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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 44
Shedding his erstwhile lethargy, Van der Lubbe amazed the Court which is hearing the Reichstag fire trial, by making a long speech which may get the other…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The £1,000,000 casino, "Palais de la, Mediterranee," caught fire on the eve of its opening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The £1,000,000 casino, "Le Palais dola Mediterranean," Duilt by the American millionaire, J. Gould, was today badly damaged by fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A sensation was caused in Pitt-street, City, this afternoon, while the street was crowded with shoppers. A man, aged about 34 years, struck a match, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To attract attention elsewhere whit they robbed E. H. Church's jewellery shop last night, two men set fire to a timber-yard. and while…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The £1,000,000 Casino, which was destroyed by fire, was built by an American millionaire, Mr. Jay Gould. Its construction occupied two years, and it was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although certain circumstances concerning the death of Ernest Carter, volunteer fireman, whose head was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire broke out in a cargo of sulphur in the holds of the steamer Larchbank, at Snails' Bay, this morning, but fortunately the flames were quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first fire of the season broke out in the Curlewis district late yesterday afternoon, but happily was confined to grass country. With a frontage of half…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damage estimated at £10,000 was done by a fire at Taubman's varnish works at St. Peters to-day, when a huge copper varnish mixing pot burst into flames,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious damage was narrowly averted when fire broke out in the coal stored on the Swedish steamer Unden, at Fremantle, to-day. Prompt action by local firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Remarkable allegations were made by the prosecuting counsel in Bow-street Police Court, when Captain Brynmor Miles was charged with conspiracy. Miles, who was the head of the fire salvage corps…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An unoccupied four-roomed weatherboard cottage was destroyed by fire at Cessnock-street, Aberdare, at [?] a.m. yesterday. The house was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The trial of Captain Brynmor Miles, Chief Officer of the London Salvage Corps, on a charge of "conspiring with Leopold Harris, to pervert the due administration…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There are fears that, owing to the lush season over much of the State, bush fires may be prevalent when the grass dries. Having this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cessnock District Coroner (Mr. Johnston) will inquire on Wednesday into a fire which destroyed the house owned by Henry Ellenor, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Believed to have been caused by a spark coming in contact with petrol fumes, a fire broke out in the engine of a motor lorry owned by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Calls to two blazing motor vehicles were answered by the district fire brigades yesterday. The first call was to a lorry alight in Hunter-street West yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Communist workers appearing at the Reichstag file trial at Leipzig retracted earlier statements that a revolution had been planned, alleging that the police…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Next year the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. intends to spend £20,668, in the Newcastle fire district…
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