth Fires Shot Murder Charge Sydney
Incensed, the Crown suggested, because a ad jeered at his Oxford bags. David Allen Burgess, 19, a laborer, fired a shot from an automatic pistol…
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Wickham Fire Brigade received a call at 7.23 a.m. to-day to a fire in a wooden house in Throsby-street, owned and occupied by Sidney Amin…
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Damage to the extent of some thousands of pounds was caused by a fire, which broke out in a building of three floors in Kent-street, near King-street, city, to…
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