Bulk Oil Tanks Risk of Fire Discounted
"As far as oil storage in Newcastle is concerned, the people can rest assured that they are well protected," declared the president of the Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1936
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 44
Fire Brigade Workshops May Be Established at Newcastle
The Board of Fire Commissioners is giving consideration to the establishment of a workshop in Newcastle to serve the district and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Stations Two to be Closed in Newcastle Board's Inspection
The Board of Fire Commissioners, members of which are making an inspection of brigades in the Newcastle fire district, announced yesterday that it had been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Arson Charge Fails Ellengowan Fire Sequel LISMORE
Without hearing evidence for the defence, the jury at Lismore Quarter Sessions found Charles Sidney Lockhart not guilty on a charge of arson, and he was…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Visit Completed Board of Fire Commissioners Presentation at Merewether
The Board of Fire Commissioners completed their tour of inspection of the Newcastle fire district yesterday, with visits to Merewether and Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire in Melbourne Early To-day Melbourne
Twenty men were thrown out of work and more than £8000 damage was caused by a fire which occurred on the top floor of a machine factory in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Maniac Is Busy in New York Where Napoleon Met Josephine Famous Paris Cape Is to Close Paris, April 8
The last few years have seen the closing of a food many of the historic Paris restaurants. One of the latest on this list is the Oeuf…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£8000 DAMAGE South Melbourne Blaze Firemen Save Machinery Melbourne
Four firms in a building in Queen's Bridge-road, South Melbourne, suffered damage totalling £8000 when a fire burnt out the top floor shortly after 4 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saved From Destruction Muswellbrook Home Last Night's Blaze Muswellbrook, Tues
The prompt work of hundreds of residents, who formed a bucket brigade saved from total destruction one of the historic homesteads of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clubhouse Blaze Many Bowls Sets Burnt Moree Club's Big Loss Moree
More than 50 nets of bowls were burned in a fire which destroyed the Moree bowling clubhouse early this morning. The damage is estimated at £1200…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Flats Steward Seeks Revenge Exploded Gas in Basement Berlin, April 26
Actuated by a grievance against his sister and a niece, a 61-year-old steward, Franz Hanel, opened a gas tap in the basement of a block of flats they owned,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Maniac Activity in New York Police Search Fails New York, April 26
An extraordinary concentration of police to-day failed to bring about the capture of an "alcoholic pyromanie," who, on several consecutive Sunday mornings, has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firemen But No Fire Shock for Councillors Discussing Fire Board Act Sydney
While a heated debate was proceeding at a meeting of representatives of municipal and shire councils in the Sydney Fire District to-night at Manufacturers' House,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mill Destroyed by Fire Blaze in Auburn Sydney
Fed by 30 tons of ground coaf a fire completely gutted the mill building of James Cumming and Sons, ironfounders and blacking manufacturers,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Explosion and Fire Man Burned at Mortlake SYDNEY
While working alone in the chemical department at the works of Thomas and Cameron Ltd., at Mortlake to-day, Reginald Price, 45, of Parramatta, was badly…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Spectacular Fire Food Factory Gutted OVER £30,000 Damage Melbourne
In a spectacular blaze, which was fought by five brigades a three-storied building, occupied by the Kornie Food Company Pty. Ltd., at Bouverie-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bombs Thrown Disturbances in Palestine Police Fire on Crowd London, April 29
As a consequence of yesterday's disturbances at Nazareth, in Palestine, the Arab strike leaders have been arrested. One of five bombs thrown in Jaffa wrecked a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Much Stock Ruined Fire in Inverell Store Firemen's Difficult Task Inverell
Fire sirens alarmed Inverell residents for, the second time within a fortnight last night when a fire, broke out in the upstairs portion of Burge Bros.' brick…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heavy Damage South Grafton Blaze Early Morning Outbreak Grafton
Damage estimated at more than £20,000 was done when fire destroyed Webber's sawmill, joinery works, and ice works at South Grafton early this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rescued Airmen Arrival at Cloncurry Experiences in Bush Rationed Food: Lit Fires BRISBANE
Flying-Officer W. Hely and Leading Aircraftsmen R. B. Sherwood and H. Walkington, who were lost in Central Australia for nine days recently when they…
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