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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 38
Swirling flood waters, pouring over country which a few days ago was ravaged by bush fires, exacted a terrible toll, in human lives lost, and property destroyed, in the North Coast districts during the week-end. Leslie Lees (44), railway guard,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage to the extent of £10,000 was caused by a fire which swept the main street at Minyip. Four shops and a hotel were gutted completely, and another shop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four days' rioting between Hindus and Mohammedans has resulted in 69 deaths, and injuries to 449 others. The majority of the victims are Hindus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire at Cameron and Thompson's chemical works at Concord to-night, provided a spectacular sight for a short time before it was got under control…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A practical demonstration of the Leyland portable fire pump was recently carried out at Lee Wharf by Gordon Motors Ltd., In conjunction with Leyland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Representatives of Wallsend, Lambton, New Lambton, Cardiff, and Teralba fire brigades attended a meeting in Wallsend Station last night, to consider the entry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The famous Town Hall at Leiden has been burned down, and the priceless archives and numerous art treasures destroyed. The fire brigades were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fire Brigade Art Union movement gives ever promise of success, as a strong committee has taken the matter in hand, and proposes to organise various forms of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Incendiarism is suspected in a fire which broke out in a stack of 100,000 feet of timber at the South wharf this afternoon. A good save was effected by the brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Awakened, this morning by smoko in his bedroom, Frederick T. Whitlow, dentist, of Fairfield, who lives in Mountford-avenue, Guilford, jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Startling evidence was given in the Supreme Court to-day, when Colin Conney Anderson was charged with wilfully setting fire to a residential establishment in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A mysterious outbreak of fire destroyed portion of a house at Guildford yesterday morning. Frederick Whitlow, the owner of the place, was awakened…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA IN MELBOURNE. — Melbourne took the crew of the new cruiser Canberra to its heart when the vessel arrived there on Monday. CANBERRA'S OFFICERS. — Left to right: Lieutenant J. Newton, Commander J. L. Boyd. and Lieutenant-Commander Chubb, [?]pped on the vessel's arrival in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Alexa destroyed by fire, All well." This brief radio message from Ocean Island was received this morning by Captain Heyen, of Birkenhead, from his son,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire, the origin of which is unknown, caused £5000 worth of damage at the new State Theatre. Market-street, Sydney on Saturday morning. The theatre is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three fires broke out mysteriously on Saturday night in Arden-street, West Melbourne, within a short distance of each other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In response to a requisition from the executive of the Waratah Hospital Women's Auxiliary a meeting, convened by the Mayor, Ald. A. Griffiths, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nineteen patients were burnt to death when a fire destroyed an insane asylum at Tokio. Heartrending scenes were witnessed when the survivors were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was caused by a big fire at the Waterloo factory of Mauri Brothers and Thompson, Ltd. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The engineering works of William Adams and Company, Ltd. Alexandria, caught fire about 11.15.a.m. to-day and before the flames were…
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