Fire in Hotel Boarder's Escape Policeman Saw It
A fire which occurred In one of the bedrooms at the Westminister Hotel at 3 a.m. to-day. it is stated. was cased through one of the boarders going to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 38
Maitland Fire
The West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a fire at 12.4 a.m., yesterday, in a house at Campbell's Hill. West Maitland, occupied by Mr. Patrick Keogh,…
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There being no work at the Killingworth Colliery, the parents of William Walter Atkinson, aged 15 months, of Killingworth, proceeded to the lakeside, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kurri Fire Station Officially Opened
The new Kurri Kurri Fire Station, in Lang-street which was recently completed at a cost of £1850, was officially opened on Saturday night. Mr. J. Matich,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Delays Germany's Bid for Atlantic Supremacy Like Volcano German Liner Destroyed £2,000,000 LOSS Firemen's Battle With Flames BERLIN
Bubbling and boiling like a half submerged volcano, the mammoth Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Europa, which was being secretly bunt at Hamburg with a view to capturing the Atlantic blue ribbon from the Cunard liner Mauretania, 30,696…
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Several thousand pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which gutted the two top floors of Belmore House, in Campbell-street, Sydney, last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Fire Ill-fated German Liner Rival to Mauretania (Australian Press Association.) BERLIN
A fire broke out yesterday in the hold of the mammoth Norddentscher Lloyd liner Europa, which was being secretly built at Hamburg, with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Fire
Cessnock fire brigade was culled out at 5.35 a.m. yesterday to a three-roomed weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. J. Moody, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Fighting Ants
A remarkable example of insect sagacity, is given by a French woman scientist Mme. Marguerite Combes, daughter of the botanist. M. Gaston Bonnier, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Self Contained Fire Brigade— Workshops Behind Fire-fighters
WHERE THE PUMPS ARE MADE.—All the pump used by the Fire Brigade in fighting fires around Sydney are made in the workshops at the Central Fire Station. The assembling and fitting of fire engines. THE HOSE IS TREATED in this shop. There it is cut into lengths and attached to equipment. Repairs are also done when necessary by a skilled staff…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Queens Million Votes in Week Country Polls Sydney
A week's, consistent heavy voting has increased the polling in the Fire Queen's competition by more than 1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire Sydney Bond Store Damage Over £100,000 SYDNEY
Sydney's entire fire-fighting resources were needed this morning to fight a great blaze on the waterfront at Miller's Point. Parbury's…
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The ruins of Parbury's Bond and Free Stores, Miller's Point, are still smouldering, and may continue to do so for a week. Beneath the great heap of debris…
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Mr. G. Booth. M.P., has brought under the notice of. Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C. the Chairman of the Fire Brigades Board, the necessity for the erection of a new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Damp Explosions British Investigations
Safety in Mines Research Paper No. 49, by C. S. W. Grice and R. V. Wheeler, records the results of an investigation in which explosions of mixtures of methane…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shops Destroyed Fire at Islington Early Morning Blaze
A two-storied building in Maitland-road, Islington, between Ivyand Beaumont streets, was destroyed by fire at 2.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Church Destroyed Spectacular Fire London
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire, which destroyed the United Free Church at Eglinton Toll, Glasgow. A vast crowd watched the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Islington Blaze Battle with Flames
Firemen of Hamilton, Wickham, and Tighe's Hill Brigades, with three hydrants at work, battled for two hours early yesterday morning in extinguishing a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Drought" in England Miniature Bush Fires Soldiers Fight Outbreak. London
Several practically rainless weeks have resulted in local fires like miniature Australian bush fires. Several square miles of heath land, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escapes Blaze in Sydney
Sensational incidents were associated with a fire which broke out early this morning and destroyed a four-roomed weatherboard house of…
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