Maitland District Three Fires in Twelve Months
To have suffered losses through three fires in twelve months has been the experience of Leslie Ellis, mercer and draper, of Cessnock. The last outbreak…
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Fires & bushfires, 1927
484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 25
Fire at Wallsend Empty House Destroyed
About 2 a.m. yesterday a four-roomed slab and weatherboard unfurnished house in Neilson-street, Wallsend, was destroyed by fire. It was the property of Mrs…
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Despite the heroic work of rescuers, including a 16-year-old boy, three lives were lost when a London building, containing huge…
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A motor car, the property of Miss Dorothy Cusick, of the Clarendon Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, was severely damaged by fire in…
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Sensational scenes were witnessed when an explosion set alight to film waste works alongside the Regent's Canal St. Pancras, four girls being incinerated…
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Headquarters fire brigade was called out at 9.40 last night to deal with a fire in a truck of goods in the railway goods yards at King's Wharf…
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Shortly after midnight, Mrs. McNeil, 71 Beaumont-street, Hamilton, was sitting over a fire and her clothing caught alight…
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"When the brigade arrived at 1.20 a.m. on August 29 the back portion of the building was well alight. Three separate fires were found inside the…
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An inquiry was held by Mr. G. Brown, coroner, at the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday, into the fire which occurred at the residence of Thomas Daniel Webber,…
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A fire which originated in the back room of a house at Londonderry, where children were burning papers, resulted in the death of a mother, five children,…
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A suspicious fire occurred in a readymade clothes store. It was immediately reported to the office of the company in which the building and contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Paxton Blaze Youths Rescue Mother No Water Shop and Dwelling Gutted
Screams of their mother carly this morning awakened two youths named Hinds, who were sleeping on the back verandah…
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A social evening, promoted by the members of the' Boolaroo Fire Brigade was held to celebrate the installation of the new motor hose carriage at Boolaroo…
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An inquest will be held by the Cessnock Coroner into the fire which destroyed a shop and dwelling at Paxton yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Bush Fire Brave Man's Death. Brisbane
The bush fires, which have been sweeping the Esk district for the past few days have caused far more damage than was at first realised. Fanned by a strong…
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Bushfires are sweeping the Esk district, north of Ipswich, and have already claimed one victim. Trapped by the flames after riding…
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One nun and 19 children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a Roman Catholic mission in the isolated far northern…
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One nun and 19 children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the Roman Catholic mission at Lac La Pouge, in the far north of Saskatchewan, on…
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A light thrown down set alight to the gross and scrub on vacant land off Clyde-street, near Woodville Junction, at six o'clock last night…
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One shop was gulled and another one was several damaged by fire at Cessnock carly this morning. Damage is estimated at £3000. Since July 1 there have been 17 fires in the district A ham and beef shop at 27…
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