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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 38
Extreme coolness in the face of a perilous situation, by officers and men of H.M.S. Wishart and the American gunboat Fulton, accounts for the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle Town Hall was crowded with visiting and local fire-fighters and their friends last night. It was an animated and merry throng which assembled early…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Firemen from districts all over New South Wales met in friendly competition at Newcastle Sports Ground yesterday. It was the opening day of the 1934…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Included in the four building applications granted by New Lambton Council on Wednesday night was one concerning a new fire station and dwelling, to be erected in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE WALLSEND AND PLATTS BURG VOLUNTARY FIRE BRIGA DE which took part in a demonstration at Albury more than 30 years ago. Some of the firemen in this picture are still in the Wallsend Brigade Seated at the extreme right of the group is Mr. T. Fogo, the present captain of the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual swimming carnival of Newcastle Primary Schools was held at Newcastle Baths yesterday. In an interval in the baths programme the boys and girls gathered on the sand and presented a pretty picture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The origin of the elaborate and extensive organisation in Glasgow for the extinction of fire which has been built up by the Corporation dates from 1870, when…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Before interested crowds which followed the spectacular events closely, volunteer firemen from all parts of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle and Hamilton Fire Brigades were called this afternoon to a fire at the premises of Electric Lamp Manufacturers (Aust.), Ltd., at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The mystery of seven fires in seven days in joinery works at Rockhampton was solved by the confession of a 12-year-old boy on Friday that he had been "playing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle district fire brigades were called to two unusual fires last night. The first was in Downie-street, Maryville, where a creeper vine had caught…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An outbreak of fire at the works of Lamp Manufacturers (Aust.) Ltd., Clyde-street, Hamilton, which appeared likely to have serious consequences, was promptly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe burns were sustained by Alma Trickett, 22, a milliner, of Campsie, when a fire broke out in the workshop of Stoddart Fitcher and Millist, in York-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bedding and clothes were tossed into the street, a man was overcome by fumes while throwing water upon the flames, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged to have set fire to a cottage in Lakemba on March 4, William Henry Burgess, dairyman, and Wilfred Denis Byrne were committed for trial by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early this morning fire practically gutted the huge premises of the Cardboard Company, of Queensland Pty., Ltd., at Herston, and caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MISS MAVIS BALL, who was trapped by dense smoke and fumes from a fire in Jersey-road, Paddington, yesterday, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great excitement prevailed during a fire in a house at Paddington early this morning, when Mavis Ball was trapped in a blazing room and had to be rescued by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Giving evidence at the Wangaratta General Sessions to-day against Eileen Audrey Russell, 23, who was charged with having wilfully set fire to his home, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An enthusiastic interest has already been manifest in "Write a Title" Competition No. 5, entries for which close…
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