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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 42
William Gough, 58, of Balaclava, suffered server burns to-day when he made two attempts to find his brother in a burning weatherboard cottage. His…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A fire, caused by the overheating of an electric iron, severely damaged the laundry of a house in Baker-street, Mayfield, early last night. Fireman from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire brigades from Newcastle East and headquarters at Cook's Hill hurried to the Criterion Hotel, Newcastle, about 10.30 o'clock yesterday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A weatherboard cottage at Coff's Harbour Jetty owned and occupied by George Keevers, junior, and the whole of the contents, were destroyed by fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anti-Japanese sentiment is suspected as the cause of the deaths of three Japanese "boys." trapped by fire in a tenement which was totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The burning hulk of the ferry Unit, which caught alight on the harbor to-day, is seen being towed by the Jocelyn to the punt Kooroogaba, where a fire crew from Cook's Hill headquarters was stationed with-its engine. Clouds of steam rose high into the air when firemen climbed aboard the smouldering hull of the ferry Unit, which was alight in the harbor to-day. The fireman in the picture has jumped down from the deck of the vehicular ferry Kooroongaba which took the fire engine and its crew to the scene of the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anti-Japanese sentiment is suspected as the cause of the death of three Japanese "boys" trapped by a fire in a tenement which was totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Frequent firing of the Irak petroleum pipe line is causing increasing concern to the authorities, states the Jerusalem correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Your house is on fire" cried a woman to-day as Mrs. Elsie Luckman of Young-street, Neutral Bay was buying a loaf of bread some distance…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire completely destroyed on Tuesday night a hayshed on a farm at Mondrook, owned by Mr. M. Singleton, and worked on shares by Mr. J. T. Frazer. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To secure an adequate water pressure to fight a fire at the premises of the New South Wales Produce Company at Concord late to-day, firemen had to run…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tardy notification to the fire brigade or the recent fire on a ferry munch on the harbor, contributing toward a delay of '25 minutes before the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police are investigating the cause of an outbreak of fire which occurred at Selby House. Flinders-lane, this morning. When firemen arrived they found wooden boxes…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shots were fired by police during a chase in Mosman this afternoon. None of them took effect and the three men who were being pursued escaped into the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The fire which broke out on a launch in Newcastle Harbour on Wednesday was discussed by the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Imperial Airways' airliner, Dorado, caught fire this morning while preparing to take off for Bangkok (Siam). The passengers, mails, and freight were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It is reported from Madrid that in a raid on Alicante insurgent aircraft set fire to the British steamer Maryad…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →August Frank Ragusin, 35, a quarryman, was acquitted ,at the Central Criminal Court to-day of a charge of having caused malicious damage to property. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire destroyed the general store owned by Western Stores and Edgeley's Limited today and £10,000 worth of damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →When she reached Auckland the liner Remuera completed an eventful voyage from London. First she encountered terrific gales and…
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