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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 38
A high-powered car, driven wildly around Archerfield Aerodrome, damaging two aeroplanes, caused a sensation this afternoon. A wild chase along the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire at midnight, which seriously damaged the two upper stories of the Empire Racquet Company's factory in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assisting to extinguish a fire which destroyed two of the three floors of the Empire Rackets Company's building in Brown-street, Camperdown, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Considerable damage was caused by a fire which broke out at the Empire Ranquet Company's factory, Camperdown, early yesterday morning. Many thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late last night the Wollongong Fire Brigade received a call to a fire which had broken oat in an outhouse of a residence in Kembla-street. The fire burnt through…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Presumably apprehensive that coal "tops" allowed to remain in the ground might take fire, the Manager of Wallsend colliery (Mr. H. D. Hill) called…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While going home to-night, Miss Eileen Heinze and Miss Mona Heinze, of South Melbourne, were waylaid and robbed by motor bandits of £150 worth of loose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call at 9.30 a.m. yesterday to a fire in a heap of rubbish in the reserve near the High-street railway station. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire occurred in the kitchen of a house at Cardiff about 2.15 o'clock this morning, but was quickly extinguished. Little damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Following the discovery of a fire in Myall pit, Cardiff, and the suspected presence of carbon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged by Hannah Buckley, also known as Mrs. Ruby Catherine Ellis, to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A team to represent the Weston Fire Brigade in the Fire Brigade demonstration to be hold at Wagga in the second week of October is busily engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Following a joint inspection with an inspector of the Mines Department, the district check inspector (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At last meeting of Waratah Council, Tighe's Hill and Waratah Fire Brigades were strongly criticised by Alderman Gardiner, who said that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A motion to reject the Government loan of £500 for the building of Stockton surf-sheds, on the ground that it was "an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Halifax, August 23.—Royal Canadian Mounted Police killed one bandit, wounded a second, and captured a third when they attempted to hold up a bank. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Insurance' companies should pay a larger quota towards the maintenance of fire Brigades," declared the Deputy-Mayor (Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When an overhead wire snapped in Philip-street early this morning, a tram caught fire and services were temporarily disorganised. Little damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two employees were hurt and several instrument were destroyed. when a fire broke out in the pathological department of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire broke out in the unemployed shelter in Thorn-street, City, this morning. Twelve rooms were gutted. All the occupants were at the dale call-up at the time…
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