The Sun Stop Press Greta Pit Fire
Following advise that the pit fire had broken out on the other side of the railway line at Greta, Newcastle police communicated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 38
Cinema Fire Stock of Films Menaced SYDNEY
The prompt action of the fire brigades prevented serious damage when an outbreak of fire occurred in a cinema theatre at Kensington early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body Burned Grazier Commits Suicide Set Fire to Timber Glen Innes
John Ernest Hayes, 40, a grazier, of Bald Knob, near Glen Innes, committed suicide in an unusual manner yesterday. He set fire to a big stack of timber on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires Cause Concern to Inspector
The Central Greta pit fire was the subject of a comprehensive report by the district check inspector (Mr. J. Connell) to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Gosford Fire Gosford
A house belonging to Mr. and Mrs. R. Jones, of West Gosford, was completely destroyed by fire this morning. As there is no water supply in the town, friends…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta Fires (See Story on Page 1) Railway Passengers' Fears Official Assurance of Safety
Railway officials to-day gave assurances that should the main northern line be endangered by the Greta underground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-bug in School Hole Burned Through Floor Vandals Blamed
Newcastle police are investigating what appears to be a deliberate attempt to burn down the Boys' High School…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Also Has Mine Fire Residents Fear of Collapse Parent Warned
Cessnock residents are also worried concerning an underground colliery fire. For some time residents of East End have complained…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in High School
Believed to be the work of boys, a fire burnt a portion of the flooring in one of the rooms at the Newcastle Boys' High School. The burnt portion was about 18…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pictures of Greta Mine Fire at Strand Theatre
Vivid pictures of the fire which reduced the pit-head building of the Central Greta colliery to a mass of smouldering ashes are being shown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District Cessnock. Cessnock Fears Hillend Colliery on Fire
As a matter of emergency, Ald. P. J. Ryan asked, before the adjournment of the Cessnock Municipal Council last night, what action was being taken in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Report on Railway Danger at Greta Fires Rage in Three Mines Pillars Ablaze Under Train Lines Safety Measures Greta
Nothing has yet been done to abate the immense underground fires which are now raging in three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Unabated Smoke Pours From Burning Colliery Plans to Fight Flames Railway Traffic Still Proceeding Cautiously
There was practically no change in the position at the Central Greta Colliery fire at midnight last night. Thick, black smoke was pouring from the return airway of the colliery near the railway line, and it is expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mails Destroyed by Fire
The Postal Department advises that all letter mails and two bags of parcel mails dispatched on April 20 from Sydney to Mackay (Queensland) were destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Central Greta Delay in Checking Fire Councils Confer Notices for Owners and Liquidators
There have been no further developments of a serious character in the fire at Central Greta colliery. Uneasiness is felt, however, concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Killed in Hotel Fire Camooweal
Mrs. Skinner, well-known station owner, and Neville Radloss, 21, schoolteacher, were burned to death when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Fire Cavities to be Sealed Government Acts "Company Has No Funds" SYDNEY
Arrangements have been made by the Government to have the cavities caused by the fire in the Central Creta and old Anvil Creek collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Underground Fires At Greta Are Now Held In Check Alleged Attack on Aged Woman Miner Is Committed for Trial Victim's Story
Details of an alleged assault on an aged woman at West Maitland on April 15 were related by the victim, Mrs. Eliza…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Greta Fire
Sir,—It is pleasing to note that something is going to be done at last with regard to the Greta fire, which is one of the greatest menaces on the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrace-street Fire
Firemen from headquarters and from Newcastle East raced to the home of Mr. J. M. C. Corlette, Terrace-street, Newcastle, last night, and, using chemical…
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