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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 44
Germany was in despair. The Kaiser had fled. Revolution had broken out and chaos ruled on the home front. The severity of the Armistice terms appalled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused last night when four business premises in Stanley-street, containing drums of oil, were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A small fire in the roof of a Railway Department building at Woodville Junction this afternoon was extinguished by brigades with the aid…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police are investigating a fire which occurred in a building in Sussex-street, City, to-night. When the firemen arrived, the top floor…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Official visitors at the Camp Fire Ball at the Town Hall next Thursday night will Include the Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney (Aid. George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE TWO-STORIED weatherboard shop and residence occupied by Mr. A. H. Lewis in Milchell-street, Stockton, was badly damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. This picture was taken shortly after the fire brigade arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Civilian clubs will continue their quarterly competitions at Adamstown on Saturday from the 700 yards mounds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Although badly injured when her clothes were practically burnt from her body, Miss Dorothy Rex, 26, daughter of Harry Rex, of the Rottnest hostel,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A two-storied weatherboard shop and residence in Mitchell-street, Stockton, was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. At one stage the flames swept up the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rev. L. E. Valentine, of Llandudue, Professor Saunders Lewis, Lecturer in Welsh at University College, Swansea, and President of the Welsh Nationalist…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Benefits for bushfire fighters who are injured or killed when fighting bushfires are provided in the accident fund scheme agreed to by the Central Council of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two interludes in dancing were made at the annual Camp Fire Ball in Newcastle Town Hall last night; one for the presentation of four debutantes to the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Fire Commissioners visited Swansea and Charlestown this afternoon to discuss proposals for fire brigade services in those places…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Newcastle Camp Fire Ball al the Town Hall last night left nothing to be desired in the way of entertainment and reflected fine organisation. The decorations were elaborate, and were made effective…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cottages were threatened by a bushfire in Woy Woy to-night. Although the volunteer fire brigade and other helpers were hampered by lack of water, the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Despite more than an hour's battle by the crew, the luxury launch, Nirvana, which was valued at £2500, and was one of the best-known craft on the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Due to an overheating of electrical equipment, there was an outbreak of fire in Noel McGavin's butcher's shop in Alma-road, New Lambton, about 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen had a hazardous task yesterday in quelling a fire at Gearin and O'Riordan's dripping factory near Mlscot. It caused extensive damage to building…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The famous Opera House had a narrow escape from destruction when a fire broke out early this morning, apparently due to a short circuit. Nine brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spanish Insurgent troops entered the northern coastal city of San Sebastian this morning. They were unopposed, except for sporadic…
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