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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 38
From the smouldering ruins of Kalgoorlie and Boulder, grim witnesses to the havoc of the racial riot, hurst anew last night a flame of fury which overwhelmed the foreign quarter. With fury inflamed to the point where violence is paramount, the rioting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mysterious fires in a house in Anselm-street, Enfield last month, formed the subject of an inquiry by the District Coroner (Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Provision for a new fire engine for Western has been made on the construction programme of the Board of Fire Commissioners for 1934. It…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →In support of his candidature for election to the Board of Fire Commissioners, Alderman Croft, of Wickham, is having a busy time…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The manageress of the London Hotel, Southend, which caught lire recently fought the flames alone until the arrival of the lire brigade, while diners in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire in the filling of an old mine shaft in Dangar-street, Wallsend, had the attention of Wallsend Fire Brigade last night. It is believed that the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There was a good attendance at a meeting of the Merewether fire brigade committee to deal with matters in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Board of Fire Commissioners has informed Kearsley Shire Council that provision has been made for a new fire engine at Weston, and was on the Board's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"It is a very strange case. I cannot believe that the fires were accidental, and I find that they were wilfully caused by some person or persons unknown," said…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A woman who called at the Ryde fire station on the night of November 26, gave evidence to-day at the inquest on the death…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Headquarters and Newcastle East fire brigades effected a smart save under difficult conditions when fire broke out in J. O'Sullivan's tailoring workrooms,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Owing to weather conditions, and the state of the park, Merewether Fire Brigade Committee has decided to abandon the gala day, which was to have been held…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHILE THE FIRE ENGINE from Gordon Fire Station was rushing t[?] a fire yesterday, it skidded on the approach to the overhead bridge neat Pymble Railway Station, carried away part of the brick parapet, and came to a stop an shown. One back wheel was overhanging a 20 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Masses of material were piled on the railway track, and trains were delayed about 20 minutes on the North Shore line, when a fire engine crashed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The text, "Our God is a consuming fire," from Hebrew xii., 29, was used by Rev. W. Gibbins in his address at the morning service yesterday at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Giving evidence at an inquest on Ernest Carter, 42, Jeweller and volunteer fireman, who was killed in an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A mob of 8000 Moslems, fired by the inflammatory speech of their leader, named Hamdani, made in defiance of the District Magistrate's order, broke loose at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sounds and scenes suggestive of wartime are being enacted within the walls of Fort Scratchley. The 13th Heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Toronto's team for the Newcastle Fire Brigades' demons[?] in March next has been [?] and practice is in full swing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This afternoon at the Town Hall a meeting of the women's auxiliary, a branch of the citizens' committee which is arranging social functions…
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