King-street Fire the Insurances
Insurances totalling £1600 covered the King-street property chiefly affected by the fire described in Saturday's "Newcastle Morning Herald." Stock and plant…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 38
Fire Escape Amendment of Act Justified
"The passage of another year allows it to be said that the amendment of the fire escape section of the Act has been fully justified," says the annual report of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Risks Blow-back Not So Dangerous
Many owners are under the impression that a blow back through the carburetter is the greatest potential source of fire. This is true, only if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Fire Blight" No Risk to be Taken With Cherry Trees CANBERRA
The Director-General of Health (Dr. Cumpston) stated to-day that steps to be taken by the department would eliminate any possible risk of the introduction…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Blight
The Fruitgrowers' Federation of New South Wales has protested to the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) against the reported approval of the partial suspension of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Innisfail Blaze Six Buildings Destroyed Innisfail
Five dwellings occupied by women mad a store owned by Lee Sye were destroyed by fire in Chinatown early this morning. The flames spread rapidly, causing a great…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Engine to Solve Egypt's "Ugly Hoarding" Problem CAIRO
No doubt as an inference that it was a fitting association with longevity, a firm of pill-mak. crt has erected a conspicuous advertisement immediately in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Bridge Fire Lismore
A fire on a railway bridge at North Lismore to-day might have had serious consequences but for its timely discovery. The outbreak is attributed to sparks from a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Incendiarism Newspaper Office Fire Murwillumbah Sensation Murwillumbah
While six employees were working at the "Tweed Daily" office about 1 to-day, someone set fire to a downstairs office, and escaped. The incendiarist evidently threw…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Women Fire-fighters Saved Girls' Lives Dundas Hospital Sydney
The wonderful presence of mind of three nurses at the Brush Farm school for abnormal girls at Dundas saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Tanker on Fire Explosions Shake Town London, November 25
Three terrific explosions blew out 60 feet of the starboard side of the oil tank steamer British Chemist in Grangemouth harbour to-day. The explosions shook the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toronto Tragedy Boy Burned to Death Disastrous Lakefront Fire Three Homes Gutted
The most disastrous fire in the history of Toronto, involving the loss of one life, occurred last night. Harry Lloyd, aged 14, son of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toronto Tragedy Father's Heroism at Fire Son Incinerated Brave Attempt to Enter Blazing House
Realising the hopelessness of any attempt at rescue, neighbors forcibly restrained Mr. H. Lloyd from dashing, into his blazing home at Toronto last night to find his son, Harry, aged 15, who was incinerated while asleep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Subsidy
An amount of £101,348 was paid to the Fire Commissioners of New South Wales by the Chief Secretary's Department during the year ended June 30 last, by way of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nurses Fight Fire
The presence of mind of two nurses saved a number of dormitories, in which inmates were sleeping, at the Bush Farm Home for mentally deficient girls, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Urunga Blaze North Coast Township Now Isolated Post-office Destroyed Grafton
A disastrous fire at Urunga early this morning destroyed the post-office and the residence occupied by the Postmaster, Mr. Carson. J. Bardesley and Co's general…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gift of Cherry Trees No Danger of Spreading "Fire Blight" Number to Be Reduced Canberra
Answering Mr. Thompson (C.P., New England), in the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Scullin, Prime Minister, stated he had received a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Toronto Fire Victim
The funeral of the late Harry James Lloyd Victim of the dissastrous fire at Toronto early this week took place this afternoon Rev. Canon Van…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Wharf Sulphur Burnt
Two baskets of sulphur caught on fire as a result of friction while a cargo of sulphur form Galveston was being dischrged at the Sulphur…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Offer Withdrawn Cherry Trees From Japan Fears of "Fire Blight" Canberra
With graceful tact and consideration, Prince Takamatsu, of Japan, has extricated Mr. Scullin, the Prime Minister, from a very embarrassing position. After…
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