£15,000 DAMAGE Big Fire in Hobart Photographs Destroyed Hobart
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at midnight last night in Murray-street, and almost gutted the premises of the Brightlights…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 44
Fire Blight Disease
The fire blight disease on fruit, which has been the primary cause of the protracted friction between the Australian and the New Zealand Governments, will…
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A fire in woodwork underneath an iron roof caused some excitement in Nobbys-road, Newcastle East, about midday yesterday, but it was subdued before…
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While repairs were being carried out to a bowser pump at Clifton's garage in Vincent-street late yesterday afternoon, a short circuit of the electric current set…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japanese Brewery Fire Tokio, December 21
Fire destroyed a sake brewery at Naganoken at 1.30 o'clock this morning. The employees were trapped in a dormitory. Ten are dead and four critically…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Conspiracy Salvage Officer Charged Solicitor's Evidence London, December 20
William Crocker, solicitor, whose investigations led to the conviction of Leopold Harris in the fire insurance conspiracy case, gave evidence at the resumption of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reichstag Fire Trial International Commission Report Blames Nazis London, December 20
The report of the International Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances of the Reichstag fire, which sat in London, declares that it would have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Ends Party Christmas Tree Alight Santa Claus Burnt Sea Lake (Vic.)
A Christmas party in the Perritt school ended suddenly last night, when a Christmas tree caught fire and about 50 parents and school children fled in terror from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Through Fire and Storm Perilous Sea Trip in 8Ft. Dinghy Five Hours Fight Sydney
Badly burned, and forced to abandon their blazing launch off Bowen Island, late on Saturday night, two men had a nightmare…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reichstag Fire Death for Van der Lubbe Court's Verdict Torgler and Bulgarians Acquitted (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, December 24
There was absolute silence in the densely packed Court at Leipzig yesterday, when the president, Dr. Buenger, closed the Reichstag fire trial…
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The Supreme Court of Germany has delivered its decision in the cases which arose out of the Reichstag fires, Van der Lubbe, the Dutchman,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home Destroyed by Fire
While Peter Olive, of Sargent-street, West Cessnock, was holidaying at the Lake, his home und furniture were completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Phone Services Disorganised Fire in Amsterdam Exchange London
On suspicion of having sot fire to the Amsterdam telephone exchange, a telephonist who professes syndicalism has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reichstag Fire Trial Verdict Approved by "The Times" London
"No message, could be more seasonal nor more welcome than the acquittal of the Reichstag tire prisoners and the confession of Van Der…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Early Morning Fire
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage in Sargent-street, owned and occupied by Mr. P. Olive, was destroyed, with its contents, in the early hours of yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parrots Give Timely Alarm of Fire Sydney
Warned by the screeching of his caged parrots, Mr. James Byrnes, of Elliott-street, Concord, found his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Death Sentence Reichstag Fire Trial Dutch Government Appeals Berlin, December 27
The Dutch Government has appealed for the commutation of the death sentence imposed on Van der Lubbe at the Reichstag fire trial. The result is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Near Disaster Antarctic Expedition Ship's Fires Out Drifting Towards Icebergs (Exclusive to the Australian Press Association from Rear-Admiral Byrd, aboard the Jacob Ruppert.) at Sea, December 26
After its first spectacular success, the expedition is now apparently getting a taste of the conditions that for 160 years have defied explorations in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Raging in Tasmania HOBART
Fires are raging fiercely in the thick country around. Tyenna and Fitzgerald, and several homes are menaced. Hundreds of men are fighting the flames in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →False Fire Calls
Twice within a week West Maitland fire brigade has received false alarm calls to East Maitland. Last night a call came to the brigade shortly after…
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