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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 44

Cessnock Fire Inquiry Open Verdict Returned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 13

The District Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnson) conducted an inquiry into the cause of a fire which damaged a weatherboard cottage in McDonald-avenue, Paxton, on…

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In Between Outbreaks of Fire— —Newcastle Brigade Preparedness

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 10

(Top left): A FIRE ESCAPE RESCUE: A diffcult feat, but…

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Mock Trial of Nazis in London Probing Fire at Reichstag British Government Repudiates Protest by Germany London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 1

Prince Bismarck, who, on behalf of the German Government, called at the Foreign Office to-day, and inquired…

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Reichstag Fire Inquiry in London Legal Commission "Reveal Evidence to World" (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, September 14

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1933 · page 9

In a little room behind the law Courts, the International Legal Commission of Inquiry considered the burning of the Reichstag, and it hopes to publish its…

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Nazis "Burn Fingers" In Reichstag Fire Case Charge Likely to Be Dropped German Judiciary Kicks Over Traces One of Accused Has a Complete Alibi Evidence at London Inquiry London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 September 1933 · page 1

As Torgler, one of those accused of causing the Reichstag fire, has a complete alibi, the charge of incendiarism may be dropped by the German authorities. "The Manchester Guardian" says that the…

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Fire Brigades Busy Broadmeadow Grass Fire Unemployed Camp Blaze

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 7

Fire brigades in the Newcastle district were busy yesterday. In the early hours of the morning Headquarters was called to Parry-street unemployed camp, and in the…

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Adamstown Grass Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 7

Adamstown Fire Brigade, under Captain Kimber, turned out to-day to extinguish a small grass fire in Court-street. Adamstown, near the…

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Reichstag Fire 'Only Nazis Could Benefit' Journalist's Evidence London, September 15

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 8

Dr. Sachs, who will defend Herr Ernest Torgler, the German Communist Leader, who is one of the accused, at the Leipzig trial, is the most interesting figure at the…

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Pitch Starts Fire Furniture Factory Burnt Employee's Narrow Escape Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 8

R. W. Emslie's furniture factory, a three-storied brick building, in a lane off Cleveland-street, Redfern, was gutted by fire on Saturday morning. A quantity of…

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Three Small Fires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 6

Adamstown firemen were given a fore taste yesterday of what a hot summer will mean to them, for they were called out to two grass fires. Both were subdued…

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Reichstag Fire Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 6

The inquiry which is being conducted in London into the fire in the German Reichstag is a remarkable event in the history of international…

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Fatal Burns Child Sets Pyjamas on Fire Wickham Tragedy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 6

Leonard Misktin, aged 2 years and 10 months, set his pyjamas alight at his parents' home at Union-street, Wickham, yesterday morning. He was so severely…

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Reichstag Fire Nazi Says Torgler Innocent LONDON, September 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 7

The leading Nazi lawyer, Herr Alfons Sack, who has been chosen to defend Herr Torgler in the Reichstag fire trial, has been interviewed by the "Daily…

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Every Precaution to Avoid Disturbances Reichstag Fire Trial Berlin

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 1

To prevent disturbances during the Supreme Court trial at Leipzig of those charged with being concerned in the Reichstag fire, all aircraft…

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"Chain Marks on Wrists". Schoolboy's Visit to Father in Gaol Reichstag Fire Inquiry London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 1

"He had chain marks on his wrists," said Kurt Torgler, a frank-faced and manly schoolboy, telling the…

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For the Scouts Arranging Camp Fires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 2

Obviously some people are more gifted than others as leaders of camp fires. Also in some troops they will not be so easy to run, because singing has not taken its…

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Camp Fire Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 10

Preliminary arrangements for the Camp Fire Ball are well in hand and the organisers are working energetically to make it an outstanding success…

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Fire Brigades Association Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Newcastle and District Partially Paid Volunteer Fire Brigades' Association was held at Hamilton Fire Station on Monday night. Captain A…

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Sydney Blaze Harbour Front Factory Considerable Damage Terrace of Houses Menaced SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 7

Damage amounting to several thousand pounds resulted to-night, when fire gutted the workshops and store-rooms of Rasmussen, Wyatt and Brotchier, coopers and…

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