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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 44
Five small fires, which occurred at the rear of the Catholic School, Woy Woy, to-day, are believed by firemen to have been deliberately started as a joke against the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Her forward saloon torn and buckled, grim evidence of the ordeal through which she had passed, the liner Ormonde…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Senor Salanzr Alonso fared the firing squad in the model prison with his eyes unbandaged, at his own request. He himself ordered the riflemen to fire, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Ormonde is due to arrive at Sydney Heads at 4 a.m. to-morrow. The fire in the liner's hold was extinguished to-day and she cleared Twofold Bay for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →STEWARDS on the Ormonde formed themselves into gangs to carry more hoses to the outbreak. Above: FIREMEN from Sydney conferring with the ship's First Officer and his staff. At right: Immediately the fire was discovered, members of the crew rushed to the ventilators to stop the draught. THE DAMAGED forward dining saloon. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The liner Ormonde reached Sydney at 5 o'clock this morning, and was inspected by surveyors and officials of the Orient Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A small fire at the factory premises of J. Ireland Ltd., Union Street, Newcastle, was put out by Headquarters Brigade with chemical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire occurred in curious circumstances in Stuart-street, South Melbourne, at 1.25 a.m. to-day. Three men were driving a car along the street when it collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A bed and part of the other furniture in a room on the upper floor of a two-storeyed dwelling in King-street, Newcastle, occupied by Mr. Donald Whitford,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Policy are investigating a report that a three-roomed dwelling, and two shacks, the property of Mr. K. Jeffery, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Company's vessel Wingatui, 2388 tons is on fire nine hours steam from Napier. The vessel is racing to port. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neweastle district fire brigades quelled three grass fires, one at Blackalls extending over six acres, yesterday. The outbreak at Blanckalls was near the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly before 3.30 this afternoon an outbreak of fire occurred on the top floor of the premises of Waddington…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The fire on the Wingatul was extinguished in Napier Harbor this morning and an examination showed that very little damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →While the ship, Wingatul, belonging to the Union Company, was on route from Wellington to Auckland, a fire was noticed early this morning in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Under the Chief Ranger (Mr. G. Berry) a number of men to-day burned firebreaks to prevent the spread of the bush fire raging in Kuring Gai Chase…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kurri Fire Brigade was called out to an outbreak of fire at Heddon Greta yesterday evening. The bush surrounding the residence of Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The location of a fire, in which the Mayor (Ald. Charles Wilson) and his wife were burnt to death in 1902, was the scene of an outbreak early this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →About 4 p.m. yesterday, Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade received an urgent call to Heddon Greta, where the shrub and bush was alight. The fire approached the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Although it took firemen no longer than half an hour to master a fire in the trimming branch of the body-building works of Waddington and Co. Ltd., in…
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