Burnt-out Heart of Belgrave
A panoramic picture of the scene of the disastrous fire which broke out at Belgrave Ranges. Victoria, as the result of which six shops fronting the main street were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1928
543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 28
Thrown in Fire! Letter to Kearsley Shire Capital Punishment
A letter suggesting that Kearsley Shire Council co-operate in a request to the Government that in the case of serious crimes against women…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fled From Fire Lunatics Loose Midnight Screams Huge Asylum Ablaze NASHVILLE (Tennessee)
Eleven insane criminals including five murderers, were turned loose at midnight, when the Central State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S.A. SHOCK Treaty with China Tariff Rates "Rapid Fire Diplomacy" WASHINGTON
Washington has hardly yet recovered its surprise at the announcement of the Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg, that America…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Wallsend
About 8.30 o'clock loot night an unoccupied house of six rooms, off Brooks-street, Wallsend, was burned to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Fire Unoccupied House Destroyed
The first five in Wallsend this year occurred at 8.40 p.m. yesterday, in a lane off Close-street. A six-roomed house of slabs and weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Kindur Crew's Prompt Measures
A fire which might have had disastrous consequences, occurred on the cargo steamer Kindur during her trip from Sydney to Newcastle on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Gaol Film Explosion Sequel Convicts Burned Houston (Texas)
At the end of a motion picture show at the State Prison Farm before 65 convicts, one of them threw a cigar e[?]e into, the box of films. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aldermen Angry Threat of Legal Action Fire at Lambton
Lambton aldermen were very angry last night, and decided to seek legal redress, failing a public apology, in respect of an alleged reflection by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Medal Presentation
Fireman Roach, of Adamstown brigade, was presented with a long-service medal on behalf of the Fire Brisgade Commissioners by the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maitland Fire
Entering her home in The Avenue, Lorn, West Maitland, this afternoon, Mrs. Robert [?]urner was met by volumes of smoke. She had only…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Film Sensation Maori Village Fire Actors Scorched Auckland
A sensational incident occurred during the production of a Maori film near Opotiki. The story required the burning of the Maori model village…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Fires
Overheating of the clutch shaft hearing caused a portion of the flooring of the body of a motor bus owned by Frederick Cleaves and driven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Ice Works
Through a wire fusing on an electric switchboard, a fire occurred in Dark's Ice and Cold Storage Works early yesterday morning. A water policeman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Courtney's Collapse Caused by Fire. London
Captain Courtney, who was rescued from the sea by the steamer Minnewaska, has sent a wireless message to his wife, stating that he was forced down owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Courtney's Escape on Fire When 1500 Feet Up. New York
Captain Courtney and his three companions, who were rescued from mid-ocean after their seaplane crashed in flames, told of the forced lauding and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Troops Despatched Continental Bush Fires LONDON
The Geneva correspondent of "The Times" telegraphs that troops have been despatched to fight forest fires near Aix-les-Bains, where the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Mayfield
About one o'clock yesterday morning the Tighe's Hill and Waratah Fire Brigades, under District Officer Meeves, attended an outbreak of fire at an occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Boardinghouse Sensational Escapes Brisbane
Fourteen persons residing in the upstairs portion of a large wooden building in South Brisbane conducted as a boarding establishment had a sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Fire Area
Adamstown Council was informed by the Board of Fire Commissioners last night that portion of Tarro shire, from the boundary of Waratah to the…
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