Bond Store Fire Damage Was Extensive SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused by the fire last night in the Grafton Bond and Free Stare, Kent-street, City. A large stock of newsprint, tobacco leaf,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1937
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 36
Busy Year Fire Brigades in N.S.W. SYDNEY
In 1936, fire brigades of New South Wales responded to calls compared with the record number of 5032 last year. Country fire calls increased by 348 to 1867, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waverley Fire Extensive Damage at Timberyards Brigades Save Cottages Sydney
Machinery and timber valued at £20,000 were destroyed by fire at Beat Bros.' timberyards, Henrietta-street, Waverley, to-night. Firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland and District West Maitland Fire Brigades No Serious Outbreaks Bicycle's Useful Work
The annual reports dealing with the activities of the fire brigades in the Maitland and Kurri Kurri fire districts for the past 12 months were made available…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →45 Fire Calls at Cessnock Annual Figures Released
Cessnock firemen did considerably more work last year than in 1935. Forty-five calls were received and attended to, and 42 fires were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Cruiser Seizes Spanish Steamer Fires Guns To Compel The Ship To Stop Makes Prisoners of the Crew London
The German cruiser Koenigsberg to-day seized the Spanish ore-carrying steamer Soton (1376 tons) and made prisoners of the crew. The Soton was in Spanish territorial waters when the Koenigsberg fired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House Destroyed Night Blaze at Dungog DUNGOG
A wooden cottage occupied by Mr. A. G. Westcott, railway guard of Myles-street, Dungog, was destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pitt-street Fire
Firemen from 15 brigades fought a fire in Robson House, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock No Serious Fires Brigade's 45 Calls Last Year
The annual report of the activities of the Cessnock Fire Bridge for last year was made available yesterday. The Station-officer (Mr. W. Edwards) stated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Fires on Coalfields Occupants Away at Time of Outbreaks
Cessnock Fire Brigade effected a smart save when a house occupied by David Harden at Railway-street, Cessnock, was ablaze in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pitt-street Blaze Big Building Damaged Fireman Injured Buried by Fallen Wall SYDNEY
District-officer Parks, of George Street West Brigade, narrowly escaped death when a partition wall on the top floor of Robson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hall Destroyed by Suspicious Fire New Zealand Disaster Auckland
incendiarism is the suspected cause of a fire that destroyed Runanga Miners' Hall and an adjoining dwelling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mersey Tunnel Fire Alarms
Some of those who have driven through the Mersey Tunnel, which is three miles long, may have thought that it was unnecessary to place fire alarms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spain Determined Challenge German Acts of Aggression Britain Watches Anxiously Insurgent Naval Forces Ordered to Fire on Ships Refusing to Be Searched (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 4
"The Spanish Government is determined not to allow a single act of aggression of the German Fleet to pass unchallenged, but will reply to each to the full extent of the means open to it," said the Spanish Foreign Minister (Senor del Vayo) at Valencia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wickham
Fearing a serious outbreak if the flames spread, Headquarters, Hamilton, and Wickham fire brigades were sent out in response to a fire alarm from a two-storied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bitumen on Fire Adelaide
A man was injured when thousands of gallons of bitumen and crude oil caught alight at the Local Government Department's plant at Keswick to-day. But for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mungindi Fire Boarding House Destroyed TAMWORTH
Mungindi had another disastrous fire late this afternoon when "Wellyn," a 10-room accommodation house owned by Mrs. Drew, was destroyed. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Lighter in Sydney Sydney
Damage estimated at £200 was caused by fire on Lever Bros, lighter Starlet (100 tons) moored near Mort's ; Dock early to-day. The cause of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Robbery and Fire Sydney
Detectives are investigating a fire which broke out in Lakans Bros.' grocery shop at Waverley to-night. Considerable damage to stock was caused by fire and water…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Home Destroyed Fire at Wallsend Occupants Were Absent
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Woodhouse lost all their possessions when a fire destroyed their home, in the locality of Wallsend known as New Tunnel, early yesterday…
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