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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 38

£30,000 DAMAGE Disastrous Murwillumbah Fire Hotel and Shops Gutted Murwillumbah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 12

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…

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Furniture Factory Blaze Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 11

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,…

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Fire on Ferry Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 10

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…

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Cargoes on Fire Dutch Steamers in Trouble CAPETOWN, November 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 9

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…

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Wickham Fire Blaze in Broom Factory Good Work by Firemen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 7

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,…

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Fire at Wickham Factory Severely Damaged Millet Destroyed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 6

As a result at a fire late yesterday, which extensively damaged the New South Wales Co-operatlvo Society's broom factory in Tighe-street…

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Sydney Fire Outbreak in Chippendale Knitting Mills SYDNEY, Tuesday Morning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1929 · page 8

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…

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Belmont Fire Appliances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 9

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…

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New Fire Engine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 11

Cardiff fire-engine was delivered yesterday, and is of a most modern time of "Dennis" make…

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While Fire Burned Chinese Brigade Argued Wanted Pay Arrears Shanghai

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 November 1929 · page 1

The largest Chinese printing works in the country, valued at several million dollars, caught fire this morning…

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Big Shanghai Fire Loss to Education Shanghai, November 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 7

The largest entirely Chinese printing establishment, the Commercial Press, at Shanghai, was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon, within three days of the…

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Maitland and District News New Fire Station Old Land Mark

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 8

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…

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Wiped Out Fire Sweeps Town 200 Homeless Edmonton (Canada)

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 1

All of the 200 inhabitants of the town of Thoraild. 50 miles north of here are homeless. many are without…

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Petrol Blaze Man Shockingly Burned Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 9

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…

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Block Saved Blaze in King-street Firemen's Smart Work

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 3

A congested block of shops and houses in King-street, near Wallstreet, was saved from destruction by fire carly to-day. owing to…

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"Your Fire" Etiquette of Brigades

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 5

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,…

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Newcastle Fire Old Building Gutted King-street Outbreak

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 9

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…

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Great Forest Fire Canadian Town Destroyed EDMONTON (Alberta), November 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1929 · 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…

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Cottage Burned Speers' Point Blaze

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 6

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…

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"Members Ashamed" Merewether Fire Station

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 November 1929 · page 2

"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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