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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 44
During a fire, which destroyed the bakehouse of Teague's Ltd.. Pastry Shop, in Abercrombie street, early to-day, a woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Headquarters Fire Brigade, under District Officer Hurley, with a detachment from Newcastle East, was called to an outbreak of fire in the John Bull…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Early yesterday morning a fire totally destroyed a cottage and its contents, owned by Mr. Richard Hunter, in Cessnock-street, Aberdare. They family was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An exciting chase, in which a shot was fired, took place shortly before midnight last night, when a man who was being arrested with two other men on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire devastated historic Corinth, destroying 500 houses and shops, mostly of wood, which were built after the earthquake of 1929. The Panic-stricken…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Although prompt action by the George-street West brigade prevented serious damage, a temporary panic broke out among the occupants of a residential…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After providing for taxation, the Newbold Silica Fire Brick Co., Ltd., made a profit of £6149 for the 11 month ended June 30, compared with £2002 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early this morning a fire which wan watched by hundreds of people in their night attire destroyed the drapery establishment of J. G. Hamilton, and threat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William Rockett, 30, and Horace Hansen, 40, who were reported missing in a launch on Saturday night, were rescued early this morning, several miles west…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arrangements for the big fire brigades' demonstration, to be held in Newcastle next March, will be discussed at a meeting of the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The presence of two strange petrol tins and a missing lathe belt, and the sound of a motor-cycle starting in the night were described in evidence as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When a fire began in the magnificent cypress forests on the Peljeshatz Peniusuia, Dalmatia, British sailors from ships of the Mediterranean Fleet, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W Johns) returned an open verdict at an inquiry at the Kurri Court House today into…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Lambton Fire Brigade was called out at 3 p.m. yesterday, when the tar boiler belonging to the Lambton Council caught fire in Hartley-street. No damage…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The regular meeting of Newcastle and District Volunteer Fire Brigades' Association was held at Hamilton Fire Station on Wednesday night. Captain A. L…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cessnock Fire Brigade answered a call to the dwelling of Sidney James Pitman, Francis-street, West Cessnock, last night and found that a fire had broken out in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A smart save was effected by Cessnock fire brigade last night when it was called to the home of Sidney James Pitman, of Francis-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious fire at Waratah School of Arts was averted this afternoon by the prompt action of Waratah Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Several villages on the northern coast of Newfoundland were evacuated on Friday night when forest fires prevented escape except by water…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When a fire gutted the box and case factory owned by Mr. Richard Raynor Vivian, at Leichhardt, this morning, a large amount of timber and some…
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