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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 38
An open verdict was returned by the City Coroner (Mr. H. H; Farrington) to-day at an inquiry into the burning of two houses at Cronulla on November 12, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nearly 200,000,000 gallons of water were used during 1934 to quench Sydney's fires. In the same period 2929 alarms were received, being 218 more…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A huge lunch-hour crowd watched firemen from headquarters and Newcastle East brigades fighting a fire in the roof of the premises of Toledo…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FIREMEN FROM HEADQUARTERS AND NEWCASTLE EAST BRIGADES had a difficult task in fighting a fire in the roof of a building in a lane off Newcomen-street this afternoon. Boards had to be removed from the roof before the fire could be extinguished. A large crowd watched the firemen at work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire brigades in the Newcastle and suburban district received 261 calls during 1934, 15 of which were false…
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