Sydney Town Hall Fire SYDNEY
A fire call from the Town Hall at 6.15 a.m. to-day brought Chief-officer Nance and men and engines from headquarters, Darlinghurst, Pyrmont,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1929
760 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 38
Spectacular Fire Oil Store Ablaze. Sydney
Although many thousands of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the oil store of William Adams ad Co., Ltd., in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train on Fire Stampede in Tube Heavy Casualties Feared. New York
A wild stampede, resulting in the injury of 50 to 100 passengers, occurred when a train caught fire last night in tubes under the Hudson River, from New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods and Fires Lake Shire Wants Grant
On behalf of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council Mr. Booth and Mr. Connell, M.s L.A., made representations to the Minister for Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Played Game Strike Picket's Warning Fire Averted Sydney
An Interesting sidelight on the timber industry dispute has come under the notice of the police. A timberworker observed a pile of timber near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Bag Store
Rushing into the American Bag Store. In Hunter street, which caught fire shortly after closing time last night, the manageress of the shop…
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Shortly before 9.30 last night, a five was discovered in the American Bag Store 199 Hunter-street, Newcastle. The outbreak occurred on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"To Put Out Fire" CALCUTTA
General Nadir Khan has arrived at Bombay from Europe. in an interview he said: "I" have come on a mission of peace at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£50,000 Damages Warrnambool Fire Melbourne
Damage estimated at more than £50,000 was caused early yesterday by the biggest fire in the history of Warrnambool. The Hotel Mansions a four-storey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Dungog Light Station
The Dungog electric light station caught fire at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. The local fire brigade extinguished the outbreak after some damage had been done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moorefield Sir Chrystopher Staroff—Green Moth Good Chances Raceland May Win Sydney, Tuesday. Fast Fire at Broadmeadow Good Gallops
Eight races and good fields should mane racing very interesting at Moorefield to-morrow. Staroff attracts as the likely winner of the second division of the Maiden Three-Year-Old Handicap, and Green Moth may be a profitable Keen interest was taken in track work at Broadmeadow course this morning, in view of the Newcastle Plate and Cup, which will be run off…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires and Floods Lake Shire Drainage
At last night's meeting of Lake Macquarie Shire Council, Cr. G Pearce, President, reported that considerable damage had been caused in various parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades Annual Report Interesting Figures Sydney
The annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners tabled in Parliament this afternoon, points out that in appointing Mr. T. P. H. Nance as Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Costly Fire £60,000 Damage Firemen's Task 20 Streams on Flames SYDNEY
A fire, which broke out on the fourth and top floors of Ultimo House, corner of Harris and Mary Ann streets, Ultimo, about 6.30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Fires Cottage Destroyed
At half-past 11 on Saturday night the Cessnock Fire Brigade received an alarm of an outbreak of fire in a weatherboard cottage in Margaret-street, Cessnock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Fires Cessnock Outbreaks
Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to two alarms over the week-end, one late on Saturday night and the other early on Sunday morning. In…
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Shortly after a fire was discovered at the premises of R. Jones and Company, forwarding agents, at Mudgee, on Saturday, lighting generators exploded, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£60,000 Fire in Sydney
Damage running into £60,000, was canoed by a fire which broke out in Ultimo House, at the earner of Harris and Mary Ann Streets, Ultimo, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guide's Initiative Saved Car From Fires
Initiative of an N.R.M.A. guide during the recent bush fires is related by a member. While travelling from Nelson's Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bourke
Rodda's store, Ryan's two refreshment rooms, Martin's boot shop, and an unoccupied shop, at Bourke, were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire…
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