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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 38
For two successive Saturdays the house occupied by Mr. Robert Arthur Lyons and his relatives, at the corner of Johnson and Piper streets, Annandale, has been subjected to the attentions of someone who has deliberately opened fire with a pea-rifle on the windows…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Standing in front of the five preparing breakfast for her children yesterday morning, Mrs. E. Malone, 34, of 12, William-street, Smedmoro, was burned about the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE'S HUGE FIRE.—Damage estimated at over £400,000 was done in Bourke-street, Melbourne, when a fire gutted Payne's Bon Mache, and destroyed three other building near-by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDMONTON (Alberta), Monday. Practically the entire business section of the oil-town of Wain-wrigtht, 127 miles cast of here, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire started yesterday afternoon in a paddock off John-street, at the rear of the residence of Mr. G. W. O'Leary, The paddock is the property of Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Damage estimated to be over £12,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Isis saw and planning mills and contents early this morning, Large stocks of timber…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"If only we bad had another three minutes—"said Frederick White, the fire chief of Gillingham, giving evidence at the inquest on the 15 victims, including several scouts and colds, of the fire tragedy on July 11…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →While fighting a fierce fire which broke out at the Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage Company's promises in Harris-street, City, to-day, four firemen and a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burglars are believed to have been responsible for a mysterious fire which almost gutted the Hamilton Central Steam Laundry in the early hours of to-day. Among the wreckage in the laundry office this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Central Laundry was putted by fire this morning. The fire is believed to here been caused by burglars. The safe had been broken open and records were de stroyed. The picture shows the rains of portion of the building and the safe which was broken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out at premises occupied by the Silvarite Glass Company, in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, late to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire, which totally destroyed an unoccupied weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. W. Harding, of Lisarow, at the old Homestead Selection, Abermain, on July…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Were safe-breakers to blame for a fire which did considerably damage to the buildings and contents of the Hamilton Central Steam Laundry in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No arrest has yet been made in connection with the mystery fire at the Hamilton Central Steam Laundry yesterday, which is believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The crater of Kilanea, on Hawall Island, 4400 feet high, assumed eruption early this morning. Persons at Hilo, 35 miles away, moved closer to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The crowded audience at the Haymarket Picture Theatre on Saturday evening were unaware that a fire had broken out on the roof; otherwise, there may have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle police are continuing inquiries into the fire which partly destroyed Hamilton Central Laundry on Friday. After the fire the office safe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frank Virago, aged 32, of Unanderra, was badly burned about the head and arms while three other men had narrow escapes while they were cleaning out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Featherweights in Joe (Barber) Aitchisen, and George Eagle, will meet in the main event of 15 rounds at the Newcastle Stadium next…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"B.E.J.," Wallsend, writes.—I have a large six-cylinder car, which has been in use for about, six months, and having experienced difficulty in starting and a loss…
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