Tournai Cathedral Damaged by Fire Brussels
The famous Romanesque Cathedral at Tournai, which contains priceless paintings and other art treasures, is on fire. The disaster was probably due to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1928
543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 28
Why Phones Failed Family's Narrow Escape Wondabyne Fire Eight Trapped in Post Office
Narrow escapes from death in a burning cottage by a man, his wife and six children, is the story behind the failure of Newcastle…
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Residents living in the outskirts of the Manly district spent and anxious time on Saturday when a chain of bush fires blazed fiercely on the headlands. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Shield
Mr. J. O. Davis & Sons, of Dixon-street, Hamilton, have presented a silver shield to the district fire brigades for a games competition. On behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Post-office Occupants Escape
The building at Wondabyne, near Woy Woy, in which a non-official post-office was conducted, was destroyed by fire at an early hour on Friday morning. Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Guyra Fire Five Houses Burnt ARMIDALE
Five weatherboard business buildings were destroyed by fire at Guyra yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Out of Pan Into Fire Maitland Cricket Trouble Teams' Protests
Although the Northern Division Club and this Hunter Cricket Association has settled its differences, trouble has arisen with other clubs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Cessnock Cottage Destroyed
A two-roomed weatherboard cottage in David-street. Cessnock, owned by. Mr. W. Simmons, of Harris Park, Sydney, was totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Brisbane Man Burned to Death Brisbane
A man was burned to death, and 19 other persons, who were in Linton boarding-house, in Cordella-street, South Brisbane, had a narrow escape when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tragic Fire Two Children Dead Father's Bravery Burned in Rescue Attempt MELBOURNE
A four-year-old child was burnt to death, and an infant died from burns as a result of a tragic fire that demolished a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Hamilton
Headquarters' Fire Brigade received a telephone call to an outbreak of fire in M. Light's furniture factory, Beaumont-street, Hamilton, last night. When a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Fire Two Children Killed Melbourne
When Frederick Coles, a labourer, discovered his home at Quambatook in flames early this morning, he made a heroic, but unsuccessful, attempts to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Board Approves Abernethy Application
Kearsley Shire Council has been advised by the Board of Fire Commissioners that approval has been given for inclusion of the village of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires
The State Government has decided to introduce a bill dealing with bush fires. The bill will be framed largely on the recommendations of the Bush Fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Volunteers Attacked Serious Disturbance Police Compelled to Fire Three Strikers Wounded MELBOURNE
A serious disturbance occurred at Prince's Pier, Port Melbourne, at an early hour this morning, when a crowd of about 1500 stevedores attempted to attack the volunteers working the vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire Three Children Victims Orange
Lurline Astill, aged 12. Dulcie Astill, aged 8, and Florence Astill, aged 3, were burnt to death when their parents home at Orange caught fire at a late hour on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Townsville Hotel and Flats Burned Townsville
The largest fire in Towasville for several years broke out shortly after midnight in the Seaview Hotel, a wooden building. It burned rapidly, and soon the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woolloomooloo Fire
There was excitement among the foreign occupants of a house in Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo, when a fire broke out last night. Genevieve Kortegaste, 37,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Bathurst
Bulk stores, situated at the rear of Western Stores and Edgley, Ltd., in the business centre of Bathurst, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BUSHFIRES Newcastle Outbreaks Brigades Busy
A chain of bushfires burned around the outlying suburbs today. Brigades worked unceasingly at…
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