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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
782 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 40
Allegations by a witness that a Sydney detective had used intimidatory methods in order to secure a statement from him, were made at the fire inquiry at Cessnock. which was resumed to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At least 40 Moslems were killed, and over 100 injured, many seriously, to-day, at Karachi, as the result of police and troops opening fire on turbulent Moslems…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A link with the bushranging and coaching days was severed when the Federal Hotel at Gungal in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A one-storey brick hotel at Dungal, a settlement 16 miles from Denman, was destroyed by fire shortly after 10,o'clock last night, following the explosion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Efforts to obtain information about previous furniture fires took up most of the time in the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Intimidation charges made yesterday at the Cessnock Fire Inquiry were denied to-day by Detective Sergeant Deloney, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three cows became hidden recently in the toll grass and weeds on a Merewether footpath, according to a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Throughout the day heavy police detachments maintained uneasy order in the Harlem district, with prospects of more violence. Last night's rioting continued…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woy Woy Shire Council has been advised that the Local Government Department has approved of an advance bf £1195 for the erection of a brick fire…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The tragic film fire and explosion at East Brunswick on March 13, when Charles Layden, 14, and Leslie Smith, 14, were burned to death, was investigated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More dramatic evidence wad given at the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday, when the inquiry by the Cessnock Coroner (Mr. W. S…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The grocery and ironmongery store of E. D. Cohen was completely destroyed by fire last night. the loss being estimated at £1500…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four men who were refused admittance to a house on Friday night, poured kerosene on its wooden walls and set them alight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An opportunity to deny allegations, made by Detective Sergeant Delaney on Friday, was given Cecil White, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Stroud Shire lorry used in connection with the emergency relief work at Tea Gardens was partially destroyed by fire yesterday morning The lorry ignited…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six persons were killed and over 50 injured, some seriously in a fire which swept through a suburban road house cabaret before dawn this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the conclusion of the Cessnock fire inquiry yesterday the Coroner found that John Carr was feloniously and will fully stain by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After a hearing lasting six days, the inquiry into the fire at Baker's furniture emporium at Cessnock on December 2, when John Carr lost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A large crowd of children and adults who followed a fire engine to the scene of a grass fire on the railway line at Wickham, about 50 yards from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The jury was unable to agree in the case in which Alfred Augustus Smith was charged with having maliciously set fire to the Star Theatre, Gloucester, on…
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