Camp Fire Ball
The members of the Scouts' Camp Fire Ball Committee will hold the weekly meeting at the reception-room at the Town Hall this morning. Reports will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 38
Fire on Long Bridge
West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a fire on the decking on the Long Bridge at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The outbreak was suppressed with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Factory Damaged Fire at Erskineville SYDNEY
Tolley Bros.' boot factory in Prospect-street, Erskineville, was badly damaged by fire this morning. As a result of the blaze nearly 40 persons have temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →100 Acres Destroyed Grass Fire Near Tamworth Fighters' Strenuous Time Tamworth
A party of fire-fighters had a strenuous time combating a grass fire on the eastern slope hills behind Tamworth, which destroyed 100 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Stack Burnt 20,000 Bags Destroyed Fire at Railway Siding Perth
Yesterday a wheat stack containing 20,000 bags of wheat, the property of Westralian Farmers. Ltd., was totally destroyed by fire at Korbel, an unattended…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfire Case Grazier Discharged ADELAIDE
Excluding the alleged confession to the detective, on which the case hinged, the Magistrate at Wilmington to-day dismissed the charge against Alfred John Noll,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Bush Fires Western Districts Flames Under Control Over 200 Sheep Destroyed SYDNEY
Further serious bush fires are reported to-night from the Western districts, but, although a dangerous fire is raging in the Illunae Ranges, outbreaks which have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery Fires at Mudgee Mudgee
There was a further outbreak of fire here this morning when the fence around the Town Hall caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mudgee Fires Four In One Night Premises Guarded Incendiarism Suspected MUDGEE
Apparently deliberate, and in most cases, partly successful, attempts were made last night to destroy five business premises in various parts of Mudgee. So…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Grass Fire Severe Damage Near Young SYDNEY
Thousands of pounds damage was caused by a grass fire which swept through several properties near Young yesterday. The outbreak began on V. Bragg's property,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Awaiting Further Calls Tired Fire-fighters in South Extension Feared Sydney
Grimy and tired from fighting a fire which yesterday raged on a 40-mile front, 500 members of the Cowra and Grenfell…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Under Control Central-western Fires Station Manager's Death Young
The big fire which swept a large area of country in the Koorawatha district yesterday was got under control this morning, and the volunteers returned to town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Fires Eighth Case at Mudgee Town Hall Outbreak Mudgee
Almost simultaneously with the arrival of Detective-Sergeant Arnold from Sydney this morning, the eighth mysterious outbreak of fire since Saturday was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mudgee Fire-bug Was Missing Mudgee
Police and watchmen observed such strict vigilance last night that the fire-bug who has set fire to eight places in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →12 Perish in Fire Outbreak in Poorhouse STOCKHOLM, February 29
Seven men and five women, aged between 70 and 80, perished in a fire at Sverds Joe Poorhouse, at night. One died in a gallant but futile effort…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mudgee Fires Early Arrest Expected MUDGEE
Exhaustive inquiries are being made to trace the incendiarist who has caused eight fires in the Mudgee district during the past week. Detective-sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japan Agrees to Armistice Chairman of League Informed "Fully and Gladly" Accept Plan Guns Still Fire
Japan has notified the Chairman of the Council of the League of Nations (M. Boncour) of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under Control Koorawatha Bushfires KOORAWATHA
The bushfires which ravaged the district during the week-end are now under control, although large areas of heavily-wooded country are still smouldering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fewer Alarms of Fire
The annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners, presented to Parliament yesterday, showed that the number of fire alarms recorded in the Sydney fire district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Just in Time Hotel Occupants' Escape £5000 Fire at Werribee Melbourne
Two minutes after the five occupants had escaped from the blazing Racecourse Hotel, at Werribee, in their night attire early to-day, the red-hot iron roof…
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