Port of Newcastle Fire-fighting Appliances Sydney
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce recently made representatives to the Navigation Department regarding fire-fighting appliances in the port…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 29
Bush Fire Prevention
A commission appointed by the Government of Queensland has commenced an inquiry into the cause and prevention of bush fires. Conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Alarms SINGLETON
Six telephone fire alarms have been Installed in Singleton by the Board of Fire Commissioners. They have been placed on telephone posts at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire Turkish City Suffers LONDON
A message from Constantinople says that a fire devastated the business quarter of Broussa, where 200 shops were burnt. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Ayrshire on Fire Near Colombo. London
The steamer Ayrshire is on fire near Colombo, The Ayrshire, a steamer of the Scottish Shire Line, is 9137 tons gross…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pit Head Blaze Pile of Props Destroyed
The nearest water supply available to the firemen who turned out to extinguished the blaze at the Newcastle Coal Mining Company's Glebe colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pit Props Ablaze Fire at Glebe
An outbreak of fire took place at the Glebe Colliery last evening, when a quantity of pit props and timber was severely damaged an a result. The colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dean's Rise Rees Races With Jacket on Fire Speedway Notes
The rise of Paddy Dean to championship claim can be compared with the other "find" of the season. Pat Hamilton. Both in a few rides, practically, have carried off a coveted title race each against the stiffest of opposition and infinitely more experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Fire General Store Destroyed Inquiry Begins
An Inquiry Into circumstances surrounding a fire which took place early on the morning of November 21, on premises in Wollombi-road, Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Cessnock Fire Open Verdict Returned
A fire in promises occupied by James Holland Clarke, on the Wollombi road, on November 21, was the subject of an inquiry held by Mr. G. Brown, district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Be Sunk Burning Steamer Ayrshire Fire Spreading Colombo
The fire on the Shire liner Ayrshire is spreading, and it has became impossible to tow the burning steamer. The captain of the sloop Lupin,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Near Wagga WAGGA
A serious fire occurred at Mr. T. E. German's Fairfield estate, resulting in the partial destruction of a very fine crop of oats: The harvesting machine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Fire Floats Newcastle Harbor Protection
The Department of Navigation wrote to Mr. J. M. Baddeley. in reply to inquiry made by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, that there are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Victim Dubbo
Norman Robert Beveridge, 57, a well-known grazier in the Dubbo district, was so badly burnt by a grass fire that he died in hospital this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sawmill on Fire Heddon Greta Blaze
A fire broke out in Pike Bros, sawmill at Heddon Greta about 5.30 p.m. yesterday and despite the efforts of the firemen of the Kurri brigade, it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Outbreak Suburban Grass Fires
A bush fire which originated in the paddocks at the back of the rifle range, Adamstown, at 10.30 a.m. yesterday, fanned by a westerly wind,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Darby-street
At 3 o'clock yesterday morning, headquarters station of Newcastle Fire Brigades, received a call to a wood and iron building, of two floors, occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junction Fire Carpenter's Shop Burned
Headquarters fire brigade was called by the local exchange at 2.55 a.m. on Sunday morning to a fire in a two-storey wood and iron shed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed Western Bush Fires Huge Losses Parkes and Trundle Districts
The full toll of the disastrous bush fires in the western districts is not yet known, communication with some of the flame-swept areas…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thirty Farms Burnt Out Trundle
A disastrous bush fire swept the and travelled miles west of Trundle, and travelled 30 miles in a very short time. About 30 farmers were burnt…
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