Chief Fire Assessor on Trial London
Nine charges were preferred against the chief officer of the London Salvage Corns (Brynmor Miles) when he appeared for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1934
745 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 38
Ladies' Committee Fire Brigades Demonstration
The Ladies' Committee appointed to assist the executive committee in connection with the Volunteer Fire Brigades Demonstration on March 14, 15, 16, 17…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£25,000 Damage by Fire Melbourne
The department store of W. J. Gorman, Pty. Ltd., at Yarrawonga, was destroyed by fire at 1 a.m. to-day. Hardly any stock was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Draw From Hat Decided Alderman Croft for Fire Board
Luck played a part in Ald. Croft, of Wickham, being supported for the N.S.W. Board of Fire commissioners by Lambton Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conspirator's Story of Corruption His Stories of Bribery Trial of Fire Salvage Chief "His Conscience" London
Since the age of 15 he had known that Salvage Corps officers were regularly bribed, was the assertion of Leopold…
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Adamstown Council last night unanimously decided to cast both its votes for Alderman Croft, of Wickham, in the ballot for the country…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →New Waggon for Fire Brigade to Carry Salvage Apparatus
Marking another stage in the development of Newcastle Are brigades, a salvage motor, the first of Its kind in this district,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Brigades Display Committees Working at Top Speed Brilliant Spectacle
With only five weeks to go before the commencement of the big fire brigades' demonstration, the first of its kind to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Fury At Moree Destroys Large Hotel and Five Shops Stampede Of The Boarders Fireman Collapses; Girl Injured Wild Stampede for Safety Moree
Forty- four people made sensational escapes early this morning from a fire which completely destroyed the Criterion Hotel, and five adjoining shops. The damage is estimated at £12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Riots in Paris Thousands Attempt to Storm Parliament Fifty Killed: 1500 WOUNDED Ministry of Marine Set on Fire: Government to Resign (British Official Wireless.) PARIS, February 7
Thousands of infuriated rioters attempted to storm the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Estimates of the dead vary from 16 to 50; over 1500 are wounded. Police and Republican Guards used revolvers and sabres…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Councils Support Alderman Croft Fire Board Election
Merewether Council decided last night to support the candidature of Alderman C. Croft for a seat on the Board of Fire Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Headquarters New Equipment Arrives Asbestos Suit Included
It has for some time been the proud claim of Newcastle residents that the fire-fighting equipment at the Cook's Hill headquarters station was equal to that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fifteen Incinerated Fire Destroys 800 Houses CAIRO, February 7
A fire at the Mehallukehir settlement, in the Tantah cotton quarter, destroyed 800 houses and incinerated 13 women and two men…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Homes Menaced Grass Fire in Victoria 200 Volunteers Fight Flames Melbourne
A grass fire broke out near Cobden early this morning, and fanned by a strong northerly wind, swept over five farm properties. About 200 volunteers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Venomous Lie Reply by Miles to Allegations Fire Conspiracy Case London
"A venomous lie from beginning to end," was one of the answers given by Brynmor Miles, head of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kashmir Riot Troops Fire on Moslems Three Killed: Many Injured Calcutta, February 8
Three natives were killed and many injured when State troops fired on a riotous mob of thousands of Moslems in the town of Bijbehara, in Kashmir…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Moree Hotel and Five Shops Burnt Exciting Rescues Woman Seriously Injured SYDNEY
The most disastrous fire since the big outbreaks in December, 1928, when the main business portion of Moree was destroyed, occurred carly this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfires Rage in Western Victoria Forests Ablaze Outbreaks in Wide Area Firefighters' Danger Melbourne
Terrific bushfires are raging various parts of the State, particularly in the beech forests in the west where…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Children Missing Bush Fires Devastate Settlement Melbourne
Three children are missing at Yulong, a small town 15 miles from Princeton, near Port Campbell, following the ravishing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baby Dies Was Rescued from Fire Campbell-street Blaze Sydney
Dashing through smoke and flames in Chinese premises in Campbell-street, city. this afternoon, George Moon, 45, rescued a Chinese girl, aged six months, who was…
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