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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 36
Scenes during the fire in George-street West, Broadway, Sydney. The photograph above shows firemen from 16 brigades working with their hoses. THE MEMORIAL to the famous war general. Marshal Foch. If contains his body and liss sear Napoleon's tomb is the lavalides Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A fire broke out in some dry vines and trees on the river bank behind Mr. H. W. Tegg's office in High-street, West Maitland, yesterday morning. West…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Women who attended the conference held in Newcastle yesterday to discuss the cost of living. Mrs. Roberts, who presided, is shown with Mrs. E. Hilliard in the centre of the group…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a time when nine out of ten people seem to be cherishing fond ambitions of becoming stars, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A road speed of up to 50 miles an hour and pumping equipment capable of dealing with 350 gallons a minute, either from a street hydrant the harbour, or…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Less than 100 years ago the whole of the Royal Regalia and Crown Jewels of England narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire. On October 30, 1841, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the Bon Accord Country Club guest house at Springwood was completely destroyed by fire early to-day guests narrowly escaped with their lives. One was injured when, in escaping with the aid of knottde sheets, he crashed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bon Accord Country Club,"' a guest house at Springwood, was destroyed by fire to-day. It had 40 bedrooms. The damage is estimated at £50,000. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jack Kirkness (30), bus proprietor, of Avoca Beach, was badly burned about the left hand and both arms to-day when petrol, which he was using to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Apart from the loss of human lives bush fires cause damage to the extent of £1,000,000 each year in New South Wales, said Mr. J. B. Cramsie, who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With 50ft, tongues of flame stabbing the darkness and wave upon wave of sparks floating menacingly toward the town, 12,000 tons of stacked firewood…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miss Elaine de Chair, who spent several years of her girlhood in Sydney when her' father was Governor of N.S.W. and whose engagement to Mr. R. J. Hamer, of Fawley (Hampshire) was announced a few days ago, was the heroine of a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The building near the Council Chambers, Wickham, which for many years has housed the Fire Brigade equipment of the suburb, and provided accommodation…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Fire completely destroyed a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Railway-street, Whitebridge, at 1.30 this morning. The occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meery,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Part of the furniture and wall living were damaged by a fire which broke out in a bedroom of a house in Redmond-street Islington, about 5 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hamilton and Adamstown Fire Brigades put out a fire which began in one of the horse-boxes at the Newcastle Jockey Club's racecourse on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damage estimated at £2500 was done by fire which early this morning totally destroyed the Wyong Cooperative…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wyong fruit packing sheds were destroyed by fire curly this morning. The alarm was given shortly after 120 a.m., and the Lire had a good he…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The steamer Welcombe (5122 tons), which is proceeding to England from Newcastle (New South Wales), via Dakar, with general cargo, reports that there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Valued conservatively at £5,000,000, the Crown Jewels and Regalia were last night taken from the Tower and delivered into the care of the Dean of Westminster. Until they were needed for the ceremonies, they…
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