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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
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A special tribunal for the defence of State sentenced Caesar Rossi, ex-secretary of the Italian Press Bureau, who formerly held high rank as a Fascist leader, to 30 years' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →According to a complaint received by Toronto Urban Area Committee from Toronto Progress Association, a number of logs on Exceisior-parade,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Singleton's new motor fire engine has arrived. It is the last word in fire-fighting appliances of its size and type, and constitutes the most progressive step that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New marked in the Hull Docks were destroyed by a fire that caused £100,000 damage, and destroyed several trains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A weatherboard cottage of four rooms, on the old School Hill, Abermain, the property of Mr. J. Parkinson, of Stockton, was totally destroyed by fire shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The indignity of being sent to bed early and reprimanded—like any baby —was too much for a boy of 15, living with his uncle at Bleesford,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. A. Baber, of the Newcastle Fire Brigade Headquarters, has been appointed sub-station officer at Newtown, Sydney, where he will commence duty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warned by dense clouds of smoke, 10 men and women, staying at a residential on the Corse. Manly, escaped in their night attire when a fire occurred early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dazed by an explosion of gas which blew up the hatch cover near which they were working, two seamen on the Belfast freighter Torr Head, which reached…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. E. E. Coliins, representative of country councils on the Board of Fire Commissioners. Mr. W. B. Clarke. representing the Insurance Companies, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →What threatened to be one of the most disastrous fires in the history of Wallsend broke out at 10 o'clock last night, in Nelson-street, at the boot and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Messrs. E. E. Collins, W. B. Clarke, and J . F. Beswick, members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, paid Cessnock a visit yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. A. James's shoe store in Nelson- street, Wallsend, was completely gutted by firs late last night. The cause of the fire is as yet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire at an ironmonger's establishment at Eudunda to-day. An explosion was heard about 4 a.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Dennis motor fire engine has been installed at Singleton fire station. Mr. E. E. Collins, of the Board of Fire Commissioners, who installed it. said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in rooms of a weatherboard building at the rear of the Commercial Hotel, Glebe-road, Adamstown, yesterday. The Adamstown and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On all sides it is recognised that Wallsend. Fire Brigade's save of the premises adjoining James' boot and shoe store, which was ruined by fire on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following an attempt by thieves to blow open a safe in the ironmongery. hardware, and furniture establishment of Weisner and Co., of Eudunda, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two employees of the Millimetre Motor Engineering Company. East Circular Quay, had a narrow escape from death to-day, when they were trapped by a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An enjoyable evening was spent in the Merewether School of Arts Hall on Saturday, to which the firemen and auxiliaries invited the wives and families and their…
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