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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 44
Peter Dove, 70, verger of the historic 100-year-old St. John the Baptist Church of England at Canberra, was burned to death in the early hours of this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage estimated at nearly £10,000 was caused to-day when a fire, believed to have been caused by a short circuit, broke out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The fire brigades at Cook's Hill and Wickham were called out twice within a few hours yesterday afternoon as a precaution against outbreaks of fires on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chief Fire Officer to-day made a report concerning the fire which broke out on the steamer Taroona, at North Wharf yesterday. He states that it would…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In preparation for the next demonstration of the New South Wales Volunteer Fire Brigades, to be held at Tamworth in March, a meeting of the Executive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out in a garage and workshop at the rear of a house at 30 Cram-street, Hamilton South, shortly after 1.30 o'clock the morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A workshop and garage, with most of its contents, which included a car and a large number of tools, was destroyed by fire at the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There was considerable excitement on Lee Wharf to-day when the Whales attended a blaze on the liner Jervis Bay. The fire which occurred in the galley teat extinguished after a brisk fight in which the ship's brigade assisted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hamilton Council, at its meeting last night, decided to have representations made to the Department of Justice of have the district police controlled from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire which broke out this morning on the Aberdeen-Commonwealth steamer Jervis Bay, berthed at Lee Wharf, damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A girl cloak room attendant and three patrons Were killed in a panic caused by a fire in a cabaret early this morning. AN entertainer was performing a dance with a burning torch in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prompt action by members of the crew, and firemen from headquarters, Newcastle East, and Hamilton fire stations, under District Officer L. C. Hurley,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A girl cloak room attendant and three patrons were killed early this morning in a panic following a fire in a cabaret. An entertainer was performing a dance…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners, who, with other members of the board, inspected the Glen Innes' fire station, advised that within a few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Four miners lost their lives in an explosion in a mine at Dinmore, near Ipswich, on Saturday night. They had been attempting to cut off an old fire burning about 1800ft. down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Chief Secretary (Mr. F. A. Chaffey) said to-day that the Returning Officer bad notified him that nominations had been received for the election to fill the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle City Council gave further consideration, at last night's meeting, to the possibility of securing the appointment of a candidate from the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The most destructive fire here for many years last night completely gutted the business premises of R. Moore (mercer), B…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leonard Bennett, the American boxer who arrived in Newcastle yesterday for his fight against Broncho Eldridge…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union has decided to ask the Government to pass legislation to compel fire insurance…
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