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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
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The past year was a busy one for the Newcastle district fire brigade. In all, there were 221 fires, the largest of which was the fire on the oil tanker. British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Palace Picture Theatre, Great North-road, Ryde, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery, but is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Maitland District Fire Brigade received 63 calls in 1930, of which six were false alarms, leaving 63 effective calls, against 84 in 1929, and 112 in 1928. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Cessnock-street, Aberdare, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire during the early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The garage attached to the Murrum-bidgee Hotel, Narrandera, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £1500. Four motor cars,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A gang of young men and women celebrated the New Year by starting numerous bonfires early this morning. On four occasions the Darlinghurst Fire Brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Year made a bad start at Narrandera, being ushered in with two fires. The garage of the Murrumbidgoe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Pioneer garage, in the main street, and damaged an adjoining building, the total loss being estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With his clothes in flames, Frederick Schinkle, 28, motor mechanic, rushed into the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dashing through smoke and flames in a burning chemist shop at Newmarket early this morning, firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →During the last three years the has been a decline in the number of fires at Cessnock. 1928 was a record year, when the number of calls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two shops were damaged by fire in an early morning blaze in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, to-day. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at £11,000 was caused by a fire, which destroyed five premises in the business portion of Yeulba, Central Queensland to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two firemen made a gallant but unavailing effort to save the life of Mrs. Martha Wimble, aged 80 years, in a fire at Racecourse-road, Flemington, this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A police volley ushered in the New Year at Bombay, and nine rioters were wounded. This was only…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is believed that "Thomas Nivens, aged 86, perished in a fire which destroyed his small cottage, near Penrith, shortly before midnight last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Early on Saturday morning the Newcastle Headquarters and Hamilton Fire Brigades received a call to a fire in the rear of 107 Beaumont-street, Hamilton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Henry Ford has a reputation for reducing costs. The furnaces of the powerhouse of the Ford plant at Dagenham England, are to be fired by refuse from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In England a great deal of attention has been devoted lately to seeking some method of preventing a car, which has overturned as the result of a crash, from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trees and hedges were consumed near Shrewsbury when a motor lorry laden with 1000, callons of patrol, skidded and overturned in a ditch. The petrol…
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