33 Bushfires in Three Days Brigades Kept Very Busy Efficient Work Earns Praise
Thirty-three fires in the Newcastle district were attended by the brigades during the past three days…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 44
Bush Fires
Sir,—A recent news item stated that the attention of motorists had been directed to the extremely heavy penalty to be inflicted for careless attention to…
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A spark from a fuel stove started a fire to premises occupied by Mr. J. Gill, at Hannell Street, Wickham, today…
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The very trying weather, of yesterday gave way to cooler conditions to-day. The temperature during the night was 12.5 degrees lower than on the previous night,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fugitive Stopped Constable Fires Two Shots MELBOURNE
While being take from the Malvern Police Court this afternoon, after having appeared in a Court case earlier in the day, a man jumped from a police car,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A London Fire of 1834
If we were living in the year 1834, the morning papers of October 17 would have announced that on the previous evening the House of Lords and the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires Checked Another Anxious Day on North Coast Many Homes Saved Grafton
When the strong, westerly wind gave place to a light cool breeze to-day, the progress of the bushfires in the Clarence River district was checked…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cafe on Fire Diners Make Hurried Exit Thrill for Lunch-hour Shoppers
The dining-room on the upper floor of the Cosmopolitan Cafe, Hunter-street, Newcastle, was damaged, and the kitchen behind it gutted by fire at the lunch…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Smoke Haze Over Town Bushfire Aftermath at Grafton Grafton
Enveloped in the densest smoke haze since the bush fires began, Grafton residents were to-day forced continually to carry handkerchiefs to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes Burnt Three Near Anna Bay Last Week's Bush Fires
News came to Newcastle during the week-end of three houses gutted and another partly destroyed by the bush fires which roared…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Much Damage Blaze at Casino Fireman Injured in Explosion Lismore
Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused to-night when fire destroyed the general store of Smith's Ltd., situated on the corner of Walker…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over Many Miles Fires Still Burning in North GRAFTON
Heavy rain is needed effectively to stop the bush fires which are still burning over miles of county in the Clarence River district. This afternoon, showers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good Rain Queensland North Coast Put Out Many Fires Brisbane
Isolated thunderstorms during the week-end resulted in good relief rain in several centres on the North Coast. In addition the falls extinguished many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfires in Grafton District Grafton
The wind having dropped and light rain fallen, bush fires in the Grafton district have been reduced to patchy outbreaks. To-day there were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stock Losses Bush Fires in North Forest Reserves Damaged Grafton
Telephone communication with Jackadgery, which was been cut off by bush fires since Thursday, was restored this afternoon. Fires caused damage in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Fire on Marella's Deck Sydney
A fire on the poop deck of the liner Marella at Pyrmont to-day caused excitement, but the blaze was only of short duration…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire at Waterworks Flames Fought for Three Hours
Farmers from properties adjoining Walka waterworks and employees of the waterworks united in a three-hour fight to-day to prevent the spread of…
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Mr. F. B. Sinderberry has been appointed to represent the Newcastle branch of the New South Wales Fire Brigades' Association on the Trades Hall…
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The National Roads and Motorists' Association reminds motorists that when on tour they are required to conform with the provisions of the Careless Use…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fire on Marella Sydney
There was excitement on the water-front at Pyrmont to-day when flames about seven feet high were noticed on the poop deck of the Marella. A shore…
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