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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 36
Ten persons were shot dead and 13 others were wounded in riots at Valjevo, following the visit of the Minister for Forests and Mines (Dr. Yankovitch). The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disorder, broke out on Friday in one locality in the south of Mauritius and police had to fire on the crowd, Killing one man, according to information which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fifteen natives were killed and 50 soldiers were wounded to-day in a conflict at Mckness in the French zone of Morocco…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A typhoon struck Hongkong at 2 a.m. to-day, and added to the loss of life caused during the last week by the outbreak of cholera…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →BEFORE, and after.—The photograph above shows a lorry load of Chinese soldiers, leaving barracks. The photograph at right shows the result after an almost direct hit by a Japanese bomb. WHAT NEXT for these?—Men, women and children, menaced by death from the air, [?] and [?] the International Settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hamilton and Cook's Hill Fire Brigades answered a call to a house at 90 Lindsay-street, Hamilton, shortly after 11 o'clock on Saturday night. They found a small…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempts were made during the week-end to burn two Newtown houses in which 11 persons were sleeping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A two-foot stick which penetrated the floor of R. Eyre's car at Horsham. Victoria, severed one of the wires, caused a short circuit, and set the vehicle alight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A spark from a painter's blowlamp is believed to have caused a fire that broke out in the laundry of an unoccupied weatherboard house in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The lugger Dai Nippon Maru No. 7, which arrived to-day, brought news of a disaster to a sister lugger, No. 1, owned by Mr. K. Yamami, of Kobe, who was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. and Mrs. George Galvin, who hove a cane farm about three miles from Innisfail, received a threatening letter on Sunday morning, demanding £1000. About…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Members and supporters of the Newcastle and District Boy Scouts' Association gathered in the Town Hall last night for the social event of the Scout year—the Camp Fire Ball. The hall was gaily decorated with the flags of all nations in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An indoor bush scene, with large gum trees and tents arranged on the stage, gave distinction to the Camp Fire Ball, which was held last night at the Town Hall. Appropriate decorations adorned the supper tables. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Addressing a conference on bushfire prevention to-day, Mr. E. Hudson, a Forestry Commissioner advocated that fire danger areas should be determined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Occupants of a Newcastle Aero Club plane which flew from Newcastle to Gloucester yesterday observed a number of bush fires in the ranges west of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Station Officer Walter Thomas Carr. one of the heroes of the Fire Brigade and an expert in gas rescues, was to-day found dead in his bath at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A request by Kearsley Shire Council for the provision of a modern fire station at Bellbird will be considered by the Board of Fire Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is probable that Murrurundi will have a volunteer fire brigade. The estimated annual cost is £400. and of this the council would have to find £100…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One of Sydney's best-known firefighters, and an expert in gas rescues, Station-Officer Walter Thomas Carr, was found dead by his wife in his bath at Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Newcastle Labor Council has circularised unions asking them to protest to the Premier and the Board of Fire Commissioners "against…
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