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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 25

The Palace Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 7

If you want to know all about any big thing than don't listen to only one man who happened to see it, or who was through it. Because no one man can ever…

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Fire Insurance Frauds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 2

A good deal of unrest has lately been felt in insurance circles in England on account of the many mysterious fires in certain insured premises which have been…

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Rescuers Rush to Imaginary Air Disaster Blood and Fire Revolution Begins in Vienna Troops Unreliable Hundreds of Casualties in Streets

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 1

A revolution has broken out in Austria, where the Government is depending on the police owing to the troops being unreliable. There is a reign of terror in Vienna, where a Communist…

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Fire in Pyrmont Police Investigating. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 6

What threatened to develop into a disastrous fire was nipped in the bud by the fire brigades early this morning at premises in Ada-lane, Pyrmont, occupied by…

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Fire Panic Tenements in Peril London Blaze London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 1

The 2100 occupants of the tenements adjoining a blazing factory which, was stocked with paraffin wax at Finsbury Park, rushed out…

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Cottage Destroyed Fire at Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 5

A seven-roomed weatherboard dwelling in Deakin-street, Kurri, was totally destroyed by fire last night. It was occupied by Robert Pryde…

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Coal Stacks Blaze Put Out With Buckets

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 July 1927 · page 4

After firemen had put out a blaze in the reserve stack of naval coal at Tighe's Hill yesterday afternoon, they had a second call to a similar…

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Yesterday's Fires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 4

Headquarters and Tighe's Hill Fire Brigades received an early morning call yesterday to a fire which had broken out in a small shed owned by the Public…

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Cottage Destroyed Fire at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 7

Damage estimated at £900. caused by a fire which completely destroyed a weatherboard cottage and its contents in Comfort-avenue,…

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The Sun Stop Press Fire at Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 1

The home of John Elsley, [?] Devon-street, Wallsend was destroyed by fire this afternoon Con[?] falling from a grate in the…

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Fire at Wallsend Home Destroyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 5

The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Elsley, in Devon-street, was destroyed by fire about 1 p.m. yesterday. The outbreak originated in the…

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£6000 DAMAGE Joinery Works Destroyed Big Sydney Fire Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 7

Cooper's joinery works, Commercial-road, Rozelle, were destroyed by fire this morning. They were valued at over £6000…

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Hedge Burned "Fire Bug" Active Again MELBOURNE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 6

Melbourne's hedge burner was abroad again last night. He visited Middle Park, where in Park street, he set alight to a big citrus hedge…

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Wild Students Attack on Fire Station Pitched Battle London, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 1

Students from eight Universities in England and "Wales, who were encamped at Pwillhell Wales were training to become officers, marched through the…

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Fire at Granville Several Thousands Damage. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 5

Fire which broke out at the buildings in course of construction for the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company Granville-parade, Granville, this afternoon,…

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Alleged Arson Fire in Grocer's Shop Man Charged. Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 5

That a fire was started in a grocer's shop in Paddington yesterday by a quantity of matches being stacked around an electric…

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Extinguishing Oil Fires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 8

Following a series of exhaustive experiments Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, Limited, Greenwich, claim to have produced a foam-generating composition,…

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Cessnock Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 7

Cessnock fire brigade was called out to an alarm from King-street, Cessnock, at 11.40 p.m. yesterday. A rear room in an unoccupied four-roomed…

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Set Thames on Fire LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 1

The charge brought by the Phyllis Court Club, of Henley, against Gavin Henderson, of causing damage by fire, was dismissed…

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Fire in Cottage Hamilton Outbreak

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 4

A six-roomed weatherboard cottage at 27 Dumaresqu-street. Hamilton, wan damaged by fire early this morning. The flames were extinguished with…

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