Kurri Fire Inquiries
The Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) held an inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday into the cause of the outbreak of fire in the washhouse at the residence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 38
False Fire Alarms 54 Made in Three Weeks Sydney
Police in the Eastern Suburbs are endeavoring to track down a man who has every night. [?] false alarms to the Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Armidale Fire General Store Gutted Damage Over £20,000 ARMIDALE
One of the worst fires in the history of Armidale completely gutted Braund and Co.'s general store last night. Portion of the showroom goods alone remained…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Insurance Claim For £1300 Swansea Fire Sequel Were the Policies Cancelled? Plaintiff's Case
The insurance of a shop and contents destroyed by fire at Belmont-street, Swansea, on July 3, 1931,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destroyed by Fire King Carol's Country Home Valuable Contents Lost Bucharest, April 17
King Carol's country residence, Foischor Castle, at Sinaia, was destroyed by fire to-day. None of its valuable contents was saved, King Carol losing his private…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Woodstock
Damage estimated at between £1300 and £2000 was caused by a fire on Mr. G. Russell's property at Woodstock. The shearing shed and plant, valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drill Hall on Fire
A outbreak of fire was reported from the Artillery Drill Hill, Lindsay-street, Hamilton, last night. Firemen from Newcastle headquarters and from Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shops Destroyed £5000 Fire in Victoria MELBOURNE
Starting from an unknown cause, fire swept through four buildings in the main street of Apollo Bay early to-day, and caused £5000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Verdict of £1250 to Plaintiffs Sequel to Swansea Fire
A verdict for a total of £1250 was given to-day by Mr. Justice James and a civil jury against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland and District News Circuit Court Fire at Swansea £800 Insurance Claim
A fire which totally destroyed a general store and residence at Swansea on July 3, 1931, was responsible for two actions being brought before Mr. Justice James…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District Circuit Court Fire at Swansea Two Claims Succeed
In respect to two claims, amounting to £1300, arising out of the destruction by fire of a general store and residence in Belmont-street, Swansea, on July 31,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Brigades
Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C., President of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales, will be present at a meeting of representatives of all brigades in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Cease Fire" in Shanghai
Glad to be out of it.—A snap taken in a Shanghai street when soldiers of the Japanese Army heard the order to cease hostilities against the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Chief's Visit Plans for State Competition
To make arrangements for Newcastle's participation in the big interstate fire brigades demonstration, to be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Inquiry
Mr. W. R. Pickett presided over his first inquiry at the Newcastle Court-house yesterday since his appointment as Coroner. The inquiry concerned the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dockside Fire Quelled London, April 21
Fire brigades successfully controlled a blaze which broke out in the fourth hold of the motor vessel Winton, from Adelaide and Rabaul, now in the Alexandra…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Armidale Fire Coronial Inquiry Opened ARMIDALE
At the Coroner's inquiry to-day into the cause of the fire which destroyed the general store of F. Braund and Co., last Sunday, Sydney Bell, manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Taree Fire Masonic Hali Ablaze TAREE
About 2 o'clock this morning, a night-watchman, F. Belford, noticed a fire in the Masonic Hall, Taree. In 10 minutes the fire brigade was on the spot, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fumes from Mine Fire Cause Alarm at Greta "In Hourly Fear of Explosion" Raging Fire in Workings of Anvil Creek Colliery Pall of Smoke Over Town Fumes Make It Impossible for People to Sleep at Night "Like a Huge Volcano"
With a smoke pall hanging like a fog over the town on calm evenings and the air laden with sulphurous fumes, Greta is in hourly fear of an explosion from fire in the workings in the old Anvil Creek mine, which is blazing furiously underground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Outbreak in Haystack
Maitland Fire Brigade made a good save when a fire started in a haystack on the property of Mrs. M. O'Donnell, Regent-street, West…
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