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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 28
The annual report of the Maitland Fire Brigade discloses that during the year a record number of calls were answered in the district, which destroyed. Main reasons advanced far the out-breaks were: Light thrown down. 36; unknown, 30; sparks from bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Despatches received at Downing-street reveal that the British legation in Kabul was under constant gun and rifle fire during the heavy fighting between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning the main street of Korumburra was the scene of a disastrous fire, similar to several which have occurred recently in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →