Meeting Adjourned Racecourse Fire Sequel
The committee of the Newcastle Jockey Club held a special meeting yesterday to consider whether next Saturday's race meeting should be held, in view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1930
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Clothes on Fire Onlookers Act Promptly Man Pushed Into Gutter Sydney
Pushed over and rolled in the gutter by three men in Campbell-street this afternoon, Leslie Williams, 41, of Enmore, naturally jumped to the conclusion that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£15,000 DAMAGE Big Fire At Tannery Live Wires Fall Firemen in Danger SYDNEY, Friday Morning
Challis Bros.' tanneries in Quondong-street, Willoughby, were razed to the ground in a sensational fire last night. The damage is estimated at £15,000. Dense…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mayfield Grass Fire
Waratah fire brigade turned out to a grass fire on a vacant allotment in Crebert-street, Mayfield, yesterday. After an hour's work with one hydrant, the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car on Fire
The overheating of a car brake caused Mr. Herbert Musgrove, Martin-street, Hamilton, a sprint to Newcastle fire brigade headquarters yesterday. Luckily,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Eggs Lost in Fire
Damage estimated at £500 was caused by a fire which destroyed three sheds attached to Miss Pentland's bakery establishment at Junee. Eight hundred dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire, on . N. Z. .Steamer LONDON
The British steamer' Malmor. bound from New Zealand to London, reports that No. 3 hold is on fire. She gives her position as latitude…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wangi Early Morning Fire
A good fire save took place at the hall at Wangi, the property of Mr. Don, of Weston. It caught fire at 1 o'clock on Thursday morning. The flames obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →250 PERISH Huge Forest Fire
One day a careless Canadian settler started a fire on his selection as a quick means of ridding it of scrub and undergrowth. The fire, fanned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EXTINGUISHED Fire on Steamer Maimoa LONDON
The fire in No. 3 hold of the Shaw, Savill and Albion freight steamer, Maimoa, which was reported yesterday as making for The Azores, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Started Safe-breaking Sequel SYDNEY
Safebreakers who visited the factory of the Silverite Glass Company in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, this morning, used a big quantity of rags to pock around…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Factory Destroyed South Australian Fire Adelaide
Damage amounting to thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed J. Morris's furniture factory in Kent Town early this morning. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire on Steamer Making for Azores LONDON, February 9
The British steamer' Maimoa, 8011 tons, bound from Napier to London, has sent a wireless message from lat. 48.40 north-long, 32.46 west, to say that No. 3 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charlestown Move. Wants Fire Station
Charlestown wants a fire station. Following two fires some weeks ago, when two dwellings were destroyed, owing to the fact that no fire fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dyes Run Adelaide Fire Damage Adelaide
Diluted by water from the firemen's hoses, dyes stored in the upper floor of the premises of Robert Bryce and Co. stained the floors and a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Extinguished Maimoa Reaches Fayal London, February 10
The British steamer Maimoa, 8011 tons, has anchored in the roadstead at Fayal, Azores, and the fire in her No. 3 hold has been extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waratah Council Irregular Running of 'Buses Fire Brigade Needs
Waratah Council met last night. Those present were—The Mayor (Ald. A. Griffiths), Ald. S. F. Webb, W. H. Tripet, A. J. Gardiner, H. J. Ireland, F. W…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Huge Loss Steamer Destroyed By fire in Hudson River New YORK,Tuesday
Spontaneous combustion is blamed for a fire which destroyed the North German Lloyd liner, Munchen, 13,483 tons, in the Hudson River to- day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Superintendent's Version of Rothbury Shooting Given at Inquest Supt. Beat Tie in Box Police Weapons Used in Self-defence Rothbury Charge Why He Ordered the Constables to Fire
"Shoot to kill" That he had heard a constable make this remark during the disturbances at Rothbury was the evidence given by Joseph Cousins, a Cessnock miner, when the hearing of the inquest into the death of Norman Laurence Brown was resumed at West Maitland to- day. Another witness, Robert Cameron, alleged that a policeman had fired at him point blank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fire on Maimoa. Horta (Azores), February 11
The fire on the steamer Maimoa has restarted in No 3 lower hold, which has been sealed. Gas is being injected into 250 bales of cargo, which were previously…
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