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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 38
An Afghan, Gul Mahomet, said to be 100 years of age, fell into a fire at his home about 3 a.m. to-day, and was so terribly burned that he died in hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Detachments from Headquarters, Carrington, and Tighe's Hill Fire Brigades attended an outbreak of fire near Bourke-street, Port Waratah, last night. One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Employees of Peters, Bryden and Peters, motor-body builders, were forced to fice for their lives yesterday when a tire broke out in their factory, Phillip-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The home of Mr. James McCloy, aged 74 years, and his sister, Miss Alice McCloy, aged 72 years, was destroyed by fire at midnight on Saturday at Vacy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Violent thunderstorms, with torrents of rain, fell in many parts of the country to-day. London suffered it deluge and so also did Leeds, where the Test match had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Buildings and machinery at Teralba gravel quarry were wrecked early this morning by an explosion which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As a result of the fire which burnt out the Newmarket plywood mills last week it is likely that regulations will be issued by the traffic authorities cleaning with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CHARRED MOTOR VEHICLES after a fire in a service station at Gardenvale (Melbourne), when a damage estimated at £3000 was done. An employee was severely burned in trying to save a motor 'bus. He had to be dragged from the burning building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spreading to a supply of 98 dynamite caps fire which broke out in the machine shed of the Teralba gravel quarry, about a mile and a half from Terabla early…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An allegation that John Need, of Brighton, had been tricked out of his insurance money by the Australian National Insurance Company Limited, of Melbourne, or…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Seven people had a terrifying experience in bitterly cold weather this afternoon when, after their large launch had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brush fires running through the Pasadent watershed on Thursday night caused damage, estimated at between 3,500,000 and 5,000,000 dollars. They continued to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After stealing £30 from the cash register, and taking tobacco, valued at £100, from the club house of the Kingston health Golf Club last night, thieves…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquiry into the conditions at Ayrfield No. 1 Colliery has been ordered by the Minister for Mines (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A large crowd was thrilled at Glebe this morning by a sensational chase during which Constable Blissett, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bursting into flames six hours after it had been placed in his garage at Kelso-street, Enfield, a sports single-seater car belonging to Mr. S. A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The second deliberate attempt to destroy the Dominion Knitting Mills building at Brunswick within three days was made this morning. Thieves entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Damage was done to portion of a shed in the grounds of the Wickham Park Bowling Club, in Albert-street, Wickham, by a fire which broke out shortly before…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In a report in "The Newcastle Sun" on Friday, July 27, concerning a fire at a gravel quarry at Teralba, it was stated that the flames spread…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Firemen from headquarters station at Cook's Hill acted promptly to prevent a serious outbreak of fire when a quantity of rubbish beneath the floor of one of…
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