Grass Fire at Tighe's Hill Smart Brigade Work
Smart, work by the Tighe'a Hill and Hamilton fire bridages prevented what might have been a serious outbreak of fire to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 38
Mystery Fire At Moorefield Racecourse Extensive Damage Sydney
Mystery surrounds the cause of a fire which broke out at Moorefield race course this morning, causing hundreds of pounds of damage. The harness and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alderman Croft Gets Lake Vote Candidates for Fire Board
Lake Macquarie Share Council decided, at its meeting last night, to support the candidature of Alderman C. C. Croft, of Wickham…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Haystacks Ablaze Spectacular Fire on Farm Brigade's Stiff Fight
Six stacks of hay containing about 100 tons were destroyed in a spectacular fire at Hinton last night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →River Disaster Over 150 Chinese Die Crowded Vessel on Fire Shanghai, January 25
A terrible river disaster is reported from Hankow, involving the deaths of over 150 Chinese. The Chinese steamer, Weitung, plying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.Z. AFFECTED Australian Bush Fires Smoke and Humid Air Wellington (N.z.)
During the latter part of last week smoke from the Australian bushfires has drifted across the Tasman Sea, and has been noticeable in many parts of New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the Churches Bush Fires In the Sun Belmont Methodist Burning at West Wallsend How To Keep Cool
The services in the Belmont Methodist Church neat Sunday will be of the nature of a Harvest Thanksgiving Festival. The appearance of bush fires on the hills surrounding West Wallsend were responsible for the town being enveloped in a smoke screen Honorable Sirs, writes Babu Chunder Jibberjee, much loquation and caterwauling concerning lamentable heat wave, Newcastle is now on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grass Fires
Several small grass fires attracted the attention of district brigades yesterday. The first broke out along the railway embankment near the Islington overhead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grass Fire At Aberdeen
A serious grass fire threatened the Aberdeen recreation reserve on Wednesday, but owing to the prompt action of a number of residents only…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Fire Damage to Cottage
Responding promptly to the alarm, Cessnock Fire Brigade effected a good save at a weatherboard cottage at Edith-street, West Cessnock. at 3.10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Out of the Frying Pan Into Fire Temperature Low, Humidity High Conditions To-day Were Unpleasant Light Rain Fell
Newcastle residents who prayed this week for a southerly change to relieve the sweltering conditions, found to-day that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade Demonstration Donation of £50
The Newcastle City Council intends to give a donation of £50 towards the funds for the Fire Brigades Demonstration in March…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Incendiarist Blamed Fire at Training Stables MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £1500 was caused by a fire which broke out at training stables occupied by Frank Robinson at Caulfield on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fires Blamed Poultry Farmer's Bankruptcy
A laborer, who stated at Newcastle Bankruptcy Court this afternoon that he had been a mixed farmer, attributed his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigades Demonstration
The Citizens Committee and Ladies' Auxiliary of the Fire Brigades Demonstration will meet to-night at 8 o'clock, in the reception room of the Town Hull. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigades Demonstration Arrangements
Fire Commissioner J. F. Beswick presided at a meeting of the executive committee of the Newcastle Volunteer Fire Brigades demonstration, held at the head…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigades Display Citizens' Committee Meeting
The social side of tho combined Fire Brigades' Demonstration, to be held in Newcastle next March, will be discussed at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many Nominations Fire Commissioners' Board SYDNEY
The name of Ald. C. H. Croft, of Wickham appears among the country candidates in the nominations, announced to-day, of candidates seeking election to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mob Fury In Sensational Riot In w.A. ,o Crowd Loots and Sets Fire to Hotels and Shope Police Powerless to Check Charge Vengeance for Death of Kalgoorlie Man Amazing Scenes in Streets Kalgoorlie
A wild outbreak of mob vengeance against the foreign community at Kalgoorlie and Boulder last night resulted in the wrecking, looting and burning of three hotels, a wine saloon, a two-storied boarding house, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cold Snap Suffering in New York Two Big Fires in City New York, January 29
Bitter cold, which caused a drop in the temperature from 57 degrees yesterday to 5 degrees this morning, with a 56-mile-an-hour north-west gale, caused much…
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