Fatal Fire on the Morro Castle Officers Sentenced New York
Sentences were Imposed to-day on officers of the Morro Castle, which was burned with heavy loss of life off the coast of Florida in 1934…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1936
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 44
Factory Blaze Fire Brigades' Good Save SYDNEY, Thursday Morning
A wickerwork factory operated by Manley Ferrari and Co. Ltd., in Alexandria, was severely damaged by fire early this morning. Fire brigades from several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prone Position for Fire Fighters Newtown Factory Damaged Sydney
Firemen from five metropolitan stations worked under extreme difficulties In fighting a lire which early to-day caused damage estimated at £500 to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Officers Sentenced Fatal Fire on Morro Castle New York, January 28
Heavy sentences were imposed to-day on several officers of the Morro Castle, which was burned, with heavy loss of life off the coast of Florida in 1934. Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Egyptian Riots Boy Killed When Police Fire on Mob CAIRO, January 28
The police were obliged to-night to fire on mobs at Damanhur. A boy was killed and another wounded. Two students at Mansura and one at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Riotous Students Defy "Sprinkler" Police Fire Pellets and Wound Many Cairo
During three hours of street fighting to-day the police experimented with a new weapon known as an "Ink sprinkler."…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mine Fire in India Rescue Parties Overwhelmed 200 Perish London
Five Europeans and about 200 Indian are reported to have perished in a fire in the Loyabad Colliery in Bihar…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cairo Riots "Ink Sprinkler" Failed Police Open Fire Cairo, January 29
During three hours' street fighting the police tried out against the students a new device, known as an "ink sprinkler." The rioters were sprayed with a harmless…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Threatens Hotel Guests Big Blaze at Bourke Thrilling Rescue of Woman Boarders in Peril
Two thousand people witnessed tome thrilling; rescues at Bourke early this morning when the Central Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →205 PERISH Indian Colliery Fire Rescue Parties Trapped London, January 31
Five Europeans and 200 Indians are reported to have perished in an underground fire in the Loyabad colliery at Jharia, Bihar, says the Calcutta correspondent of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shoe Store Fire Men Sent for Trial Coroner's Verdict Sydney
Finding that the fire which occurred at Hyland's Shoe Store, Rozelle, on January 11, had been maliciously caused, the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on Dredge
About 10.30 p.m. on Saturday, a fire broke out in the forepart of the dredge Hunter, moored in the channel opposite Walsh Island. The pilot steamer Birubi,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in Mines Serious Menace in India Legislation Forecast Calcutta, February 1
It has now been learned that the total death-roll in the Loyabad colliery disaster at Jharia, Bihar, was five Britons and 32 Indians. This explosion was the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Mayfield
A fire in a room of Miss Kent's hairdressing salon in Maitland-road, Mayfield, early last night, was put out by two chemical extinguishers before much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hamilton
Called to Hely Bros.' timber mill it Hudson-street. Hamilton, this morning. Newcastle and Hamilton fire brigades found that a small fire above the boiler…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Dead in Fire Father and Five Children Demented Parent Vancouver
While his wife was at a party, Joseph Jost, a farmer at Regina, set fire to his home burning himself and five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire on Island 'Plane and Steamer to Investigate Melbourne
The fire noticed yesterday on Anser Isle, seven miles off Wilson's Promontory, and which gave rise to the belief that castaways may be signalling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire at the Rock Grass and Fencing Burnt the Rock
About 1000 acres of grass and stubble paddocks were burned and miles of fences were destroyed by a fire which started yesterday in Messrs. Le…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Demented Father Sets Fire to House Six Burned to Death Regina (Canada), February 3
While his wife was at a party, Joseph Jost, a farmer, set fire to his home, burning himself and five children to death…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Spreads Uninhabited Island MELBOURNE
The fire noticed on Anser Island yesterday by the keeper of the Wilson's Promontory lighthouse was spreading over the whole island to-day. The cause…
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