Kurri 'Bus Damaged by Fire
A motor-bus conveying several passengers burst into flame in the main street, at Kurri Kurri last night. The passengers were uninjured, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 38
'Bus Damaged by Fire Excitement at Kurri
Some excitement was caused in Lang-street, Kurri, about 7 o'clock last night, when a motor 'bus, carrying passengers, burst into flame…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Newcomen-street
All available motor appliances from headquarters fire brigade and a motor from Newcastle East were rushed to a fire at 39 Newcomen-street shortly after noon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Wallsend Tennis Sheds
Boys who are believed to have dropped a lighted match while bird-nesting are blamed for a fire in the tennis sheds of the Latter Day Saints'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Menaces Children Sydney
Trapped while they were fighting the flames in a blazing cottage at Dee Why at midnight on Saturday, three children were rescued Just…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on Liner Electrical Wiring Blamed Insurance Claim Appeal Paris, November 16
During the appeal of the insurers of the giant French liner Atlantique against the verdict of the Lower Court, it was stated that detectives had discovered that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck by Lightning 61 Natives Are Dead Hut Caught Fire Cape Town
Lightning was the cause of a disaster in which 61 lives were lost in the native territory near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallsend Shed Fire
A boy's search for eggs in a bird's nest by means of a match light is thought to have been responsible for a fire in the roof of a shelter-shed at the tennis court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Largs Mysterious Fire Cottage Totally Destroyed
A five-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned and occupied by Mrs. Laura Bridge, of George-street. Largs, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lancashire "Holds Its Fire" Representations to Canberra London
In reply to what they regard as Australia's "meagre concessions." Lancashire cotton interests have submitted to the Board of Trade a long…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Collapses Discovered Fire in Bedroom Child Rushes for Help
Mrs. Phyllis Bashford, of No. 3 off Perkin-street. Newcastle, was so shocked to discover fire had broken out in a bedroom on the upper storey of her home…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Grass Fire at New Lambton
New Lambton Fire Brigade was summoned to a grass fire on a block of vacant land in Russell-road, New Lambton, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Fire Ladder for Sydney Is 100 Feet Long London
The turntable fire-escape equipment which is being obtained by the Sydney fire brigade is identical with 17 now being used in London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze in Bunkers on Omana
To clear away smouldering coal, left by a fire in the bunkers hold of the steamer Omana last night, a gang of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Causes £6000 Damage Adelaide
A fire at the Port Lincoln Institute and Sailors' Memorial Hall this morning caused damage estimated at £6000. The library, and the offices of the Town Clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Bunkers Vessel in the Basin Midnight Outbreak
A fire in the bunker hold of the Union Steamship Company's steamer Omana, berthed at the bunker wharf in the basin, flared up about midnight last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Fire of Joy" Rehearsal of Troops Preparing for Anniversary
In preparation for the Trooping of the Colour and the ceremony of the "feu-de-joie" to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of civic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Fire Brigade Good Save on First Alarm Ettalong Beach Outbreak
Ettalong Beach Volunteer Fire Brigade, formed two months ago as a substation to Woy Woy, saved three cottages from apparently certain destruction when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Theatre Fire Incendiarism Suspected Inquiries at Gloucester Gloucester
Suspicions of incendiarism have been confirmed by police investigations into a fire which occurred recently in the Star Theatre, at Gloucester…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland—Kurri—Cessnock West Maitland Tip on Fire Bogged Lorry in Danger
A fire broke out at the West Maitland Council's rubbish tip near the High-street railway station shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon…
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