Fire at Zara-street Power Station
There was an outbreak of fire in the engine-room at the Zara-street power station to-day, when a frequency changer burnt out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1933
880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 44
Maitland District West Maitland No Serious Fires 47 Outbreaks Last Year
There were no serious fire in the Maitland and Kurri Kurri fire districts last year. The annual report, made available yesterday, disclosed that the eight brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Little Damage Parliament House Fire Valuable Records Safe Sydney
A fire, the origin of which is unknown, broke out in a corner of the records room at Parliament House last night. Little damage was done, since the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Ulterior Motive" Said Coroner Mysterious Fire "Strong Smell of Kerosene" Cessnock Inquiry
"The evidence shows that there was some ulterior motive in this fire, particularly the evidence concerning the kerosene and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Fires "Caused Deliberately" SYDNEY
The opinion that many of the hundreds of fires which he had investigated had been caused deliberately was expressed by the Parramatta District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Fire in Powerhouse
Fire engines from Newcastle East and headquarters stations hurried to the Zara-street powerhouse yesterday morning, when a fire was reported in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mysterious Fires Harden District Menaced Five in Fortnight Harden
Within the last fortnight five mysterious fires have occurred in the district, considerable damage being done. The first blaze started on the property…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Sweeps Wheat Land Melbourne
A fire which swept the Wangaratta district to-day destroyed hundreds of acres of wheat and grass. It extended for three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Eager Search for Fire Bug One Match Would Fire Countryside Condobolin Fears Sydney
"So dry ts it that the whole countryside could be set afire with one match," said a police official at Condoblin to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Wollombi-road Fire Open Verdict at Inquiry
The Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) conducted an inquiry yesterday into a fire which partially destroyed premises in Wollombi-road, Cessnock, on December 29,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Liner Blaze Seventeen Men Missing France's Loss Talk of Mysterious Hand (Australian Press Association.) CHERBOURG, January 5
Of the 228 members of the crew who left Bordeaux on the French luxury liner L'Atlantique (42,512 tons), 211 were accounted for after she was abandoned in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Cockle Creek and Cardiff Blaze on Sugarloaf
Boolaroo and Cardiff Fire Brigades fought strenuously yesterday afternoon with bush fires in their respective areas. About 3 o'clock, Boolaroo brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australian Blaze Adelaide
Fire swept five miles of country in the Balaklava district yesterday afternoon, and destroyed a wheat crop at Owen, worth £550. Seven hundred men fought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homes Menaced By Bushfires Big Blaze at Cardiff Checked in Nick of Time Stiff Fight
A fierce bushfire, which raged on a half-mile front throughout yesterday afternoon, at Cardiff, was checked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire in Cemetery Fences Burnt
A grass fire in the cemetery at Campbell's Hill this afternoon was responsible for a call to West Maitland Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Liner France London, January 8
A message from Le Havre states that a fire broke out aboard the giant liner, France, in the harbour at 3 p.m. The fire was quickly controlled after damaging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merewether Grass Fire
Hamilton and' Adamstown Fire Brigades turned out this morning to extinguish a grass fire on a vacant allotment at Merewether…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sensational End To Boolaroo Fire Inquiry Arson Verdict Returned Three Distinct Fires Found Bark Discovered in the Ceiling "Could Not Find the Culprit"
There was a sensational ending to the inquiry at Boolaroo Police Station this morning, into a fire which partially destroyed a house at Warner's Bay owned by Ralph Sidebottom, a timber setter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boolaroo Fire Inquiry (Continued from Page 1) Went to a Dance Told House Was on Fire Occupant's Story
John James Houlahan, the occupant of the house at the time of the fire, said that he had been unemployed for three years. He had lived in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in South Cessnock
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage at the corner of Jeffery and Fifth Streets, South Cessnock, owned by William King, was destroyed by fire in the early hours…
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