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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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

Block Wiped Out Disastrous Fire Police Suspicious Cairns

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 December 1927 · page 7

Running half a mile at hose from the Mulgrave Mill over the railway line and across the park, firemen who travelled 16 miles…

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Year's Fires Two Fatal Accidents

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 December 1927 · page 8

The two most distances fires from the point of view of damage done, in the Newcastle Fire Brigades district in 1927, were the outbreaks in the King's…

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Just in Time Flight From Burning Home Bellbird Blaze

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 December 1927 · page 7

Awakened by heat [?]nd smoke, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, of Prince-street. Belibird, had barely time to escape into the street from their…

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Devastating Fire New York

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 December 1927 · page 1

A dozen fire departments responded to a great blaze on the Hoboken water front. The total damage was close on a million sterling…

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