Fire in Hotel
Caused by overheating, a dynamo in the basement of the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, caught fire yesterday morning. Newcastle East and Headquarters Fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 38
Factory Damaged by Fire
Mystery surrounds an outbreak of fire which caused £500 worth of damage to the Austral Travel Bag Company's premises in Cleveland-street, Darlington, early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in Sydney Garage Blown Up Man Charged with Arson. Sydney
Following upon a terrific explosion which wrecked garage occupied by W. G. Bardsley, ominbus proprietor, of Penshurst, on Saturday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leapt From Window Man Escapes Sydney Fire SYDNEY
When his house caught fire early this morning. John Ferguson Duncan, of Botany-road, Makcot, had to jump through the window of his bedroom to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Set on Fire" Verdict at Cessnock Inquiry Miner's House Coroner's Advice to Insurance Firms
"If insurance companies rebuilt instead of paying over money, I think there would be fewer fires, said Cessnock district coroner (Mr. Richards) at Cessnock Court-house to-day. when he returned an open verdict after inquiring into a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Injured at Fire Chemical Works Blaze SYDNEY
A big fire broke out shortly before 2 p.m. to-day in the five-storey building of Husdon's Eumenthol Factory, Bay-street, Glebe. In a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Fire Inquiry Open Verdict
Mr. J. T. Richards, Coroner, held an inquiry at the Cessnock Courthouse, yesterday, concerning the destruction by fire of an unoccupied four-roomed cottage in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eight Miners Killed in Colliery Fire London
Eight miners lost their lives in Coombes Wood Colliery, Worcestershire, their bodies being recovered after an all-day fight with the flames by fire and rescue brigades. The outbreak occurred just after the day shift began work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in Sydney Grace Bros. Damaged Chemical Factory Blaze. Sydney
Firemen were faced with a difficult task which they set out to extinguish a blaze which broke out in Hudson's Eumenthol chemical factory, in Bay-street, Glebe, this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£50,000 Damage Big Fire at Bendigo. Melbourne
Damage amounting to £50,000 was caused by fire at the factory of the Bendigo Preserving Co., Bendigo. The fire started in the machine-room…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Mater Hospital Waratah Fire Appeal
The Waratah Fire Brigade Hospital Committee held its second gala night at Mayfield tram terminus last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Fire Station Official Opening To-night
The new fire station at Kurri which cost £2000 will be officially opened to-night. The function will take the form of a social at which officials from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spectators Trapped Tragic Theatre Fire Moscow
One hundred and fourteen people were killed as the result of a fire destroying a cinema at Igolking, in the Vladimir Province. Spectators, in a panic, rushed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speed Races in New Zealand Fire Damage in Country Town
NEW ZEALAND'S COVERNOR-CENERAL enjoy, yachting. He it here seen (in the cap) boarding a boat to go to the Anki, a yacht which took part in the Governor-General. Cup in Auckland recently. BINGARA SUFFERED heavy damage when a fire broke out last week and destroyed some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cinema Fire Many Children Killed Moscow
The Central News reports that a film, showing in a village school at Ingolschino, burst into flames. It is alleged that the operator was drunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timber Fires Merchants' Charge Union Denial "Wouldn't Be So Stupid" SYDNEY
"My reading of the comments of the secretary of the Sydney and Suburban Timber Merchants' Association (Mr. F. H. Corke) on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"MALICIOUS" Verdict at Cessnock Inquiry "Set on Fire" Third Finding in Three Weeks
After inquiring at Cessnock Courthouse to-day into a fire which destroyed a four-roomed, unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Rawson-street, Aberdare, at 2.45 a.m. on March 3, Mr. J. Richards, coalfields coroner, returned a verdict "that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Inquire Fire at Maitland Midnight Blaze
Police are inquiring into a fire which destroyed part of a house occupied by Patrick Keogh, at Campbell's Hill, West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Fire Verdict of Arson
Mr. J. T. Richards, Coroner, held an inquiry at the Cessnock Courthouse, yesterday afternoon, into the circumstances of a fire which destroyed a cottage in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reward Offered Timber Yard Fire SYDNEY
John W. Eaton, Ltd.; Sydney timber merchants, have offered £100 reward for Information regarding the origin of the fire which broke out in…
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