Thomas Webber's Fire
The Attorney-General has advised Mr. W. J. Enright that it had been decided not to file a bill against Thomas Daniel Webber, who was committed for trial at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1927
484 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 25
Mystery Fires Epidemic in Melbourne Defectives Busy Melbourne
When investigating mysterious fires at the Rye Hotel, Rye, and at a house opposite, detectives obtained information which leads them to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cottage Destroyed Fire at New Lambton
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Lambton-road, New Lambton, was totally destroyed by fire to-day. When New Lambton and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →INCENDIARISM? Mysterious N.Z. Fires WELLINGTON (N.z)
On three nights In succession, small fires have been discovered In Parliament Buildings, arousing a suspicion of incendiarism…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£100 DESTROYED Fire in a Bedroom Aberdare Man's Loss
Notes and cheques to the value o{ approximately £100, together with a Quantity of clothing, were destroyed when fire broke out In the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trams Stop, Shooting in Shanghai Fire Turned Drivers Mortally Scared SHANGHAI
The whole of the Shanghai tramways are held up as a result of an attack this morning on a tram by agitators armed with Mauser…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passengers Under Fire on Shanghai Tram Pole to Pole Eskimos Bound for Antarctic Byrd's Expedition Ship and Three 'Planes to be Used New York
Arctic Eskimos will, for the first time, be taken to the Antarctic by the projected Byrd expedition, according to an announcement by Commander Byrd to-day. He said that six Greenlanders, including two women, had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Detect Fire-damp
Protection against fire-damp explosions is said to be afforded miners in an electric safety lamp a German engineer has devised. It operates through a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →City Fires School of Arts Blaze
Contents of one room on the second floor in Newcastle School of Arts. Hunter-street, were badly damaged by a fire which broke out at about 8 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Fire Furniture Factory Blaze
A fair amount of damage was done to the contents, said to seasoned timber stored beneath the floor, when a fire occurred last night in a wood and iron…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Near Los Angeles
A message from Los Angeles states that forest fires in the Tuna and Tujunga canyons have destroyed 25 residences and the country club, and burned more than 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Danger Arrests at Albury ALBURY
Ellis Edward Dunrich and W. H. Shepherd have been arrested and charged with falling to take reasonable precautions against fire. It is stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Danger West Wallsend Worries Poor Water Pressure
The grave risk of West Wallsend houses being destroyed by fire because of the insufficient water pressure, was stressed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Fire Outbreak in York-street £25,000 Damage Sydney
Damage estimated at £25,000 was done by fire at the premises of Arthur Cocks and Company, Ltd., jewellery Importers, at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Screeching Sissie" Albury's Fire Alarm ALBURY
Some months ago the Fire Brigades Board installed an electric siren as a fire alarm. The siren, which has been christened "Screeching Sissle," has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Eighteen Dead Calcutta Fire Tragedy CALCUTTA
In the small hours of this morning 18 persons were burned to death and three severely injured in a fire in North Calcutta. They…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reports and Flames Fire in Sydney Shop
The cause of a fire, which broke out shortly after midnight this morning, in the shop of Joseph Philips, music seller, in oxford-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Family's Escape Cessnock House Ablaze Early Morning Fire
Awakened early this morning by hest and smoke in the bedroom of his house in Margaret-street, West Cessnock, Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Red Revolt Desperate Struggle Raging for Canton Europeans Rescued British Consul's Gallant Conduct Under Fire LONDON, Tuesday Night
ACCORDING to advices from Canton, members of the Nationalist Government, when the Communist revolt began, took refuge on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canton Fighting Fire and Looting Russians and Communists (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI
Nationalist troops have failed in their effort to retake Canton from the Reds. They succeeded in occupying the police station last night, but were quickly…
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