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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
730 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 37
Although the whole of the country east of the Sydney to Melbourne railway has been combed and recombed by 22 aeroplanes for five days without any indication of the presence of the Southern Cloud in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For having driven an unregistered car along the Great Northern Road, on December 28, Maurice Le Neve, of Hunter-street West, was fined £1, with 8/ costs,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A story of unusual pathos was told to the Newcastle Deputy Coroner (Mr. W. R. Pickett) at Belmont yesterday. Dr. W. B. J. Sheehan, of Sydney, was hurrying…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Boomerang-street, Cessnock, was almost destroyed by fire during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle and Hamilton Fire Brigade attended a small outbreak of fire in S. A. Pearce's bakery, Webster-street, Hamilton about 10.50 a.m. yesterday. Portions of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Smoke billowing from the roof of Ranson's Stores at 154 Hunter-street, Newcastle, on March 5, attracted the attention of a man, who immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The springing up of various movements in New South Wales and the other States to express clearly held views on various phases of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An open verdict was returned by the Newcastle Acting Coroner (Mr. W. R. Pickett), after holding an inquiry yesterday into the fire which severely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For having set fire to a shop at Kilgaroy. Kingsley Czislowski was sentenced to years' imprisonment to-day. The evidence showed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Never has the supper room at any ball in Newcastle attracted so much admiration as it did at the Camp Fire Ball on Thursday night. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From 500 to 800 people have perished as the result of a terrible earthquake, which brought fire and ruin to Nicaragua's capital to-day. Hundreds of the city's one-story buildings were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four men are missing in the Murchison goldfields country, and charred remains have been found in the ashes of an old camp fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A terrific earthquake has practically destroyed the city of Managua, in Nicaragua, only a few buildings being left standing. Fire swept through the centre of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The smouldering ruins of a once colourful city, which, during the day, was gain terrified by a further, though slight, earthquake, lay to-night as though stamped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by William MacCormick, contractor, of Neath-street, Pelaw Main, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A four-roomed cottage in Neath-street Pelaw-Main, together with its contents, was destroyed by fire between 4.30 and 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Overcome by smoke in her shop, Miss Gavin collapsed when flames from a store next door burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six shops were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The damage is estimated to be from £7000 and £8000. A woman had a narrow escape from being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Members of the Newcastle East Fire Brigade assembled at the Scott-street fire station last night to say farewell to First-class Fireman H. Jacks, who has severed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boots and groceries, the contents of a bootmaker's shop, owned by Mr. L. J. King at Blayney, were destroyed by fire and water. The stock and fittings were…
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