Warner's Bay Help for Fire Victims
At a public meeting held in the School of Arts, at Warner's Bay, the efforts oft the committee of the benefit arranged off behalf of the fire victims of Warner's flay…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 44
Shed on Fire Smart Save at Waratah
A fire in a weatherboard shed threatened to spread to a cottage in Braye-street, Waratah, yesterday, but smart work by members of the Waratah Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forest Land Swept Fires in Victorian Districts Volunteers Save Property Melbourne
Hundreds of acres of grass and forest land was swept by fires which broke out in the Bright, Harrietville, and Beechworth districts, in the vicinity of Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smiling Hinkler's Farewell When l'Atlantique Fire Died
Walla of Blistered Steel formed a coffin for the departed glory of the French steamer, I'Atlantique. as the disastrous fire died. Photo, by Air Mail. The Last Smile of Bert Hinkler, taken before he took off into the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bed on Fire Wallsend Man's Experience
But for the vigilance and timely action of the Wallsend business centre night-watchman, William H. Scott, jun., early on Saturday morning. Harold V. Austin,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Fire Wool: Machinery Destroyed Firemen's Trying Ordeal Melbourne
William Murray and Co.'s wool stores were gutted by a fire which broke out yesterday morning, and raged furiously for half an hour. The premises, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Menace in the Country Tumbarumba
The bush fire menace to the Soldiers' Settlement is now considered to be passed, unless heavy winds develop again to-day. The fire is still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfire Menace Blaze on 12-mile Front School Abandoned Soldiers' Homes in Danger TUMBARUMBA
Burning along a 12-mile front, a bush fire is threatening the Mannus soldiers' settlement, five miles from Tumbarumba. Finding that their efforts to check the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Under Control Tumbarumba
Thin wisps of smoke on the western horizon were still rising from the ruins of the devastating bush fire, between Parabost and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires Mannus and Carabost Prisoners Again Help Tumbarumba
The hot weather caused fresh outbreaks of fire in the Mannus and Carabost forests this morning, and a wall of flame, 30 miles long, was soon being swept forward…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destroyed by Fire Nurses' Home at Murrurundi MURRURUNDI
A large weatherboard house in Haydon-street, Murrurundi, occupied by Nurses Sullivan, and Byrne, and owned by Mr. L. Graham, of Muswellbrook, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trapped in Fire Dairy Farmer Incinerated Charred Remains Found Lismore
Trapped in his home, which was totally destroyed by fire at Montecollum, near Mullumbimby, at 2.45 o'clock this morning, Samuel James Gray, 38, dairy farmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosion Prevented Petrol Waggon on Fire Driver's Prompt Action Sydney
Prompt action on the part of the driver prevented an explosion this afternoon, when a large petrol tank waggon caught fire while ascending a steep grade on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Conference to be Called
The Town Clerk (Mr. J. Glassop) said yesterday that a communication had been received from the Lake Macquarie Shire Council, asking that the Mayor (Ald. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Control Bush Fires in Country Tributes to Prisoners Tumbarumba
The bushfires which have ravaged the country between Mannus and Carabost during the past few days were well under control to-day, and gangs of fire-fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Menace Water Supply Extension Council Approves
Anxiety about the safety of their homes on the part of some Kotara residents as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires of Fate Drama for Victoria
Fires of Fate is the interesting title of the British production which opens at the Victoria Theatre to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Spectacle at Sea
Officers and crew of the freighter Rawanga, which reached Sydney from London yesterday, saw two ships ablaze. One was the giant French liner L'Atlantique…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shellfish in Fire Engine
At last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, a letter was received from the Secretary of the Hunter District Water Board, in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Sufferers
With reference to further personal representations by Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., in favour of additional money being provided for those in distressed circumstances…
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