Letters of Fire American Newspaper Story Strand Feature
AMERICAN yellow journalism Provides the theme for Letters of Fire, which is being screened at the Strand Theatre this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1932
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 38
Search for Yacht Reported on Fire Aeroplanes Find No Sign Sydney
An organised aerial search was conducted along the South Coat, between Kiama and Gerringong, from the seaplane carrier H.M.A.S. Albatross to-day, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta. Colliery Fire
So far as the surfaces of the two colliery holdings are concerned, conditions have been reduced to normal at Central Greta Colliery, but boring operations are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →House Destroyed by Fire Grafton
While Mr. H. Wingfield was attending a dance at Ulmarra last night, his home, situated on the Coldstream-road about two and a half miles from Ulmarra, was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pensioner's Death Suffocated in Fire at Home Tragedy at Balmain Sydney
Robert Alfred Sargent, 63, a pensioner, of King-street, Balmain, lost his life when a fire broke out at his home to-night. Presumably Sargent went to bed and left a…
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Noticing smoke issuing from a motor in J. N. Brown's bootshop, 17 Hunter-street West, on Saturday afternoon, a passerby informed the Newcastle Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Sea
A sketch of the ill-fated French liner, Georges Philippar, which became a blazing inferno off Cape Guardafui at the entrance to the R[?] Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner on Fire Rescuers Rush to Scene Loss of Life Feared Aden, May 16
The latest Messageries Maritimes liner, launched in 1930, the Georges Phillipar (21,000 tons), bound for Marseilles from China, is afire five miles from Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Burned Pyjamas Catch Fire
Flames threatened to end the life of Betty Lee, aged two, of 8 Veda-street, Hamilton, following an accident with a box of matches yesterday, but swift action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clothes on Fire Child Severely Burned TEMORA
When her clothes caught fire, Mary Pike, aged 3 years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pike, of Sebastopol, suffered severe and extensive burns…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Armidale Rocked by Terrific Explosion To-day Fireman Killed, Many Hurt Blaze Ignites Detonators Big Business House Is Gutted Narrow Escapes Armidale
With a terrific roar that shook the whole town and smashed windows a quarter of a mile away, a stock of detonators exploded early this morning, when F. Braund and Company's store at Armidale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Luxury Liner Fire Caused Disastrous Loss of Life Use of Local Products Urged on Council City Council's Loan Inquiry Manufacturers Make Protest Imported Bitumen
A protest against the Newcastle City Council being allowed to raise a loan of £13,100 for the carrying out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragic Fire Two Firemen Dead Detonators Explode Disastrous Armidale Blaze ARMIDALE
Two firemen, Beresford Jones and William Robinson were killed, and another member of the Armidale brigade and two spectators were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Destroys Cottage
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage in First-street, South Cessnock, owned and occupied by Mr. Alexander David Lewis, was destroyed by fire about 8 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hornsby Home on Fire Coroner Suspects Incendiarism Engineer for Trial Sydney
"This fire bears a similarity to a great many fires I have had to deal with, and in which I have had no doubt as to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hay Shed Fire
Shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, a fire broke out in a hay shed at Mount Dee, the property of Mr. Bert Ebourne, for whom Mr. H. R. Manning is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£30,000 DAMAGE Fire at Woollen Mill IPSWICH
The warehouse section of the Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, North Ipswich, caught fire late to-night. A large stock of manufactured…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →91 Still Missing Ocean Fire Disaster Dr. Sze Believed Safe Paris, May 18
The arrival of the Andre Le Bon at Djibouti with survivors of the Georges Philippar, including Captain Vicq, has enabled the Messageries Maritimes to state…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Serious Disclosures Made by Survivors of Luxury Liner Disaster Captain of Philippar Furnishes Report Incredible Rapidity of the Fire Many Trapped When Asleep Serious Disclosures Paris
The swift spread of the fire is blamed by the Commander (Captain Vicq) of the French liner, Georges…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Forest on Fire
We were sound asleep one night, whim about two hours before daylight the snorting of our horses and the lowing of our cattle suddenly…
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