Factory Fire Sydney Building Damaged SYDNEY
The two-story factory of C. Jessop, brush manufacturer, of Queen-street, Chippendale, was severely damaged ay fire to-slight. Adjoining buildings were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 44
Merewether Fire Station Opening
A meeting of firemen and auxiliaries made arrangements for the opening of the new fire station. It was resolved to ask members of the Fire Board to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insult Claimed Fire Board's Visit Lambton Discussion
Reference was made at the meeting of the Lambton Council last night to the incident which occurred at the fire station on the occasion of the visit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"System, Not Men, Criticised" Fire Fighting Methods
Referring to the recent brush between the president of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C), and the Mayor of…
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Invited to the watch-room of Newcastle Fire Brigade Headquarters last night; Divisional-officer and Mrs. H. C. Belsam were made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brush with Fire Chief Aldermen Were Indignant "Mayor Insulted"
Abuse flew thick and fast at the Lambton Council meeting last night when the recent "dressing down" of the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Almost Wiped Out by Fire Honduras Blaze Washington
Three-fourths of the town of Tela (Honduras) has been destroyed by a fire which broke out at 6 o'clock this morning, and was still raging at noon…
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Chief Officer Nance, of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades, who addressed the Balmain Unemployed Men's Question Circle yesterday, said that although man had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Board Hamilton Attack "Lord High Executioners"
An attack on the Board of Fire Commissioners, arising out of remarks made by its members on the occasion of the officials visit to Newcastle last week, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News Front The Councils 'Council Insulted' Said Mayor Fire Board's Visit Mayor Attacks President Hamilton Stir
Like a whirlwind, which swept everything before it, the Board of Fire Commissioners has come and gone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Liner Fire Did Passenger Start It? Coroner to Determine (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, April 4
I shall inquire whether Voss took poison aboard the liner or whether he became mentally strained and set fire to the aeroplane," said the Coroner on…
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"Every opportunity was given the aldermen of Hamilton Council to express their views when members of the Board paid their official visit to Newcastle district,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Town on Fire Five Blocks Wiped Out WASHINGTON, April 5
The State Department received word to-day that three-fourths of the town of Tela, Honduras, had been destroyed by a fire which was still raging at noon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Belgian Experts Trace Origin of Fire British Air Liner London, April 5
The Brussels correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that Belgian experts, after examining the wreckage of the Imperial Airways liner, City of…
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Sir,—With reference to the sealing down of Shortland colliery, I wish to state that on Saturday I was through a portion of the mime, and came out about 8…
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Sir,—I wish to voice a protest against the treatment accorded to our municipal representatives during that memorable "triumphant tour" of the Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gloucester Fire Workshop Destroyed GLOUCESTER
A fire destroyed a large galvanised workshop, owned by Mr. E. A. Patmore builder, at Gloucester, at 1 o'clock this morning. A newly-acquired stock of…
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James McIntyre, a stranger, was charged at the West Maitland Police Court, on Saturday, with having attempted to break and enter the premises of Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sun Stop Press Wyong Fire
The fire is believed to have occurred First in a house attached to the fruit shop. The house burnt like matchwood, and the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Lives Lost Mine Fire on the Rand Investigators Gassed Capetown, April 8
Five lives were lost, including a number of officials, in a fire 4000 feet below the surface in the Langlangte Estate mine. The victims were gassed…
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