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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
914 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 46
Gallons of be[?]ine, some of it in celluloid trays and a contrivance to set the floor alight, were discoveries allege to have been made by the police when they visited premises in Bathurst-street on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire which occurred in front of Mr. Alfred Pickering's garage in Stuart-street, Charlestown, about noon on Sunday had an unusual origin. A motor car of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →H. Cochet proved his cool-headedness in a remarkable manner to-day. He was partnering Miss Ryan in the Labaule tournament, when he received a telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. J. R. Scott. coalfields Deputy Coroner, conducted an Inquiry at Cesnnock Court-house to-day into a fire which about 9.30…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While endeavouring to extinguish a fire which broke out in the office of the Globe Fur Company, 321 Pitt-street, city, to-day, A. J. Teale, proprietor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Deputy Coroner, Mr. J. Scott., held an inquiry yesterday into the destruction by fire on the night of August 16 of an empty three-roomed weatherboard dwelling…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Following an outbreak of fire in a grocery store, occupied by John Charles Skelton, in Edwin-street, Croydon, at 3 o'clock this morning, the police detained…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A second man, Charles Lazarus. 50, a retail merchant, appeared at the Central Police Court to-day in connection with the alleged attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 350 persons escaped from the gambling ship Mont Falcone, anchored off the Californian coast, when it caught fire to-night, following an explosion of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The new menace to human life resulting from the advent of the aeroplane, is vividly illustrated by a report tram Rochefort…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As the result of a fire which occurred in an unoccupied shop in Undercliffe-street. Harbord, the police are at present making inquiries. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon fire broke out at Dalgety's large produce store in Margaret-street, Brisbane. Within a few minutes dense clouds of smoke were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. Minnie Gorter, aged 45, of Ultimo, was burned about the head, face, and hands when her bed caught…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"I have noted the report in the "Newcastle Herald' of the proceedings of the conference convened at the instance of the Trades Hall Council in Newcastle,"…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At her home in McArthur-street, Ultimo, this morning, Mrs. M. Gorter, aged 45, an invalid, was burned about the head and hands when her bed became on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rushing into his burning home East Greta this morning in an effort to save some of his belongings, George Albert Tiodman. 21, was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At an early hour this morning the Church of England parsonage and the adjoining cottage, occupied by Mr. E.Bocock, carrier,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The main portion of the old Gloucester sawmill has been destroyed by fire. The outbreak was first notices about 5 o'clock in the morning, and the alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cottage in Russell-street, East Greta, owned and occupied by Mr. John Tiedeman, was completely destroyed by fire at about 6 a.m. on Saturday, practically the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A four-roomed wooden cottage, occupied by Mr. E. Powell, fettier, of Tuggerah, was totally destroyed by fire last night…
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