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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
730 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 37
Two shots from the revolver of Constable McDonald, of Daceyville station, were sufficient to bring to a halt a suspected shopbreaker, whom the constable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A party of musicians was travelling in a motor coach towards the war cemetery at Diuamont, when the coach collided with a touring car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thousands of people flocked to the scene of the outbresh which occurred between 8 and 9 p.m. The leaping flames, 60 feet high, could be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another view of the tangled wreckage which once was portion of the coal chutes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A general view of the destruction caused in last night's fire at pelaw Main Colliery. (See other pictures on Page 5.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. Smith) will visit Newcastle to-night and address tho district partially-paid firemen on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The entire pit-top plant and the screens at Pelaw Main colliery—one of the best-equipped collieries in the Commonwealth—were completely destroyed in a disastrous fire last night. The damage is estimated at between £20,000 and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A 16-feet motor boat valued at £100 was totally destroyed in an early morning blaze at Warner's Bay to-day when a boatshed owned by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What appears to have been an act of wanton destruction occurred early last night, when Ald. F. J. Elliott's motor car was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Every volunteer fire brigade in the Newcastle and Maitland districts was represented at a conference held in the Newcastle East station last night to consider…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thousands of people visited Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday, and viewed the smouldering wreckage caused by the disastrous fire at the pit top on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle district firemen will participate in the resumption of demonstrations, which are note approved by the Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Questioned yesterday concerning the likelihood of an inquiry being held into the cause of the fire at Pelaw Main Colliery on Monday night, the Coroner (Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A start has been made in clearing away the debris caused by the fire on the pit top at Pelaw Main Colliery on Monday night. The future plans of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri firemen tackled their second big blaze this week when they responded to the call of an outbreak at the Heddon Greta dance hall…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The large weatherboard hall at Heddon Greta was completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. When the outbreak was noticed shortly before 3 o'clock the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →About 6.30 o'clock last night, a fire broke out in Mitchell-street, at the rear of the General Washington Hotel, Stockton. The alarm was quickly given, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The destruction of a house by fire at Fawkner last night brings the total number of suspicious fires in the district to 12 in the last three years…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disastrous forest fires are again sweeping the north-western States, where the present devastation comprises an area of 2370 square miles, equivalent to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three file brigades—from Newcastle headquarters, Hamilton, and Adamstown—were called out last night to extinguish a fire in a fowlhouse at the rear of a…
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