Men Back at Work Cessnock No. 2 Mine Fire
Only 10 employees were without work to-day owing to the fire which yesterday made necessary the scaling of a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 42
Mine Fire Portion of Cessnock No. 2 Section Quickly Sealed
A fire was discovered yesterday morning in No. 2 tunnel—the smaller section—of Cessnock No. 2 colliery. The section was at once…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Junction Fire Bakehouse Badly Damaged
A bakehouse at Union-street, Junction, owned by Mr. E. T. Williams, of Farquhar-street, Junction, and occupied by Mr. H. J. Adams, was damaged by fire about…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Schools Without Winter Fires Indignation Grows in Sydney Sydney
Indignation is growing among parents and teachers at the Education Department's failure to provide fires In State schools…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Her Abduction Charge Hangs Fire The Count Stays Away LONDON
Count Haugwitz Reventlow, for whom a warrant of arrest has been issued at Bow Street Court, did not come to England to-day, as was anticipated. The applicatton for a warrant had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell Near Open Fire
Mrs. Eliza Crampton, 86, of Gunambi-street, Wallsend, was found lying unconscious near an open fire by her daughter shortly before 7 o'clock last night. She…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Chinese Trapped in Fire Smart Rescue in Sydney Sydney
Firemen were astounded last night when, mounting the stairs of a building which adjoined a blazing shop in Pitt-street, they found six Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Life's Work Went "Up in Smoke" Big Fire in Sydney Early To-day Sydney
When £12,000 worth of damage was done by fire early to-day at the R.C.S. Radio laboratory. Darlington. Ronald Bell, a young man, saw his life's work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Larrakia's Master Evidence on Japanese Claims Story of Arrests "Heave To, or I Fire," Was Signal DARWIN
Evidence was given by Captain Haultain, master of the Larrakia, when the hearing of Japanese claims for £75,000 against the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Scare Petrol Lighter Smashed Cook's River Bridge Prompt Action Averts Blaze SYDNEY
A fire scare was caused this afternoon when a lighter carrying 26,000 gallons of petrol in bulk collided with the Cook's River…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Damage Radio Laboratory Blaze Injury to Fireman Sydney
One fireman had hospital treatment for injuries received while fighting a fire at the premises of the R.C.S. Radio Laboratory in Darlington yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hamilton Inquest Held by Coroner
In the early hours of June 4, a house occupied by William Frederick Taylor, and owned by Mrs. Martha Mathieson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Open Verdict Coroner Not Satisfied Fire at Hamilton "Circumstances Suspicious"
An open verdict was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) after an inquiry at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the cause of a fire in a house…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Van on Fire Merriwa Train Blocked Muswellbrook
[?] train was proceeding from Muswellbrook to Merriwa a workman's van caught fire about three miles from Muswellbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire at Mayfield
A grass fire on the railway embankment near Upfold-street, Mayfield, was beaten out by firemen from Waratah brigade yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Threatened At Canberra CANBERRA
Just as dawn was breaking, wisps of smoke began to creep under a door into the House of Representatives to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires in Schools 'Cause Colds," Says Teacher
Exercise in winter, in preference to fives in class-rooms in [?]vocated by the Headmaster of the function Public School…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket Beside the Hearth Rush for Gas Fires
While the Australian cricketers. are fighting in England for the Ashes. the Newcastle Gas Co., as an indirect but definite result, is faced with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fighters Found It Cold! Katoomba
A fireman who, at 330 a.m. today, fought a fire at Blackheath, said that it was so bitterly cold that the spray from the hose turned to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Airliner Burnt Fire Starts in Engines BRISBANE
Valued at £1000, an airliner belonging to Airlines of Australia Ltd. was destroyed by fire at Mackay to-day. The machine, which was piloted by…
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