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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 36
A fire, which might have proved more serious but for its timely discovery, broke out on H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth dockyard to-day. It originated in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A youth was badly burned about the face and head, and Fireman Henry Clements received severe-burns on the right hand, in a fire which broke out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Workmen busy on the reservoir at Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Extensive damage was caused by a mysterious fire which gutted a portion of Spatt's clothing mills, , Brunswick, at 1 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The position in Waziristan has improved so much, says a message from Simla, that many units are returning to their stations. The campaigns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When 120 guests at a wedding reception at Jedrzekon were dancing, the floor collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two kiosks were destroyed by fire at Sydney Showground on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old gazettes and other papers which it is impossible to replace and historical documents and valuable books were lost in a fire at the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brigades from Cook's Hill and Newcastle East put out a fire in a storeroom at the rear of a shop and dwelling occupied by Mrs. Marie Braye, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire in the bedroom of a weatherboard house in Milton-street, Hamilton, was extinguished by the Hamilton Fire Brigade this afternoon with chemical…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four children and their mother were dramatically rescued by a Greek early to-day from a fire which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When a fire broke out in the Queensland Public Library to-day old gazettes and other papers, which it is impossible to replace, as well as historical documents and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Tokio correspondent of "The Times" says that an evening broadcast suggested that Nanking may emulate Moscow in 1812, inasmuch as part of the capital from which the Japanese are four miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weather that may lead to bushfires is coming, says the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares). He is advising farmers to be on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smashing a window of a burning house in Steinfield Street. Ballarat East, early this morales. George Shearer, a milkman, plunged into the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When a fire broke out and caused extensive damage to auction rooms and adjoining premises in the city early to-day. Jim Kanakas, who was in one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"A low-pressure movement, which has been gradually working eastward across the State, has reached the coast," says Mr. Mares, the State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Following robberies at Port Kembla, Police attempted to arrest a man who called for a parcel le had left at South Beach kiosk, Wollongong, The man…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Before leaving for England, the Leader of the British Labor Party (Mr. Attlee) saw black seaplanes from the Balearics met by a terrific Republican…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two women and seven children were burned to death in an apartment house at Knoxsville, Tennessee, to-day…
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