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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 28
North Shore brigades mustered in great force to combat a racing bush fire at Northridge, and the professional furthers were well backed by amateur assistance. Inset is G. F. Samuelson, of the Lane Cove Bripade, who was burned by flying sparks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush fires broke out in many parts of the Newcastle district yesterday, and, aided by the desiccating westerly wind, spread rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire gutted two shops, and damaged three others, in Hunter-street, in the middle of Newcastle's shopping centre, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With againing rapidity a fire swept through the main business portion of Denman this afternoon. Within a few minutes one side…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In two hours this afternoon two factories in Botany and Renwick streets, Redfern, and four houses were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a quarter-past one o'clock this morning headquarters station of Newcastle Fire Brigades received a call to what it was soon seen threatened to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfires approached the convalescent home at New Lambton this afternoon. The fires encroached on to the grounds, but were beaten…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious bushfires are raging in many parts of the State. Between Wyong and Newcastle the worst damage has been done for years. Still more serious damage has been done in the Mittagong…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush fires raged in the district about Bishop's Bridge and Sawyer's Gully yesterday. Some lengths of fencing and grass areas were destroyed, but otherwise there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Encircled by a steadily converging ring of bush fires, the Convalescent Hospital at New Lambton was in such danger last night that at one time it was proposed to have every patient transferred by a fleet of motor ambulances to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While Cessnock fire brigade was battling against the flames in the bush at North Aberdare late yesterday, an urgent, message was received from the manager of Aberdare Extended colliery that blazing bush at South Cessnock threatened the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For a period all traffic on the Prince's Highway between Nowra and Milton had to be suspended, and a large number of volunteers went out from Nowra to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flames raged as though from a gigantic bonfire on the property of the Australian General Electric Company at Newtown yesterday afternoon, construction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There were sensational incidents in a fire which suddenly blazed up in a congested area of Rodfern at mid-day to-day, Fanned by the hot, gusty wind, the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four hours' strenuous work by members of Wallsend Fire Brigade, under Captain T. Fogo., yesterday afternoon, saved what probably would have been serious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After a strenuous fight lasting the best part of yesterday the fires in and around Toronto were well under control this morning. Several big fires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fighting the blaze which destroyed two factories, and badly damaged several houses in Redfern yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Matron Cresswick, of the New Lambton Convalescent Home, denied the report that there was a panic among the patients when bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the event of a serious outbreak of fire. Wallsend is in an unenviable predicament. In view of the present danger from bush fires a nervous note…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The biggest fire in the history of the town of Denman occurred there about 1.30 p.m. to-day. Practically the whole of the business…
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