New Maitland Fire Station
West Maitland Council is not satisfied with the constructional details of its proposed new fire station. The front elevation is stereotyped, and is…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 38
Fire Aboard Ship
A radio mess go picked up by Amalgamated Wireless, Sydney, yesterday stated that the cargo steamer, King Cadwallon, wall known in Australian waters,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Stockton
Stockton Fire Brigade had a call last night to an outbreak of fire in a cottage occupied by J. Cummings, No. 7 Queen-street, Stockton. It is thought that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Hire and Fire" What the Owners Want Newcastle View
It in thought in Newcastle that the owners may agree at the conference with the miners in Sydney to reopen the mines on pre-stoppage wages, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nine Burned to Death Fire Brigade's Display in Dummy House Comedy Turned to Tragedy LONDON
Nine cadets were burned to death when a dummy house collapsed during a fire brigade display at Chillingham Park, Kent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Disaster Nine Boys Perish Make-believe Turns to Tragedy Heroic Rescue Efforts (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, July 12
Nine cadets wore burned to death when a dummy house collapsed at a fire brigade display last night, in Gillingham Park, Kent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Crowd Roars With Laughter as Youths are Incinerated Fire Horror Comedy Scene Was Tragedy Cries for Help Unheeded Building Set Alight at Wrong Time LONDON
While a party of scouts and firemen were being incinerated at a fire brigade display at Gillingham Park, Kent, the crowd looked on, laughing. They thought that when the trapped victims screamed in horror that it was all part of the show…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Kearsley
A fire broke out between the roof and the ceiling of Mr. Joseph Slight's five-room weatherboard cottage at Kearsley, at one o'clock yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Cardiff
A fire, the cause of which is unknown, destroyed the weatherboard cottage, including the contents, occupied and owned by Victor Sunde[?]us, at Fern Gully,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal on Fire Vessel With Cargo for Australia Abandoned at Sea Capetown, July 13
The steamer King Cadwallon, bound for Australia with a cargo of coal, caught fire when 500 miles from Durban. Despite the utmost efforts of the crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Hospital Extinguished By Inmates
A fire broke out in a small room in the basement of Iluka Hospital at noon to-day. It was extinguished by the inmates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Fire
Portion of the contents of a small room in the basement of the Huka Hospital. Church-street, Newcastle, were damaged by an outbreak of fire about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scores Faint Women Overcome Pathetic Scenes Fire Disaster Victims Boned LONDON
Pathetic scenes were witnessed at gravesides to-day when the 15 victims of the Gilligham fire disaster were buried, Scores of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Victims Thousands at Burial Gillingham Mourns London, July 17
The 15 victims of the fire disaster at the Gillingham Fire Brigade's fete last Thursday, were buried in one long line of graves to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire on Pakipaki
The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has been advised that the steamer Pakipaki caught fire while loading cargo at New York. Although the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hamilton Grass Fire
A grass fire broke out at the corner of Corona-street and Parkway-avenue. Hamilton, at 1 p.m. to-day. It was extinguished by the Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Follows Explosion
When two transformers at the Sydney City Council's electricity sub-station at Waterloo exploded on Saturday, the employees had narrow escapes from serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grass Fire Buildings Menaced Newcastle West
The Empire Palais Royale and other premises in Hunter-street West were menaced early yesterday afternoon when a fire broke out amongst dry grass on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shop Damaged Fire and Explosion Sydney
Following an explosion, a fire broke out in Pierce's mercery shop in George-street, Haymarket, on Saturday night, and before the flames were extinguished, considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£250,000 DAMAGE Melbourne Fire MELBOURNE
One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Melbourne broke out this morning. It completely destroyed the drapery establishment of Payne's Bon Marche,…
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