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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
782 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 40
Damage estimated at £1000 was done by a fire which broke out in a block of five shops in Paddington. Brisbane, early this morning. The fire is thought to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bernard Ormond Baker, owner of the premises, was the principal witness examined yesterday, when the inquiry into the fire which occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In connection with the protest made by the Weston A.L.P. against an appointment made by the Fire Brigades Board at the Weston Fire Station, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In pursuance of the Government's concerted plans for combined naval and aerial action against the rebel fleet, in default of its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out In the Pacific Manufacturing Company, Limited, 228 Mullens-street, Rozelle, early this morning and gutted the three-storied…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wickham Fire Brigade attended a small grass fire on the railway line near Railway-street this morning. The fire was extinguished with buckets…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →They're a careful lot of fellows in the Fire Brigade. Although they don't mean it as a reflection on their own service, a fire-fighting service…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire broke out in the pattern room of Thompson's engineering and pipe foundry at Castlemaine shortly before 2 p.m to-day, and spread to other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne fire-fighters deprecate the action of thoughtless owners of motor-cars who treat the outbreak of fires as a public spectacle, and crowd the vicinity of each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damage, estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 was caused at Compton yesterday, in the most disastrous fire in the history of the thickly settled dairying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While police were controlling crowds which watched a fire destroy portion of a foundry at Castlemaine yesterday, two prisoners scaled a reformatory wall, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Greek Government troops, under General Kondylis, have crossed the Struma and occupied Provata, and the rebels who opposed them are reported to be retreating in disorder, says the Athens correspondent of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →During 1934 there were 2966 alarm. of fire in0 N,S.W.—on increase of 225 on the previous year. Of these 846 were false alarms and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. J. Graham, a relief worker, narrowly saved the life of his wife, who was seriously ill and their child, when their home, a four-roomed weatherboard cottage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two boys were burned to death in a fire following on explosion in a workshop behind the Lygon Deadlight shop In Lygon-st., East…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Out of work for four years and now homeless after the fire which destroyed all their belongings yesterday, the Graham family at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two men saved themselves from a shocking death to-day by their promptness in escaping from blazing tar…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly to-day, discloses that during 1934 there were 2966 alarms of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →But for strenuous efforts by firemen, a most disastrous fire would have occurred in Flinders-lane to-day. Fumes from a large petrol tank came into contact with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leslie Smith, 14, of Coburg, and Charles Laden, 14, of East Brunswick, were burned to death following an explosion to-day in a workshop used for treating disused…
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