Cottage on Fire Blaze at West Cessnock
A fire broke out last eight in a seven-roomed weatherboard cottage in Wollombi-road. Wrest Cessnock. Two rooms and their contents were destroyed, but…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1937
706 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 36
Babies Under Fire Noise Stops Their Crying
Baby's love of a good tin tray and a spoon should have prepared the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the results of a startling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Arabs Killed Police Fire on Strikers TUNIS, March 6
Four Arabs were killed and many wounded when police again opened fire on strikers in the mining district of Tunisia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Averted Volunteers' Prompt Action
Prompt action on the part of an employee, Reginald Challenger, and several friends, averted a serious outbreak of fire amongst old motor-cars and cycles stored…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Work Suspension Electric Sub-stations in Sydney Underground Fire Danger Sydney
The Chief Secretary's Department has asked the Sydney County Council to suspend the construction of 80 underground sub-stations in the city. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Haystacks Destroyed by Fire Muswellbrook
Four haystacks, the property of Messrs. A. Weldmann and Co., were destroyed by fire as the result of internal combustion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Damage Factory Fire in Sydney Building Nearly Gutted Sydney
Heavy damage was caused by a fire which practically gutted the Standard Wheat Co. factory in Parramatta-road, Forest Lodge, to-night. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Lost in Fire Claim Against Company Important Judgment Sydney
The Full Court to-clay delivered an important judgment in a case on the result of which approximately £10,000 depended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Falls on to Fire Grafton
When Mrs. Catherine Taylor, 54, suffered a seizure and fell into the fire at her home at Pipeclay, her head, face, Sand hands came into contact with the hot…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →False Fire Alarm Morning Stir in the City
There was some excitement in the City this morning when four fire engines raced up to the new Colonial Mutual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Perish New Zealand Fire Only One Identified Wellington (N.z.)
The bodies of three persons were found in the ruins of a dilapidated, abandoned house on the banks of the Taieri River at Henley, Otago, which was burned down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Inquiry Into Ship Fire Adelaide
The Deputy Director of Navigation (Captain A. H. D. Grantley) decided not to hold on inquiry into the fire which forced the Duntroon to return to Adelaide on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Breaks Out in Hotel Little Damage Done
There was a commotion in the bar of the Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton, to-day, when fire broke out. Flames began to spread rapidly from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suva Copra Store Fire Suva
The concrete copra store of Morris and Hedstrom, Rodwell-road. Suva containing 300 tons of copra, was destroyed by fire last night. The Union Soap end…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Calls Last Night Brigades Were Kept Busy
Fire brigades had a busy time last night and early this morning attending to three fire alarms—one at Newcastle, one at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forest Fire Sweeps Mountains Spread Is Feared Melbourne
With help from rain a remote possibility, volunteers from Kergunyah are fighting to prevent the spread of a mountain forest fire to the Kiewa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescue at Sea British Vessel on Fire Cruiser Saves Passengers (Australian Associated Press.) HONOLULU, March 14
The cruiser Louisvlle raced 350 miles in less than 12 hours, and rescued eight passengers who were adrift in lifeboats from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Madrid Prepared for Any Assault Rebels Reform in Old Lines Loyalists Fire Propaganda London
Madrid is now a veritable fortress crammed with ammunition, though short of food, and prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forty-one Dead Fire in Japanese Coalmine TOKIO, March 16
Forty-one men were asphyxiated while fighting a fire in a coalmine at Osawa The death roll was increased owing to the driver of a rescuing motor-lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Car Blaze Follows Crash Into Tree
A car which swerved to miss running into straying cattle on the road to Paxton at 1 a.m. to-day crashed into a tree and burst into flames…
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