£18,000 DAMAGE Fire in Bacon Factory 60 Employees Affected Sydney
A fire broke out in the bacon factory of Barnes Bacon Company, Homebush Bay, late to-night, and completely destroyed the two-storied buildings, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 38
Fire at Garage
Prompt action by a garage attendant in playing a hand extinguisher upon the flames removed nay danger when the fusing of an electric wire caused petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Blaze in Fish Shop
There was great excitement in a fish shop at 355 Hunter-street, Newcastle, occupied by Mrs. Mary Georges, when fat in a container on the kitchen stove boiled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Eveleigh Sydney
Relieved to have been caused by 4 spark from a missing train, a fire broke out on the roof of the Eveleigh railway workshops at Alexandra early to-day. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Petrol Explosion Man's Narrow Escape Fire Destroys Shed Sydney
Joseph Leo Savage, of Wellington-street, Newtown, had a narrow escape from death early this morning, when petrol exploded. Accompanied by another employee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strike in Ohio Two Rioters Killed Troops Open Fire Reinforcements Called Out (Australian Press Association.) TOLEDO (Ohio), May 24
Two men were killed and 24 wounded late on Thursday by gunfire in a terrific hand-to-hand battle between Ohio National Guardsmen and rioting strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A London Letter Roast Beef Decline—A Famous Artist—Voting by Electricity—Olympiad Turns—A Buckingham Palace Fire LONDON, April 17
Whoever wrote that old song about "The Roast Beef of Old England" would have had a dismal time if he had been in the Strangers' Gallery at the House…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Epidemic of Fires Adelaide
There have been so many fires in Blackwood during this month that police are now patrolling the town at night using cycles. On Saturday night an attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →13 INCINERATED Motor-coach on Fire Crashed Into Pole Bordeaux, May 28
Owing to a burst tyre a motor coach collided with a telegraph pole, caught fire, and incinerated 13 passengers and injured three. The flames ignited a pine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Fire Station for Waratah
The now Fire Station proposed to be erected by the Board of Fire Commissioners on a site at the intersection of High-street and Turton-road, Waratah, Tenders will shortly be called for the erection of the building. The plans were approved by Waratah Council at its meeting on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →North Sydney Fire Block of Shops Menaced SYDNEY
Damage amounting to £500 was done when a fire threatened a block of shops in North Sydney early this morning. The firemen succeeded in continuing the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Station Blaze WAGGA
A fire at Uranquinty railway station last night destroyed the buildings and contents. There was no water available and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Citrus Growers' Fire Loss at Gosford Big Packing Shed Destroyed Onlookers Helpless to Check Blaze Trucks Alight Sydney
To the accompaniment of the popping of 200.000 oranges, the Gosford Co-operative Citrus Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Board's Thanks
Newcastle City Council has received a letter from the Board of Fire Commissioners, conveying the Board's appreciation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Serious Fires Colliery at Ipswich Lower Levels Unsafe Brisbane
Serious fires which, it is believed, cover several acres, have again broken out in the Aberdare Extended colliery at Ipswich…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gosford Blaze Packing Shed Burnt No Brigade Night Watchman Missing GOSFORD, Monday Morning
In a specatcular blaze which could be seen for miles around, the large shed of the Gosford District Citrus Packing House Ltd., in Mann-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heath Fire Soldiers Help to Put It Out LONDON, June 1
Four hundred soldiers from Aldershot assisted local residents and their staffs to fight a heath fire on Surrey Common, near Mr. Lloyd George’s country home…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Triangular Gun Duel Mother and Son Fire on Intruder Bedroom Drama Sydney
After being disturbed in a room at Darling Point this morning, a burglar fired a shot from an automatic pistol…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Fire Fighters' Desperate Race Section Sealed Off Ipswich
The miners at the Aberdare Extended colliery won a desperate race against a spreading fire, 1500ft. below the surface, half a mile from the main shaft to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£16,000 DAMAGE Gosford Fire Puts 80 Out Of Work Big Loss of Fruit Gosford
Damage estimated at £16,000 was done by the fire which destroyed the packing shed of the Gosford Cooperative Citrus Packing House Ltd., at Gosford, early…
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