No Fire Brigade Raymond Terrace Need
An outbreak of fire in a dwelling it Raymond Terrace has caused the people in that town to consider the possibility of installing a pump and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1926
571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 29
The Rush Fires
Disastrous fires have been raging for some days in widely spread areas of the State. Lives have been lost and the damage to property has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Repulse Fires a Broadside
Seventy miles away the sound was heard when the battleships Repulse and Renown fired a broadside. This was during the visit of the Dominion Prime Ministers to the fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lost Throne Rumanian Palace Fire LONDON
A Bucharest message says that a fire which originated in the [?]ns of the Rumanian Royal [?]es an mid-night, destroyed the conc[?] including…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bed on Fire Girl Burnt About Head and Body Former Lover Charged Detective Makes Serious Allegations SYDNEY
That in the early hours of to-day he broke into a girl's room and set alight to her bed, was the allegation made against Adrian William Jones, 20, at the North Sydney court, to-day. According to the police the girl was burnt about the head,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Town in Danger Riverina Bush Fires Walla Walla
In the country west of Walla Walla, grass, crops and fencing have been destroyed by bushfires. All the business places in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maniac Suspected Bush Fires in South Sheep Saved Temora
A fire on Naroomin sheep stud farm the property of M. and J. Byrne, was not extinguished yesterday before extensive damage had been done. Stud…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Marulan Fires GOULBURN
Fanned by a terrific south-wester. the fires are sweeping about Marulan. Hunderedsof fire-fihters are trying to keep the outbreak to the wild…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Palace Fire LONDON
A message from [?] says that the Royal Palace fire is believed to have been due to either the overheating of a chimney or a short circuit of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Palace on Fire
A fire has occured in the Royal Palace in Bucharest. The Royal family escaped The fire originated in the kitchen at midnight and destroyed the centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Fire Station Permanent Officer Wanted
The need for a permanent officer at the Wallsend fire station has been urged by the council and Wallsend residents for a long time, but without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burned in Bush Fire. Sydney
Francis Gunly nine years, was severely burned when he was caught in a bush fire near his home at Longueville this afternoon. This child was out in the bush…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires' Toll Ruin in Riverina and West Blackened. Wheat Lands Towns Narrowly Escape Destruction SYDNEY
Miles of the western and southern portions of the State, particularly the Riverina, have been devastate by one of the worst fires in the history of New South Wales. Thousands of stock have been burnt, and wheat land blackened…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Widden Fire Homestead Saved DENMAN
Bush fires are raging, in the Widden district. More than a thousand acres of grass and miles of fencing have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Fighters Trapped Anxiety in Trangie District TRANGIE
Fanned by a strong sale, a terrific fire swept a large area of country in the direction of Bogan Gate and Tottenham yesterday. Many thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Bush Fires Vast Areas Swept Man Killed: Great Damage. Sydney
Disastrous bush fires swept huge areas in the western, southern, and south-west-parts of the State on Friday, and again yesterday. A man named Cox,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Music Hall Fire
Four actresses were burned to death when the Apollo Music Hall in Rome caught fire owing to a short circuit at the height of the performance. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Boolaroo Motor Fire Engine
The Board of Fire Commissioners has provided, on next year's estimates for a motor hose carrier for Boolaroo fire station…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fire Southern Foothills Ablaze WAGGA
A rapidly travelling forest fire, which is likely to have disastrous consequences, broke out yesterday morning at the junction of the Adelong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Walgett Fire £20,000 Damage WALGETT
The most serious fire in the history of Walgett occurred on Saturday, causing damage to the amount of £20,000…
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