Coal Cargoes and Fire Risk
An important decision affecting the insurance of ships carrying Polish coal has been made by the Joint Hull Committee (says the Colliery Guardian"). This body…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 42
Murrurundi Brigade's First Fire
History was made at Murrurundi on Saturday night. The fire brigade, which was established about six months ago, attended its first fire. The fire occurred…
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The tannery of Baxters Ltd, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £100…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fine of £20 for False Alarm of Fire Auckland
For having given a false alarm of fire to the Auckland Brigade Robert Freak was fined £20 in the Police Court to-day…
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The prompt action of local residents in extinguishing a fire in a Morisset shop last night probably saved the rest of the block from destruction…
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Kurri Fire Brigade effected a good save when called out to a fire at an unoccupied cottage in Maitland-road. Stanford Merthyr, early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Tumut Sydney
Detective-Sergeant Delaney, Chief of the C.J.B. arson squad, left for Tumut to-night to investigate a fire which last night destroyed six shops and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Open Verdict at Fire Inquiry Relief Worker's Home
An inquiry into a fire that destroyed a house at Keareley on February 6 was held to-day by the Cessnoock Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →False Fire Alarm Heavy Fine in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
The offence was a serious one, and it had to stop, said a Magistrate at the Auckland Police Court to-day, when he fined Robert Freak £20 for having given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cottage Damaged by Fire
A fire broke out in an unoccupied weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. W. Dederer, of Kurri Kurri, in Maitland-street, Stanford Merthyr, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Morisset Wyong
A fire damaged the interior of the bootmaker's shop of F. D. Griffiths, in Dora-street, Morisset, about 10.30 last night. The flames were extinguished by local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Open Verdict Kearsley Fire Inquiry
The District Coroner, (Mr. W. .S. Johnston) held an inquiry at the Cessnock Courthouse yesterday into the cause of a fire which destroyed a five-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Public Appeal Proposed for Victims of a Fire
Among the last public acts of the Mayor of Waratah (Ald. S. F. Webb) before his council is absorbed by Greater Newcastle, will be the calling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Alarms by a Robot
Introduction of a system to reduce the number of false alarms of fire in London has been recommended by the Fire Brigade Committee of the L.O.O…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Linseed Oil Mill Razed £40,000 Fire in Sydney Sydney
Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused early to-day by a fierce fire which razed the mill room at James Barnes Ltd's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Fire in Canada Five Miners Lost OTTAWA
The heroism of William Altken, fire chief, saved five lives after an explosion and fire at a colliery in Alberta, which trapped ten miners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tragic Death of the Children in Fire Poignant Inquest Coroner Appeals for Help for Family
The opinion that two children who were trapped in a rear room of a blazing cottage at Mayfield and burned to death on March 20, had been playing with matches and had started the fire, was expressed by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Cessnock
A fire which occurred in a house at Melton-avenue, Cessnock, last night was confined to the bathroom by the Cessnock Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warehouse' Fire £5000 Damage in Sydney SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which broke out on the first floor of W. S. Friend and Company's warehouse in Clarence-street, City,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mysterious Fire Lessee Committed Suicide "Victim of Vendetta" Sydney
A finding that a sports club at Smithfield had been maliciously 'set on fire by some person or persons unknown on February 16, and that James Leslie Morris,…
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