Petrol on Fire Merriwa Store Destroyed MERRIWA
Starting with an explosion, a fire broke but in Schasser's Store, in Venacker-street, Merriwa, yesterday afternoon, during which Charles Robertson, 17, was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 38
Fire Brigades 365 Calls and 32 False Alarms Report for Year Two People Fatally Burnt
Two fatal fires were recorded, and the strenuous work of firemen in the bush fires last year was mentioned in the annual report of the activities of the…
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The annual report of the Cessnock fire district, which includes Bellbird, Kearsley, Kitchener, and Paxton, as well as Cessnock, shows that there were 53 calls…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Million Dollar Blaze Brooklyn Hotel Destroyed New York, December 31
Four hundred firemen from 65 prominent companies were unsuccessful in a day-long fight to save an eight-storey Brooklyn hotel from destruction by fire in the city's…
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Though Cessnock Fire Brigade attended 30 fires during the year no outbreak was serious. The majority of the fires were in unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grass Fire Damage Adelaide
A grass fire in a picnic paddock at Golden Grove destroyed 400 acres [?] feed and damaged two miles of fencing…
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An unemployed family's interest in a sick woman had disastrous results for them last night, for while they were away at the sick bed their house…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Comments of Coroner Fires at Kurri
"It is a strange thing that ever since I have been coroner in this district all the fires that I have had to deal with have occurred in…
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The Toronto Fire Brigade was called out last evening to check a small bush fire, which broke out at Carey Bay. A large tree was blazing, but the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Weston Fire Coroner's Open Verdict
The District Coroner (Mr. A. Johns) held an inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Court-house yesterday, concerning the destruction by fire, on December 20, of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clothes on Fire Youth Rolls in Grass Burning Rubbish in Yard Sydney
When his clothing became ignited while burning some rubbish in the back yard of his home this afternoon, Ronald Whynall, 19, of Coleridge-street, Peakhurst,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EXPLOSION Uralla General Store Shattered Cause a Mystery Fire Destroys All Goods ARMIDALE
Bursting a 14-inch brick wall of Messrs. S. Bow and Sons' general store, at Uralla, a terrific explosion startled residents last night. The…
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While hurrying along Newcastle-road towards the scene of a reported [?]rst last night, Robert Grahame, 12, of Ward-street. West Maitland…
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Alarmed by smoke issuing from the windows and doors of a house in George-street. East Maitland, neighbors, believing that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grafton Fire Billiard Saloon Gutted GRAFTON
It is estimated that more than £1000 damage was done by a fire which destroyed Arndell's hairdressing and billiard saloon in Skinner-street, South Grafton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saved From Fire Kerosene and Tallow Burn SYDNEY
But for the prompt action of employees, a serious fire would have occurred at Malley's Limited works at Alexandria this morning. A large quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big City Fire Hunter-st. Block Traffic Held Up
City Fire Brigades were called late this afternoon to one of the most serious fires seen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Home on Fire Brisbane Man's Ordeal for Family Brisbane
William Mathers, a well-known city business man, rescued two of his young children from their blazing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →131 ENTOMBED Explosion in Coalmine Bohemian Disaster Fire Forces Rescue Party to Withdraw (Australian Press Association) LONDON, January 4
About 131 miners were entombed when a firedamp explosion occurred in a group of three coal mines at Ossegg, near Dux (Bohemia). All entrances…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Chief Hurt in City Blaze Shop Destroyed Hunter-street Traffic Blocked
A destructive fire completely destroyed a furniture, shop in Hunter-street, Newcastle, late yesterday afternoon. A whole terrace of shops…
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