Fire Hydrant? For Convalescent Home
On the recommendation of the Mayor, Alderman A. V. Watton, New Lambton Council last night decided to ask the hospital authorities to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 28
Vessel Catches Fire Fireman Killed Vancouver
W. T. Tennison, a fireman on the Blue Star liner Trojan Star was killed, and six badly burned and two gassed as the result of oil leaking from a feed pipe and…
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At a quarter past 10 o'clock last night Fire Brigade headquarters received a call to an outbreak that had been discovered in the premises of Messrs. Lord and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Caused by Mouse
How a mouse was indirectly responsible for a fatal Pimlico fire was revealed at an inquest held at Westminster on Catherine Coulthard (71),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Paxton Fire Cottage Damaged
Severe damage by fire was done to the rear portion of a four roomed weatherboard cottage at Paxton yesterday afternoon. The interior of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a Tug Five Days' Fight Colombo
The story of a five days' fight with a fire in the bunkers was told by Captain Heinricks, of the German tug Max Berendt, which arrived here on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze at Surry Hills
Extensive damage was caused by a the which broke out and partially destroyed Currawong House, Albion-street, Surry Hills, on Saturday. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton. Fire in Scrub
About half-past three yesterday afternoon a fire occurred in a heap of rubbish in the S.A.M. Company's paddock, at the inter[?]ection of Howe and…
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The Deputy-Director of Navigation (Captain Sangster) received word this afternoon that the vessel Reliance had been destroyed by fire at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Showground Fire Palais Royal Gutted Fireman Assaulted
Shortly after the last of the dancers had departed from the Palais Royal Majestic at the Newcastle Showground at midnight on Saturday, a fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arrest at Fire "Only One Offended" Palais in Ashes
Reports that firemen at the blaze that destroyed the Palais Royal Majestic early yesterday morning were impeded by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wiped Out Half a Block in Flames Ulmarra Fire Bucket Brigade at Work CRAFTON
In a disastrous fire at the township of Ulmarra, on the Clarence River, about nine miles below Grafton, early this morning, eight…
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Stockton Fire Brigade received a call at 1.12 p.m. yesterday to a bush fire at the corner of Hereford and Roxburgh streets, North Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destroyed by Fire Steamer Reliance Blaze at Port Stephens
The passenger steamer Reliance was destroyed by fire at an early hour at Port Stephens yesterday morning. About three o'clock yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Ulmarra Eight Shops Destroyed Grafton
Eight shops, comprising half the main business block of Coldstream-street, Ulmarra, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Richmond River Bakery Destroyed by Fire Clunes
One of the oldest established bakeries on the Richmond River, owned by Mr. P. McNiff, of Clunes, was destroyed by fire to-night. Mr. McNiff had conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Electrical Works
Six transformers and other material, valued in all at over £1500, were destroyed by a fire which broke out early yesterday morning at the works of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irish Fire Town In Danger LONDON
A serious fire caused considerable damage at Portumna, Galway, where the stables attached to Viscount Lascelles's country…
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A serious fire is raging at Portumna, where Lord Lascelles had his Irish home. The technical schools, which the Princess Mary visited, are ablaze, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Portumna Castle Fire Accidental London
The fire at Portumna Castle, Lord Lascelles' winter home, is believed to have been due to the accidental overturning of an oilstove…
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