Grass on Fire
Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out early last night to a grass fire which threatened the pound at East Cessnock. The fire was not extensive, and was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 38
Two Cessnock Fires Last Night Cottage Is Seriously Damaged
While George Loyal Hollinshead was away from Cessnock last night his home, a five-roomed weatherboard cottage in William-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Joys of The Beach— Hunter Street Fire
A DAY ON THE GOLDEN SANDS is worth a year at school thinks this little girl, photographed at Newcastle. Beach yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thrills for the Crowd at Fire in Newcastle
There were thrills in plenty for the throng of people which gathered from all directions to the blaze in Hunter-street, Newcastle, late yesterday afternoon. Early in the blaze the crowd threatended to hamper the fire fighting operations of the brigades, and the police had to keep a strong hand in controlling the pressure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Silo on Fire Saved by Big Rainstorm Temora
Out of the sky came the antidote to disaster, late yesterday afternoon, when a terrific rainstorm extinguished a big wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trapped in Blazing Building Fire Chief Tells Story His First Injury
Seriously burned during the big fire yesterday afternoon the Chief of Newcastle Fire-brigades (Mr. Hurley) was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Glass Works Blaze Two Firemen Hurt SYDNEY
Portion of the shops of the Australian Glass Company at Waterloo and valuable machinery were destroyed by fire this afternoon. In fighting the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Deluge Lightning Fires Crops Park Trees Uprooted Melbourne
A thunderstorm of great intensity struck Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, and caused floodings in low-lying suburbs as well as doing considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →River Steamer Ablaze Early Morning Fire at Seaham
Residents of Seaham witnessed the spectacle of a small steamer blazing fiercely last night, when the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pinned Under Lorry Petrol Catches Fire Others Hurt in Smashes Sydney
Francis Joseph Page, 36, of Broughton-street, Concord, had a narrow escape from serious injury when, after colliding with a motor-car, at Ryde, this afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Burnt Blaze Near Seaham Loss of Currumbene
The wooden steamer, Currumberne, 200 tons, was destroyed by fire in the Williams, River, at Porphyry Point, near Seaham, on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Board Election
The election of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners for the period 1934-7, will be held on Monday, February 26, and nominations will close at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Cottage
The West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in a weatherboard cottage at the corner of Belmore-road and the Avenue, Lorn. West Maitland, yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Midnight Fire Excitement at New Lambton Six Brigades Attend
Fire partially destroyed the caretaker's cottage and some of its contents at the New Lambton Convalescent Home at 12.30 a.m. to-day. Six fire brigades attended,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clothes on Fire Woman's Death at Cessnock Evidence at Inquest
The District Coroner (Mr. W. C. Johnson) held an inquiry yesterday into the death of Alice vera Durie, 35, a marred woman, who was fatally burned at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Brigades Board Election Alderman C. H. Croft a Candidate
Alderman C. H. Croft a member of Wickham Council, will be a candidate forthe Fire Board election on February 26…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Killed and 8 Injured in Road Accident Sydney Bus Somersaults Tragic Scene at Gundagai Dead Comprise All Women Wreckage Takes Fire Gundagai
Three women were killed, and five men and three women were injured to-day, when a motor tourist coach somersaulted three times after its back axle broke on the Hume Highway, 13 miles on the…
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With the Newcastle Abattoir Board election campaign now in full swing, the Newcastle City Council has received advice that the triennial…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Aberdeen Outbreak in Dairyman's Home ABERDEEN
One room of a house occupied by Mr. G. H. Walters, dairyman, of Aberdeen, was destroyed by a fire which occurred about 8 o'clock to-night. The telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stockton Fires Smoke Awakens Man
A shop and dwelling, occupied by Mrs. J. Daniels, at 57 Mitchell-street, Stockton, were damaged by fire early yesterday morning. The building, which consisted…
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