Smart Save Fire at Timber Mills Station Officer Injured
Smart work by firemen from Headquarters station prevented a serious outbreak of fire at F. Viggers's timber mills in Union-street, Newcastle, about 50 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 38
Fire at Cessnock
A small fire which occurred at Cessnock West End at midnight last night might have been extinguished with little difficulty had it not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Astounding Fire Insurance Frauds Are Alleged Echo Of The Harris Case "Arranging" Fires in London Chief Conspirator Will Make Disclosures Bilking Insurance Coys. London
When Frederick Richards and Henry Joseph were charged at Bow-street Police Court to-day, with conspiring with Leopold Harris to defraud insurance companies, the prosecution intimated that Harris, now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wood Houses and Fire Risk
Of interest to Australian timber and building interests is the report of a recent lecture on "Timber Buildings." given before a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crops Denuded Grasshoppers' Ravages Fires Around Hospital Adelaide
The townships of Cowell and Kimba, in the wheat-growing areas, are being denuded of wheat by millions of grasshoppers. Thousands of acres and dozens of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extensive Damage Fires in Queensland Mill and Machinery Brisbane
Damage approaching £30,000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed the large modern sawmill of Wilson, Hart and Company, of Maryborough, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Fires Alleged Insurance Frauds Two Men Charged London, November 2
At Bow-street Police Court to-day, in the course of the hearing of charges against Frederich Rickards and Henry Joseph of having conspired with Leopold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vacy Accident Overturned Car Destroyed by Fire
Claude Rennie, 33, of Skelton-street, Hamilton, was injured, and four other passengers received abrasions and a severe shaking, when a sedan motor-car capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Fighters in Dress Suits Called From Party Wagga
Guests at a farewell party a mile out of town hurried into Baradine in evening clothes early this morning to assist in fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Store Gutted Extensive Fire at Baradine Party Guests Help Firemen Baradine
A general store, owned by H. Richardson, a billiard saloon, and a hairdresser's establishment, were enveloped in flames early this morning. The store was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Launch on Fire Two Men Swim Ashore Middle Harbour Episode Sydney
Two men had to swim 60 yards to the shore, through water known to be infested with sharks, when a large launch caught fire in Middle Harbour, near Northbridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Goods Train Blaze Firemen Have Stiff Fight
Firemen from headquarters and Cardiff brigades worked from 8 p.m. until almost midnight on Saturday fighting a fire in two trucks of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire on Train Wool and Wheat Alight Cardiff Excitement
With flames shooting from two trucks of wool and a truck of wheat, a Sydney-bound goods train was pulled up near Cardiff railway station about 8 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Series of Fires Four Youths for Trial Coroner's Inquiry "Most Extraordinary Case"
At the close of a magisterial inquiry into the cause of a fire at St. George's Church of England, Learmonth-street, Hamilton, on October 20, by the District…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman's Story Arson Plot Trial Taken to a Fire London
Miss Lilian Barnes, an attractive-looking former employee and admitted mistress of Frederick Rickards, occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theatre & Shops Destroyed In Big Blaze At Tuggerah Hotel Was Partially Damaged Bucket Brigades in Desperate Fight Furniture Piled in Street
A theatre and dance hall, a cafe, a shop and a house were totally destroyed, and the back of a hotel was badly damaged by fire at The Entrance early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Fire Engine
A new fire engine was installed in the Stockton fire station yesterday. It is of the Garford type, and is an improvement on the old engine. A side lift door and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danger of Fire on Adamstown Allotment
So thick is the grass and scrub on a vacant allotment adjoining her property that an Adamstown resident fears a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →£5000 FIRE Buildings at The Entrance Hotel Menaced Picture Theatre and Cottage Destroyed
The picture theatre at The Entrance, containing a cafe and a drapery shop built into the front, and a cottage adjoining, were destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Entrance Blaze Response of Fire Brigade Question in Assembly Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. J. M. Baddeley (Lab., Cessnock) asked the Chief Secretary if he were aware that a fire had occurred at The Entrance,…
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