Kapok Ablaze Hunter-street Fire
A spark from an electric motor set fire to a quantity of kapok in the bedding room at the rear of Union Furniture Company's warehouse, 439…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1928
543 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 28
No Ghosts Waratah's "Haunted Hill" Underground Fire
Ghosts and satyrs are usually associated with underground caverns, from which they emerge to do a devil's dance on dark…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall River City Fire
The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," in a graphic description of the disastrous fire in Fall River City a few weeks ago, says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Fighters' Fight
Recently it may be remembered that for one night the metropolis was left practically defenceless, in the event of a fire occurring, owing to the firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mayfield Fire Shop and Cottage Damaged Early Blaze
The general store and an adjoining a six-roomed cottage, owned by Mrs. Laura Dunn, in Neville-street. Mayfield, were partially destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Blaze Brigade's Good Save Cottage Damaged
Cessnock Fire Brigade, under Chief Officer O. G. Sherwin, made a great save last night. At 10.15 the brigade was called to a fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Fire Trick of Reflection
The rising moon reflecting through a window of a house on Glebe Bill, Merewether, was noticed by a person in the vicinity, who mistook the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Sydney Sydney
Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out in Carey's Building, near the Central railway station, in Sydney, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Hospital Fire Brigades' Display Boys' Tug-o'-war
The Fire Brigades' display and competitions on the Sports Ground next Saturday will provide one of the biggest and most spectacular…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early Morning Fire Mayfield Shop Gutted
A disastrous early morning fire occurred at Mayfield yesterday, when a ship at the corner of Nile and Neville streets was completely gutted, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Under Fire" Lambton Council Bombarded With Complaints Deplorable Roads
From all parts of the municipality complaints were received by Lambton Council meeting. "Deplorable streets" was the complaint in most cases. It was decided to refer all the complaints to the works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades' Competitions
The Fire Brigades' competitions on the Sports Ground to-morrow afternoon have around considerable interest, as it is over twelve years since similar…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Brigades' Display
Mr. S. J. Smith, M.L.C., the president of the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioner, accompanied by Mr. E. E. Collins, Ministerial representative, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Great Fire
One of the most spectacular fires New Zealand has seen started at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon in Winstone's benzine store at Freeman's Bay, on the Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Sun Stop Press Bush Fires in New Zealand
Despite heavy rains, bush fires are raging in the King Country (N.Z.). It is feared that many families are trapped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigade Sports Rain Causes Postponement
Owing to showery weather conditions on Saturday, the effort of the Newcastle nod Coalfields Fire Brigades in aid of the Newcastle Hospital drive for £25,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigades' Demonstration
The firemen's demonstration and school boys' tug-of-war championships, which, owing to the rain, had to be postponed from Saturday last, will be conducted on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Fire Engine Boy Tripped by Dog AUCKLAND
As the Newmarket Fire Brigade was dashing along the street in answer to a call. John Smith, aged nine, wan tripped up by his dog, with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Set on Fire" Blaze at Cessnock coroner's verdict Empty House Destroyed
"I find that the premises were wilfully and [?]ontously set on fire by some person of persons unknown." said the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fatal Fire New York
A message from Altoona, Pennsylvania, says that the wedding celebrations of a young couple in that town ended in a terrible tragedy…
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