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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 42
Sir Francis Drake's drum, which legend says rolls a warning note when England is in danger, was saved from at fire which destroyed Buckland Abbey in Devon,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →After a fight which lasted half an hour, Toronto Fire Brigade, under Captain Gain, beat out a bush fire which swept a large area at Kilaben…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Fire Bridge was called out to two grass fires yesterday afternoon. The first fire, at 1.40 p.m., was on the Allandale-road, near the cemetery, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Alan Ling, 18, of Chatswood, was severely burned about the legs and lower part of the body when his motor-cycle caught alight after colliding with a sulky…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Six prisoners who acted as firefighters in Parramatta gaol on Christmas Eve are to receive special rewards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When his car skidded on and overturned in Mann-street, Gosford, this afternoon, Alfred White, 83, of Point Frederick, Gosford, the only occupant,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Toronto Fire Brigade was called to a bush fire on vacant land along the Kilaben Bay road on Saturday afternoon. Several properties were endangered. No…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A weatherboard shop and dwelling in Iris-street, Paddington, were destroyed by fire late to-night. The premises were owned by Mr. W. Heban, who was absent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six people lost their live as a result of rioting at Bizerta yesterday, Demonstrators, protesting against the expulsion of an agitator named Hassen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One man was seriously injured and two others suffered burns when an explosion occurred on Mr. Harold Arnott's auxiliary yacht…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →lot, dry summer days have brought bush fires in the outlying districts of Newcastle and residents have had many anxious hours. This picture shows flames leaping through some dense bush near Cockle Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several small bush or grass fires were reported from outlying districts yesterday. In only once instance was a fire brigade called. It was at West Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire, attributed to a burning chimney, destroyed files in the archives section of the Ministry of Education at Bucharest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused to-night when a fire gutted a two-storied factory owned by Burgess and Sons Ltd., furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four business premises in the heart of the main street were destroyed by a fire which occurred at 3 a.m. When the alarm was given, the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A bush fire burning its way through the scrub near Cockle Creek yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A mysterious fire which broke out in a tank containing 60 gallons of white spirit and pitch, at Jams Hardie and Company's fibrolite works at Granville…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A request will be made by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee in Sydney to shire councils to enforce their powers under the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Premier (Mr. A. A. Dunstan) and the Minister for Lands (Mr. A. E. Lind) joined a large force of fire fighters to-day in an endeavour to quell a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Three shops and a dwelling in the main street of Adelong were destroyed by fire early to-day. The fire had a good hold of the…
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