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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
914 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 46
Panic reigned for some time in the Oddfellows' Mall on Saturday night, when, following an explosion in the operators' box during a picture show, an alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tokio, March 10.—Over 100 were burned in a cinema conflagration yesterday at the Chinkai military hall during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire occurred at an early hour yesterday morning, as a result of which a seven-room cottage in Prince-street, Argenton, occupied by Mr. White and family,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of the East Maitland Municipal Council last night, the Manager of the Gas Works (Mr. D. Scales) reported that an explosion, followed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Crookwell freezing works machinery and about 4000 pairs of rabbits. the property of the Country Freezing Company, valued altogether…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Scout world of Newcastle is exceedingly busy making preparations for their annual appeal. The women's committee, who have worked so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Detectives this morning commenced inquiries relating to four separate outbreaks of fire which had occurred earlier in the Star cabinet-making…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A midnight outbreak of fire on the P. and O. liner, Comorin, which arrived from Australia yesterday, caused the passengers to be hurriedly brought ashore. They spent the night in an hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After a good deal of consideration it has been decided that the Court of Marine Inquiry to investigate the fire on the tanker British Honour in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The ladies' committee, which was formed at a public meeting called by the Mayoress of Newcastle, Mrs. T. Blackall, will meet to-morrow morning in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A meeting in connection with the camp-fire ball, to be held on April 6, in the presence of the Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, was held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speaking yesterday, concerning the recent disastrous fire on the oil-tanker. British Honour, the Mayor of Wickham (Ald. L. Grahame) said that while the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire broke out on R.M.S. Comorin (15,132 tons) while the vessel was making for Colombo. The Comorin arrived here at midnight last night, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When firemen attended a blaze at the Star Cabinet-making Works, in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, early this morning, they discovered four separate outbreaks, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Officers and crew of the tanker British Honour, which caught are in Newcastle Harbor on February 24, are the only witnesses required to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. E. Smith, M.L.A., made strong representations to the Department of Education regarding the proximity of the oil tanks to the Wickham Public School, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The fire on the R.M.S. Comorin was extinguished late last night after extensive damage had been done. The list of 30 degrees to starboard was caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Star Cabinet-making Works, owned by Katrine Gazel, at Redfern, were again found on fire early this morning, but the outbreak was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A five-room cottage belonging to Mr. Cavanough, of 23 George-street, Tighe's Hill, was severely damaged by fire at 2.20 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The full extent of the damage caused by the fire which broke out aboard the steamer Comorin is given in a cable message which [?]e Sydney Marine…
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