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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

782 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 40

Salt Ash Fire Coroner Inspects Scene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 3

The District Coroner for the Lower Hunter (Mr. C. L. Adam) visited Anna Bay yesterday, and inspected the scene of the fire which destroyed the sawmill…

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5032 Fire Alarms in Sydney Strenuous Year Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 5

During 1935 there were 5032 fire alarms in the metropolitan area, 982 of them being false alarms. The figures represent an increase of 2066…

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Hotel Fire Three Women Perish Tragedy in Edinburgh London, December 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 5

Three women were burnt to death and seven injured, including a honeymoon couple in a fire at the Waverley Hotel, Edinburgh, early this morning. The…

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