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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 38
Damage estimated at £30,000 was done this morning by the most disastrous fire experienced at Murwillumbah for many years. One of the buildings destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Extensive damage was caused by a fire at the factory of the Sterling Furniture Manufacturing Co., Burns-street, City, last night. The top storey was gutted,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Caused by the backfiring of the engine, an outbreak of fire on the vehicular ferry at Narooma caused extensive damage to the machinery. Although the punt is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Dutch cargo steamer Sumatra. after one night at sea, returned to the docks to-day, with her cargo of wool on fire. Smoke was discovered last night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thought to have been caused by the fusing of an electric wire, a fire broke out about 20 minutes to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the boom factory,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As a result at a fire late yesterday, which extensively damaged the New South Wales Co-operatlvo Society's broom factory in Tighe-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven city brigades concentrated on a fire which was discovered in J. D. Bailey's knitting mills in Buckland-street, Chippendale, at 12.20 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Lake Macquarie Shire Council has been notified by the Board of fire Commissioners, that, with reference to the representatives made to the board it is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cardiff fire-engine was delivered yesterday, and is of a most modern time of "Dennis" make…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The largest Chinese printing works in the country, valued at several million dollars, caught fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The largest entirely Chinese printing establishment, the Commercial Press, at Shanghai, was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon, within three days of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The work of demolishing Caroline Place, is Church-street; the site for the new West Maitland Fire Station, will be commenced to-day. The new building with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →All of the 200 inhabitants of the town of Thoraild. 50 miles north of here are homeless. many are without…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking burns were received by Frederick Pritchard, 30, of Darlinghurst, when his clothing caught fire to-night. He was cleaning clothes with benzine at his home…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A congested block of shops and houses in King-street, near Wallstreet, was saved from destruction by fire carly to-day. owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is possible to understand the professional chagrin of the local fire brigade which arrived the other day at a local fire only to find that a stra[?] fire-engine,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of Newcastle's oldest buildings—the stained glass and leadlight works, occupied by Mr. H. T. Dooley, in King-street, Newcastle East—was completely gutted at an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →All the 200 inhabitants of the town of Thorild, 50 miles north of here, are homeless, and many are without clothing as a result of a bush fire which, swept by a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An unoccupied four-roomed cottage, constructed of asbestos and wood, and the contents, owned by Mr. A. P Judd, of Thompson-road, Speers' Point, situated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Although it is known that the Board of Fire Commissioners are keen on doing away with suburban fire stations and erecting big stations in…
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