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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

914 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 43 of 46

Police Fire Over Heads of Strikers Meat Works Stoned Hectic Night at Aberdeen Aberdeen

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 December 1930 · page 1

The police posse at the Aberdeen meat works, fired shots when the barracks, where master butchers are…

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Fires at Holiday Camps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 2

With the camping season at hand motorists and others should remember the need for care in the use of fire. It is imperative also that no "live" ashes he…

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Fire at Bullahdelah Bullahdelah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 4

Fire destroyed on eight-roomed cottage and contents at Bullahdelah. It was insured with the Ocean Accident Insurance Company…

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Railway Station Fire GILGANDRA

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 8

Fanned by a strong southerly breeze, a fire destroyed the waiting-room and threatened the parcels' office and the stationmaster's office at Gilgandra…

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Fire Board

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 9

The Board of Fire Commissioners told Waratah Council last night that the municipality's contribution to the board for 1931 would be £887 14s 2d,…

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Cessnock Scrub Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 9

Five acres of scrub land adjoining the Cessnock Convent caught fire yesterday, but the brigade, after a fight of a couple of hours, got it under central, and kept…

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Station on Fire Destruction at Gilgandra GILGANDRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 10

The Gilgandra railway station was destroyed by fire, which broke out at 1 o'clock this morning. The parcels office, which contained a large quantity of goods,…

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Lismore Fire Little Delay Caused New Premises for Firm Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 9

The strong room, among the debris of the department store, owned by A. G. Robertson, Ltd., Lismore, and destroyed by five on Sunday last, was…

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Much Confusion Opening of Congress Police Fire on Mobs Washington, December 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 8

Confusion inside and outside was the keynote of the Congress opening at noon. A motley horde of 500 Communists, white black and yellow men and women,…

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Ancient Fires of European Hatred Again Threaten World's Peace Gold Bonus All Wrong, Says Scot Paper Advises Investors to Be Wary "Admission of Depreciation" London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 8

"From the monetary point of view a gold bonus is entirely wrong," says "The Scotchman" in a leading article…

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Motor Car Blaze Early Morning Outbreak

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 8

His suspicions confirmed by the small of burning rubber after he had been aroused by a crackling sound. Mr. B. Chiarelli, of Beseawen-street, Wallsend, sprang out…

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Cessnock Fire Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 9

The Deputy Coroner (Mr. J. R. Scott) conducted an inquiry at the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the fire on November 22, which destroyed the…

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Board of Fire Commissioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 11

During the week-end the Board of Fire Commissioners visited Toronto to select the site for the fire station at Toronto. An inspection of the are appliance was…

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Fireman's Home on Fire SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 7

Almost overcome by smoke at 12.30 this Morning, Mrs. John Ward, of Blacktown, jumped out of bed and found her home in…

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Man Transformed Into a Living Torch Enveloped in Flames Mystery Fire at Dudley Man's Terrible Death

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 1

Struggling from a blazing fire in the confined space beneath a motor lorry, early on the morning of…

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To Fight Bush Fires Upper Hunter Men Organise Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 8

To be in a position to fight bush fires efficiently during the present summer, landowners have decided to form a fire-fighting brigade, with complete…

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First Bush Fire Two Homes Saved Residents' Game Fight

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 7

Using garden hoses, buckets, and bags, more than 50 volunteer fire-fighters fought the first bush-fire of…

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Burned to Death Woman's Terrible End New Zealand Blaze Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 10

A woman was burned to death, and a Sydney accountant, Walter Gray, was seriously injured in a fire in a two-storey annexe to a boarding-house at Oriential…

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£6000 Damage in Fire Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 8

A fire, which broke out in the old wing of Caves House, Wallingup, to-day, completely gutted that section of the building. The damage is estimated of £[?]…

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Cardiff Bush Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1930 · page 8

Armed with buckets, garden hoses, sodden bags, and .other fire-fighting aide which were primitive but effective, a large number of people fought a bash…

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