House Destroyed at Cessnock Early Morning Fire
A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Harris-street, Cessnock, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning…
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Fires & bushfires, 1932
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Football Panic Fire Destroys Grandstand Headingley Ground London, March 25
Damage to the extent of £20,000 was done to the Headingley ground, Leeds, to-day. During a football match the stands suddenly caught fire, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Timber Destroyed a Sydney Fire SYDNEY
A large quantity of timber stacked on Allen Taylor and Company's wharf, Concord, was destroyed by fire to-day. The flames had a good hold when the alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Fire Alarms
The Board of Fire Commissioners has granted the request of Stockton Council to instal alarm bells in the homes of the 13 Stockton firemen. The alarms will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor-car Engine Catches Fire Fire Brigade Called
The engine of a motor car driven by Ald. W. Young, of Newcastle, burst into flames in Vincent-street, Cessnock, to-day. The blaze was…
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In a report of an outbreak of fire in a car at Cessnock it was incorrectly stated that the driver was Alderman W. Young of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Cottage
A weatherboard cottage, near the Fishery Creek Bridge, owned by Mr. W. Buffier, of Campbell's Hill, West Maitland, was destroyed by fire at 5 a.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Bell Calls Search Party Missing Man at West Wallsend Three Hours' Search
West Wallsend has a novel way of collecting search parties HEARING the [?] bell clanging yesterday morning, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blaze at Hamilton Two-storied House Damaged Adjoining Building Saved
A two-storied weatherboard house of five rooms at 54 Lindsay-street, Hamilton, was severely damaged by fire, heat, and water about 11.30 o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Surf Club "Bob In" Fire Destroyed All Gear
Stockton Surf Club members will have a busy winter restoring its pavilion and gear. A few weeks ago the club shed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxmill Struck Lightning Causes Fire Firemen Assisted by Rain Melbourne
During heavy thunderstorms in the city to-day, a boxmill owned by the Australian Jam Company, in River-street, South Yarra, was struck by lightning and set…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Damage Drapery Store Fire SYDNEY
Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed practically the whole of the stock of the Strand Drapery Stores in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whipping for Boys Set Fire to Cream Shed BRISBANE
Two boys, Walter Eichenloff, 17, and James Keenen, 17, were ordered to receive a whipping by Mr. Justice Webb, in the Criminal Court to-day. The boys…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Captains to Meet
To discuss the proposal to send teams picked from the ranks of the Newcastle district partially-paid firemen to the Wagga competitions in October, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Warehouse Gutted 'Phone Exchange Damaged Costly Fire at Perth Perth
Five metropolitan brigades were called into action to-day when one of the larges fires witnessed in Perth destroyed the two-story warehouse and shop of Clarkson's,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Store Flooded Fire Sprinkler Bursts MELBOURNE
Silk and other dress materials, valued at £5000, were severely damaged when a 4in. fire sprinkler burst on the ground floor of Buckley and Nunn's store in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petrol Fire in Garage Building Completely Destroyed Sydney
With a flash, some petrol exploded in A. P. Reynold's service garage at the corner of Southend-road and Hall-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heroic Girl Remained at Post Fire Threatens Exchange Perth
The story of a heroic telephone girl was told by the Telephone Department to-day in connection with the fire at Clarokson'a Ltd., yesterday. The department's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indian Riots Police Fire on Mobs Trouble at Allahabad Calcutta, April 10
More rioting occurred at Allahabad yesterday. The police were compelled to fire an several occasions to disperse crowds of many thousands who, incited by Congress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Fire District
The Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce asked the West Maitland Municipal Council, in a letter last night, that the Board of Fire Commissioners be…
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