Fire Brigade Called to Put Out the Moon!
Early one morning recently the Sleeping inhabitants of the village of Musiege, in Upper Savoy, were alarmed by the furious ringing of the tocsin…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 25
Fire in School
Severe damage was done to the contents when a fire occurred in the storeroom at the Mayfield East Public School just after noon yesterday. The call was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Fire Outbreak in Foundry £15,000 Damage Melbourne
Damage estimated at £15,000 was done by a fire at the Austral Otis Engineering Company's works in South Melbourne early this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Returned British Steamer Silences Gun Yangtse Shelling Northern Chinese Army Nearing Red Capital
British warships on the Yangtse have been instructed to return any fire directed against them. The moderate section of the Chinese Nationalists have asked the widow and son of Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen, founder of the party, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midnight Blaze Girl Gives Alarm CASINO
Awakened from sleep at midnight by a crackling noise, the daughter of Mrs. Tiernan, boarding-house keeper in Barker street, aroused the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Store Gutted Fire at Kilaben Bay More Than £800 DAMAGE
A disastrous fire occurred at Kilaben Bay at 8.30 p.m. yesterday, when a new weatherboard store and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Hamilton
A fire which broke out in a shed attached to a furniture shop at 138 Lawson-street, Hamilton, owned by C. Flanigan, of Stockton, and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Kilaben Bay Shop and Dwelling Destroyed
Fire destroyed a shop and dwelling, the property of Mr. R. J. Quinlan, storekeeper, at Kilaben Bay, Lake Macquarie, on Thursday night. It was a new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SOCCER Fire Senior Matches Leaders Appear Safe
Five senior games will be played to-morrow, and little alteration in the position of the teams is expected. The four top teams have reasonably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Hotel Early Morning Alarm Newcastle Save
Newcastle Headquarters Fire Brigade was called at 5.45 a.m. to-day to a fire at the Shortland Hotel, at the corner of Scott and Market streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Morning Fire Outbreak in Hotel
An outbreak of the occurred in the Shortland Hotel, at the corner of Market and Scott streets, Newcastle at an early hour yesterday morning, but the firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prevention of Bush Fires
The Royal Commission which inquired into the cause and prevention of bush fires has come to the conclusion that nearly all of them are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Prevent Bushfires Recommendations of Commission. Sydney
The Royal Commission which was appointed by the State Government some months ago to inquire into the causes of bush fires and to recommend steps to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil Works Blaze Spectacular Fire
A spectacular fire occurred in the storm water drain running through the property of the British Imperial Oil Company at Newtown, Hamilton, last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery of the Styx Flames Leap From Surface of Creek Hamilton Blaze Officials Investigate Cause of Outbreak
Police and railway investigations are being made to-day into the cause of the Styx Creek blaze, which originated at the Islington Junction railway bridge at 7.45 p.m. yesterday. Flames, believed to have been caused by the ignition of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Styx Creek Blaze Police Opinion of Outbreak Official Report
Oil washed out of the B.I.O. Company's pipe line between the storage tanks at Broadmeadow and Wickham wharf, is regarded as the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Notes Extinguishing a Fire
Although it is not now of very common occurrence, there is always a certain amount of risk of the car eatching fire. This my be caused by several things, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →House Destroyed Lamp Causes Fire WYONG
A six-roomed house, owned and occupied by William Tarrant, in Warner-avenue, Wyong, was totally destroy by fire between seven and eight o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire at Islington Commissioners' Statement. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners to-day, made the following statement in connection with the fire at Islington last night: At 7.45 last night, a fire occurred under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Styx Creek Fire B.I.O. Pumping Operations
Further inquiries have been made by Newcastle police into the pumping operation of the B.I.O. in connection with the fire at Styx Creek last…
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