24 Burned to Death Big Hotel Fire America New York
At least 24 persons were killed and ten injured by a fire at Atlanta (Georgia) during the night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 42
Fire Tragedy Mystery Detectives to Have Help of Analysts SYDNEY
Detectives investigating the death of Mrs. Maria Jane Gash and her two-year-old son are still uncertain how they met their fate at Morundah an May 7…
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Several bags of coke were set alight by a spark from a boiler in the bottle yard of James Wilde, at the corner of Tudor-street and Maitland-road, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hotel Fire 24 Persons Killed Trapped by Roof Fall New York, May 16
At least 24 persons were killed and 10 injured by a fire at Atlanta (Georgia) during the night. The fire followed an explosion in a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rugby Union Should Be Bright Newcastle-Fire Brigades Game Importance to Selectors
The match between Newcastle Rugby Union and the New South Wales Fire Brigades first XV. at Mitchell Park on Saturday is expected to provide sparkling…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Representative Union Game on Saturday First Of The Season Sydney Fire Brigadesmen to Play at Newcastle
The first representative Rugby Union game of the season will be played at Mitchell Park on Saturday when a Newcastle XV. will oppose the N.S.W. Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Store Fire Causes Panic
Firemen used extension ladders to get panic-stricken customers and sales-girls from Coles' store in Sydney yesterday. A blaze started when a man stubbed a cigarette butt on the fireworks counter…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Scare Panic in Sydney Store Brigade Rescues Cigarette Causes Flare SYDNEY
When a fire started among the fireworks on a counter at the premises of G. J. Coles and Company Ltd., Pitt and King Streets, to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Small Fire at Stockton
Stockton fire brigade was called out last night to a cottage in course of construction at the intersection of Pembroke and Mitchell Streets, where a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Brigade Union Team Sydney Players Met Newcastle
Newcastle Rugby Union players were up against stiff opposition to-day, when a representative team met the formidable Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rugby Union First Grade Newcastle v Fire Brigade Half-time Scores
Teams: NEWCASTLE: F. Ball. J. Brown, T. Hills, D. Fleming, J. Dean, W. Dixon, J. Rutherford, W. Dean, W. Steere, R. McCracken, S…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rugby Union Hard Game Fire Brigades Defeated Newcastle Level Until Interval
New South Wales Fire Brigades Rugby Union team defeated Newcastle by 16 points to 11 at Mitchell Park on Saturday. The teams were level until…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£100,000 Fire in New Zealand Radio Station and Theatre Christchurch
Fire which caused damage estimated at more than £100,000 occurred early, to-day in a block of buildings in Colombo-street, north of Cathedral…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Christchurch Fire Theatre Roof Collapses Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated at £100,000 was causeed by a fire in a four-storied building at Christchurch to-day. The fire originated in the upper floors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Change in Command Newcastle Fire Division
Inspector H. Coghlan, who has been in command of the Newcastle fire division for the past 18 months, has resigned, and has been succeeded by Acting Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Jews Fire on Arabs Jerusalem, May 24
Following the murder of three Jews yesterday, six Arabs were going to work to-day when they were ambushed and wounded with gunshots. Two others were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →If Fire Started Port Hunter Equipment Chamber of Commerce Report
An interesting review of the equipment available at the port of Newcastle to fight a fire on the harbour, and the methods that would be adopted, is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Fire Chief
Acting-Inspector W. J. Bottle, who has succeeded Inspector H. Coghlan as officer in-charge of the Newcastle Sire Division Acting-Inspector a Brtle, who comes from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Man's Suicide at Wollombi Walking Stick Used To Fire Gun
The theory that George Edward Cooper, 69, of Sunnyside. Wollombi, had ended his life by releasing the trigger of a shot gun with a walking…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Verdict of Suicide Walking Stick Used to Fire Gun
Using a walking stick to discharge a gun on May 14, George Edward Cooper, 60, of Payne's Crossing, in the Wollombi district, received the full charge in his head,…
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