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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

743 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 38

Kurri Another Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1932 · page 9

After returning home about 11 o'clock on Thursday night from a fire at the sanitary depot at North Kurri Kurri, the fire brigade was called out again at 1…

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Bridge Decking on Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1932 · page 9

A small fire broke out on the decking of the Belmore Bridge yesterday afternoon. The outbreak was suppressed with a bucket of water before any damage was…

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Hunt for Fire Maniac Tried to Burn Historic Home Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 December 1932 · page 3

Parties of police and civilians were out again to-day searching for the supposed maniac, who on Wednesday tried to burn down "Wingiearribee,"…

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