Small Fire on S.S. Karetu Sydney
Damage estimated at £60 was caused by a fire to-day in the fourth engineer's room on the steamer Karetu, which was berthed at Margaret-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1935
782 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 40
Garage Menaced Petrol Fire at Gosford GOSFORD
A fire which might have caused extensive damage had not the Gosford Fire Brigade been practising half a mile away took place this afternoon outside…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Rescued Home Destroyed by Fire Unemployed Man's Loss Sydney
After breaking down a door, two men made their way through smoke-filled rooms in the home of Mr. H. Reams at Bexley yesterday afternoon, and rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Underground Fire
The City Council has finished the laying down of a sand barrier across Gibson-street, and the underground fire is now practically sealed up within a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five Incinerated Fire in Mental Hospital Dashed Back Into Flames Montreal, November 10
The east wing of the St. Jean de Dieu Mental Hospital was destroyed to-day by a fire which killed five of the inmates and injured 35. The flames threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mystery of Liner Lusitania Did U Boat Fire Second Torpedo Salvage Expedition May Answer Cause of Bitter Hatred (No. 2)
Did the German U-boat which sent the Lusitania to the bottom of the Atlantic in 1915, fire a second torpedo into the already doomed vessel and thus add to the terrible death toll of men, women and children, or was, a secret cargo of munitions…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →House Destroyed by Fire Early Morning Blaze at Muswellbrook Muswellbrook
A spectacular fire occurred here at 2.30 this morning, in which a house in Lorne-street was completely gutted. When the fire was discovered, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Troops Attacked in Cairo Military Forced to Fire on Mob Home Rule Agitators Demonstrate Anger Against Great Britain Cairo
Fresh riots occurred this evening in Cairo, when after a meeting of Wafd. (Home Rule Party) adherents, the crowd attacked troops, who formed a cordon round the meeting place…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tar Boiler on Fire Street Blaze at Cessnock Man Badly Burnt
A man was severely burned on the arms and hands when a boiler of tar ignited at the Cessnock Council depot this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rifle Shooting Clubs to Fire at 500 Yards Range
Civilian rifle clubs will use the 500 yards mounds at Adamstown to-morrow. The following targets have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fire at Dee Why Sydney
For about three hours 20 civilians and three fire brigades to-day fought a bushfire which h[?] a frontage of about a mile at Dee Why. Twelve cottages were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wallsend Fire
Fears for the safety of Wallsend Cemetery were entertained last night when sparks from burning trees were being blown into the enclosure, in which there…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Small Grass Fire
A small grass fire in the grounds of A. Goninan and Co. Ltd.'s works, at Broadmeadow, early last night, was put out with one hydrant by brigades from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Spectacular Blaze Slag Dump at Steel Works No Danger Threatened
A spectacular but harmless blaze on a slag and refuse dump at the Steel Works threw a glow into the sky about 10.30 last night. The pink and orange clouds…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tar in Boiler on Fire
Tar in a boiler in the Cessnock Council's yard caught fire yesterday morning, and send huge volumes of smoke over the northern end of the main street. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Factory Fire Outbreak at Newtown Residentials Menaced Sydney
A factory was gutted and several houses were threatened by a fire at Newtown to-night. Several people had close escapes from falling timber…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Over Wide Area Queensland Bush Fires Wheat Crops Menaced Brisbane
Fierce bush fires are raging on the Darling Downs, and damage to property is extensive. Farmers from miles around are fighting the flames at a large station,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Subdued Damage in Queensland BRISBANE
The bush fires in the Western country are now practically under control. At Tairo two dairy farms were burnt out and a five-roomed house on one property…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Unusual Fire
A driver of a motor-truck in England was cleaning his engine, employing a washbowl of waste petrol and an old paint brush. The bowl was standing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Morpeth Fire in Laundry
The West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out early yesterday afternoon to an outbreak of fire at the premises of Mr. H. W. V. Sucker, in George-street,…
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