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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 44
Three women and an infant were burned to death and a man was killed after a leap from the fourth floor during a spectacular early morning fire in a four-storey apartment house in the heart of the residential section of New York…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three women and an infant were burred to death and a man was killed in a leap from a fourth floor during a spectacular early morning fire in a four-storey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in the poppet heads and surface buildings of the old Glebe colliery on Saturday afternoon. caused considerable damage to the small screen coal boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A madman's attempt to set fire to the Swedish liner Gripsholm during a storm in mid-Atlantic was revealed when the vessel arrived at Gothenburg, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A regulation issued by the German Department of Mines emphasises the precautions to be taken in case of an outbreak of fire in a colliery. It states that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dr. Francis Sarga, who challenged nine men to duels, has offered, in the spirit of Christmas, and to celebrate the birth of his first born (a daughter), to forgive his traducers and withdraw the remaining duelling challenges, if apologies are offered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at more than £9000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Club Hotel, a shop and a garage at Cloncurry early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire, the cause of which is not known, broke out on the British freighter Forth-bank, at Woolloomooloo Bay, yesterday afternoon. Five wharf-labourers were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A thrilling holiday spectacle was provided to-day by a fire in an underground railway in the centre of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trapped on hoard a blazing motor yacht in Port Hacking this morning three men were faced with the prospect of a half-mile swim through shark infested waters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage estimated at £2000 was done this afternoon by an outbreak of fire at the new store of G. J. Coles and Co. Ltd. in Summer-street…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire hydrants in Woolloomooloo were yesterday sealed with cement, probably by youths. Serious fires in the district, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A thrilling holiday spectacle was provided to-day by a fire in an underground railway in the centre of the city. Enormous crowds were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire has destroyed the Plaza picture theatre in Wellington. The flames were subdued after an hour's strenuous fight. The cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by fire at the now store of G. J. Coles and Co. Ltd., in Summer-street, Orange, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →During 1936 there were 36 fires in the Maitland fire district against 23 in 1835. The increase was due to the number of calls for small bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire, which broke out in a storeroom at MacRobertson's confectionery factory at Fitzroy to-night, caused damage roughly estimated at £10,000. The brigades were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday. The police have arrested a man following the finding of pieces of bone in the ashes of a fire at the camp…
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