Fire in Newcastle Old Boarding-house Damaged
Fierce flames, shooting skyward, from on old building of two storeys in Morgan-street, Newcastle, created alarm a little after 11 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1929
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Smart Save Newcastle Fire Brigades City Outbreak
Prompt action by Newcastle East and Headquarters Fire Brigades averted what, it is claimed might have been a very serious fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Family Incinerated English Tenement Fire Women Jump From Window London, September 2
Eleven persons lost their lives in a fire which gutted a block of tenements at Smethwick, near Birmingham, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Cardiff
A weatherboard house in Evellen-street, via Cardiff, caught afire at 8.15 p.m. yesterday, and was completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cardiff House Destroyed by Fire
A fire broke out last night in a three-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by Thomas M'Connell, in Fourth-street, Colebrook. The local fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in House Constable's Discovery Police Inquire
What is believed by the police to be a deliberate attempt to burn down a house at Carrington was foiled by Constable Wright late…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Belmont Fire Brigade
With a view to finalising matters for the immediate provision of a temporary fire-fighting plant at Belmont, a deputation front Belmont Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Damage Hosiery Factory Fire Camperdown Blaze Sydney
Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which was discovered shortly before midnight in the three-storey building of the Twinkle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Lorry Fire
While standing in Hall-street, Cook's Hill, at 10 a.m. to-day, a motor lorry caught alight. A piece of bag left inside the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crews Coolly Face Death on Blazing Oil Tankers Shipping's Black Day Crews' Daring Prevents Heavy Loss of Life Liner Wrecked on Rock Five Dead and 10 Missing in Tanker Vimeria Blaze LONDON
Disastrous fires on two oil tankers, with the crews facing a fearful death in heroic efforts to save the vessels, and the loss of a British passenger steamer off the coast of Spain, marked a black day for shipping. Remarkable coolness and daring shown by the crews, in keeping with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waterloo Fire Battle in Gale Sydney
Only great work by over sixty firemen saved a whole block from being demolished at Waterloo early to-day, when fire broke out in Summerlad and Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Timber Mills
Damage, estimated by the owner at £5000, was done by fire at Pidcock's sawmills, Casino, yesterday. The outbreak was noticed by the driver of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stanford-merthyr Blaze Shop Destroyed
The shop and residence of Mr. J. H. Maisey, of Maitland-road, Stanford-Merthyr, was totally destroyed by fire late on Thursday night. The fire was burning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Static Electricity" Causes Fire
A motor lorry which was in a garage at Chippendale yesterday morning caught fire, the cause being "static electricity." The flames were extinguished before much…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Commissioner's Visit
The Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Singleton on October 1, when they will meet members of the Municipal Council. Opportunity will be taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Commissioners Newcastle Annual Tour
It is expected that the Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Newcastle and district next month. Besides interviewing local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi House Destroyed by Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John O'Sullivan, of Minmi, was recently completely destroyed by fire. The cause of the out-break is unknown. W. McElligott, an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safebreaker Again Fire Follows Entry Sydney
Sydney police are straining every nerve to catch the gang of safebreakers who have been operating in the metropolitan area during the last few months. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri Fire Inquiry
An inquiry will be held at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse by the Coroner, Mr. J. T. Richards, next Monday, into the origin of the fire which totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Planes Fight Fire San Francisco
Another activity was lidded to the aeroplane's manifold uses when, for what was probably the first time in the history of aviation, aeroplanes…
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