Two Grass Fires in Suburbs
Hamilton fire brigade attended two cross fires this morning. A Email quantity of grass was destroyed on land adjoining: the railway…
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Fires & bushfires, 1935
782 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 40
Open Fires Popular Scientific Coal Burning
That in the United States people were reverting to open coal fires was one of the interesting observations made by Mr. H. Teeling Smith, Chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Uproar in House Cross-fire of Invective Supply Bill Debate Canberra
Party political hatred reached its zenith to-night in the House of Representatives. A continuous cross-fire of invective marked the proceedings on the Supply Bill. With…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grass Fire at Stockton
A fire broke out in grass and scrub on land adjoining Roxburgh-street. Stockton, to-day, about a quarter of an acre [?]ing affected. Stockton Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Men in Blaze of Petrol One Drives Three Miles in Agony Dorrigo
Buffering agony from burns he had received in an explosion of petrol. Joseph McKinnon late yesterday drove his timber lorry 3 miles to a sawmill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clothes on Fire in Tunnel Workman's Ordeal in Melbourne Melbourne
With his clothes on fire Thomas Lett, 35, lay writhing in agony in a narrow tunnel under Brunswick-road to-day until a fireman masked in a smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade Men Will Help King's Jubilee Appeal "Worthy of Support of All Sections" Shilling Fund for Coutts Memorial Home Ready Response to Help Sick
"The firemen in the Newcastle district are fully in sympathy with the appeal which is now being made to celebrate the King's Silver Jubilee and help the sick and suffering," declared District Officer Hurley, of the Newcastle Headquarters Fire Brigade to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car on Fire
Fire damaged a motor car in the yard of Foggitt Jones, Hunter-street West Newcastle, this morning. The engine and front work of the bonnet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Small Fire at Stockton
A detachment of firemen from the Stockton Fire Brigade extinguished a small fire which started in the yard of a building at the corner of Monmouth and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Autumn Blaze of Color What of Displays for Winter Claims of the Shrubs
District gardens are presenting a flush of color. Dahlias, zinnias, Easter daisies and other varieties, are displaying mantles of color and the chrysanthemum buds are bursting into bloom. In a few Weeks this Wealth of color will disappear, and with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Damage Six Shops Destroyed Queensland Fire Brisbane
A fire in the main business section of Mundubberah to-night destroyed six shops. The outbreak, which is thought to have started at the rear of the premises of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Toronto Fire Brigade Improvements
The members of the Toronto Fire Brigade are now connected direct to the captain residence and the fire station with fire alarms. A fire alarms at Lorne near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Around the Camp Fire
A BILLY-CAN. A FRYING-PAN AND A CAMP FIRE—what did they care about the freezing westerly which kept most of Newcastle residents in doors during the week-end? To discuss various aspects of scouting, members the Rover crews in the Newcastle district camped in the bush between East Maitland and Thornton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Badly Burned Tried to Save Furniture Punchbowl Fire Sydney
Awakened from his sleep by the cracking of flames. Mr. Charles Spruce, of Punchbowl, fought his way out of his burning home last night to inform the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Camp Fires Safety Principles Where to Build Them
Fire is such a serious menace to life and property, that a word of warning to campers is never out of place. As the majority of campers nowadays are…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire Reported to Police at Kearsley
Complaint was made to the Kearsley police to-day by Peter Le Fevre that when he arrived home yesterday after, noon he found a fire on the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Streamlined Engine London Fire Brigade's New Appliance
The London Fire Brigade has recently taken delivery of its first all-enclosed motor-pump. This says "The Times," in announcing this important advance in fire…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Clothes on Fire Girl Seriously Burnt Employer Gives Aid Brisbane
With the clothing almost burned off her body, Beryl Carrash, 19, suffered serious injuries early this morning, when she was lighting a fire at the home of her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blaze Outside Bank in City Timber Caught Fire
An outbreak of fire among a quantity of timber, packing cases and straw In a galvanised Iron enclosure outside the Commonwealth Bank In…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Outside City Bank
A FIRE AMONG A QUANTITY OF TIMBER AND PACKING CASES in a galvonised iron enclosure outside the Commonwealth Bank in Newcomen-street, caused a stir in the city this morning. Firemen from Newcastle East and Headquarters brigades exlinguished the flames. Very little damage was done…
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