Fire Officer Ferewelled
Opportunity was taken by Cessnock Coroner, Mr. W. S. Johr. ston, at the conclusion of a Cessnock inquest to-day to say farewell to Mr. George…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 38
'Phone Call Delays Criticism by Coroner at Cessnock Fire Alarm
In returning an open verdict concerning a fire which, on February 6 totally destroyed a cottage and its contents, in Olive-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farms Destroyed Queensland Bush Fire £5000 Damage to Pastures Inglewood (Q.)
Six farms have been burnt out, except for the farm houses, and 20,000 acres of dairying grazing country were swept by a bush fire, which caused damage of…
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The District Coroner (Mr. W. Johnston) conducted two inquiries at the Courthouse yesterday into recent tires. The first was a fire which completely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great Britain's Dilemma in China "Fire Must Be Put Out" Watching Events in Far East "Vital Developments" London
"Something must be done and done quickly if the fire in the Far East is to be put out," represents the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →4000 Sheep Perish in Bush Fire Goondiwindi
Four thousand sheep are believed to have perished in a bushfire, which began on Coobanan Station, 14 miles from the township…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Camp Fire Ball
At a recent meeting called by the Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. C. J. Parlker), a committee was formed for the purpose of organising the Camp Fire Ball,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Fire Officer Farewelled
Station-officer G. Sherwin who was in Charge of Cessnock Fire Station for four and a half years, and who has been transferred to Leichhardt, left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Natives Killed Police Fire on Crowd Trouble in East Bengal (Australian Press Association.) CALCUTTA, February 15
Three natives were killed and 32 wounded and five constables were seriously hurt when the police fired on a crowd of 3000 peasants at Hashnabad, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Alarm Bells
The Board of Fire Commissioners has conceded the long-standing request by Singleton Fire Brigade for alarm bells to be installed in the homes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Birds Nest Causes Fire Wollongong
A fire was caused in Victoria-street to-day, as the result of a swallow having built a nest behind a meter board on the verandah of a residence. Rain caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fire Wool Store Menaced Firemen's Sharp Struggle Sydney
Firemen engaged in a sharp struggle when premises at 11 Pitt-street, City, caught alight to-night. The damage was confined principally to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Damage in Boot Factory Fire Sydney
Machinery and stock valued at more than £7000 were destroyed this morning during a spectacular blaze that swept the factory of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extensive Damage Boot Factory Fire Machinery and Stock Destroyed SYDNEY
More than £7000 worth of machinery and stock were destroyed by a fire which broke out in the factory of J. Robins and Son, Ltd., boot manufacturers, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Japanese Offensive Opened Fire Before Time Expired Chinese Determined to Stand Firm Position Grave
Shanghai messages state that without waiting for the expiration of their ultimatum to the Chinese, the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Volunteers Fight Flames Blaze at Heddon Greta Building Saved
A band of volunteer fire-fighters fought a great battle with the flames to prevent the destruction of a weatherboard cottage at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Timber Yard
Cook's Hill, Wickham, and Carrington Fire Brigades attended an outbreak in an incinerator in the Gloucester Timber Yard, Wickham, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Station Fire Canowindra
Numerous fires broke out in the Canowindra district yesterday, the most serious being on Nangar station, practically the whole of which was destroyed. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firemen Save Position Big Blaze Was Averted Boot Factory Sydney
Excellent work by firemen this morning prevented flames sweeping through a block of congested buildings when fire partly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heddon Greta Fire Destroys Washhouse
A washhouse at the residence of Mr. William Arthur Skermer, of Cliff-street, Heddon Greta, was totally destroyed by fire at 2.30 a.m. yesterday. The fire was…
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