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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 36
After another day of shelling, bombing, fires and street fighting in Shanghai it is still impossible to say which side is winning, though the Mayor (Mr. O. K. Yui) says that the Chinese, will have driven the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire at the Crystal palace, most of which was destroyed by fire last November, was subdued after five hours. Firemen were constantly in danger…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two fires occurred within an hour in produce stoves at Eastwood to-night. The buildings were badly damaged. The first outbreak was at the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A fire at the Crystal Palace most of which was destroyed by fire last November, was subdued after five hours. Firemen were constantly in danger from…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which (destroyed the Majestic Theatre, Ashburton. The water supply was inadequate, and the theatre, which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With the rejection by both China and Japan of the British proposals to neutralise Shanghai, fighting has been intensified. Extensive fires are raging in the eastern district of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →London, August 21.—Awakened by a fire at his Sussex home, Sir William Jowitt, K.C., a former Attorney-General, lowered his wife by blankets 20 feet from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When a trailer, which was being drawn behind a petrol waggon, overturned on the Prince's Highway, 14 miles from Portland, yesterday, 540 gallons of petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Activity on the various sectors quietened down at sunset after a day of fierce fighting amid burning areas, the military position becoming almost static later. Destructive fires continued to rage in various parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As time passes the chances of the Chinese dislodging the Japanese from Shanghai decrease. Observers are of opinion that they have made their effort a week too late. While the Chinese thrusts toward the Whangpoo River have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six men were killed, one is missing and 40 were injured as a result of a party having been trapped while fighting a fire in Shoshoni National Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The chief officer of the fire brigade at Logan (Utah) recently took delivery of a Studebaker coupe, which is a miniature "fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twelve relief workers are dead and 48 received burns as a result of having been trapped on a ledge of rock while fighting a fire in the Shoshoni National…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another of the relief workers who was injured when a party was trapped by fire in the Shoshoni National Forest has died, according to a message from Cody…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The hearing of a case of considerable interest to woolgrowers was begun in the High Court to-day. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. appealed by special…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A dog's loud bark last night saved the lives of Kenneth Hargreaves and his wife and seven-year-old son, Neville Hargreaves. when their home near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A general attack by land, sea, and air was launched this morning by the Japanese forces in Shanghai. The Chinese, whose forces were numerically about equal to those of the Japanese, fought stubbornly, but a breach was made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Judgment was reserved in the High Court to-day in the case in which Goldsbrough, Mort and Company Ltd. appealed by special leave from a decision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fireman Parry was overcome, and Fireman Jones was affected by gas fumes last night at a fire in the basement of a three-storied house in Newtown. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A man was killed when the police fired on a disorderly crowd in Mauritius. The situation is now normal…
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