Kurri Fire Destroys Dwelling
A weatherboard dwelling occupied by Mr. J. Moran, in a lane between Coronation and Railway Streets, Kurri Kurri was destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 38
Troops Called Out Heath Fire Near Aldershot Barracks Saved London, July 7
The anti-cyclone still shows no sigus of breaking up and a fine week-end, with high day temperatures throughout the British Isles, is forecast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Fire Shot Lorry Fails to Stop Two Men Arrested Dubbo
When a lorry failed to stop in response to a police command at Dubbo, on Friday night, Constable Burke fired a shot, after the vehicle. It is alleged that a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire at Pindimar School Coroner Holds Inquiry
An open verdict was returned by the Stroud Coroner (Mr. Hitchens) at an inquiry held at Tea Gardens yesterday into a fire which damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Station Threatened by Grass Fire Staff Acts Promptly
Prompt action on the part of members of the Cockle Creek railway station staff and the Boolaroo Fire Brigade saved station buildings from destruction by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman's Realm Camp Fire Ball Stockton Scout Effort Eighteen Debutantes
A guard of honour formed by Scouts and Cubs was an impressive feature of the presentation of the 18 debutantes at the Stockton Camp Fire Ball, held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Destroys Cottage
A seven-roomed cottage, situated at the corner of Bell and Aitkinson Streets, Bellbird, was totally destroyed by fire last night. It was the property of Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Woman Killed Rioting in Holland Police Return Fire Amsterdam, July 11
The rioting has extended to the Crooswyk quarter of Rotterdam, where a police bullet killed a woman. Seventy members of executive of Communist and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Reconstruction of The Shooting Of Aged Grazier Detective's Theory in Barry Murder Ryan Shot When Near Fire? Bullet Entered Old Man's Chest Seated in Chair Carcoar
That John Ryan, [?], was shot by a person who entered the front door of his home at Barry, near Blayney, calmly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Riots in Ohio and Indiana Police Fire Volley at Demonstrators New York
A man and a woman were killed and a policeman seriously wounded in rioting in Cleveland (Ohio) to-day. Demonstrators thronged the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Four -Storey Building Gutted Tyre Retread Factory Thousands Watch Huge Blaze Fireman Injured Sydney
While long tongues of flame leaped from many windows and dense smoke poured out over the City, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rubber on Fire Retread Factory Gutted SYDNEY
A four-storey building at the corner of Boomerang and William Streets, City, occupied by Mac's Retreads Limited, was gutted by the this afternoon. One…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wife's Heroism Saved Invalid Husband Home Gutted by Fire Scone
A six-roomed residence, owned by Mr. J. Miller, was completely gutted by fire early this morning. Mr. Miller displaced great heroism in rescuing her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Station Fire Blaze at Pennant Hills SYDNEY, Wednesday morning
Pennant Hills railway station was damaged by fire early this morning. The weatherboard building was well alight before residents noticed the flames about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →600 Fowls Perish in Farm Blaze Food Manufacturing Plant Gutted Rail Station Fire Sydney
Two hundred fowls and 400 chickens perished and a valuable food manufacturing plant was destroyed in a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Houses Threatened Shed on Fire at Tighe's Hill
Several neighbouring weatherboard cottages were threatened by a fire which destroyed a shed at the rear of the Methodist Church in Bryant-street, Tighe's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Cockle Creek Grass and Fence on Fire
It is though that a grass and fence fire which broken out near the residence of the Manager of the Sulphide Company (Mr. H. Evans), at Cockle Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oil Depot Saved Blaze at Balmain Fireman Down Cliff Sydney
Firemen effected a good save late tonight when a fire broke out and gutted it weatherboard and iron structure occupied by Burt, Bolton and Haywood,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Italian Convicts Set Fire to Prison Panic Follows Mutiny Venice, July 18
Memories of Dartmoor were recalled by a mutiny at the Judecca prison of 20 convicts who complained of rough treatment and severe discipline. They chose…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Redfern Blaze Explosions Cause Alarms Building Gutted Sydney
While nearly 100 police kept in check thousands of excited onlookers, firemen from five brigades fought a…
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