Fire Brigade Supplied Lights
THE FAILURE of the lights caused momentary anxiety at a private hospital at Hamilton, where two cases required attention. A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1938
828 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 42
Small Fire at Carrington
Two fire-engines from Carrington and Newcastle Headquarters were called to a fire which had occurred in the switchboard of a pumping station of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cape Town Harbour Fire Cape Town, November 18
Three persons were killed and three were admitted to hospital with injuries as a result of a fire which gutted a harbour warehouse at Cape Town yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Handling Sulphur Danger of Harbour Fire Precautions to Be Taken
At the meeting yesterday of the Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, at which Mr. T. Armstrong, M.L.C., presided, a report was submitted of an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire At Wallsend
A fire occurred early yesterday morning at the home of Mrs. Janet Gilchrist at Wallsend. When tho alarm was given, the bedroom of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Inquest at Cessnock
A fire, which, on the early morning of November 13, completely destroyed an unoccupied weatherboard dwelling in Anstey Street, Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Fire Is Still Burning
Men are still working round the clock in shifts fighting the fire in Waratah colliery, which was discovered last Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Loses £500 in Fire Launceston
Jim Wong Gatt, an elderly Chinese market gardener, of Devonport, lost his life's savings last night when a fire destroyed his home…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bathurst Fire Six Persons Escape BATHURST
A fire which endangered the lives of three adults and three small children broke out in a building at the corner of Rockett and Havanagh Streets, at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →2000 Perish in Five-day Changsha Fire London
About 2000 people perished in a five-day fire which gulled Chang[?]ha says a message from Chungking. The Chine Government in financing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Factory and Six Houses Burnt in Newtown Fire Sydney
Fire destroyed a big woodwork factory and damaged several houses to-day in Station-street, Newtown. Firemen found themselves fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Fire Escape Nearly Ready at Hospital Steel Ramps Not Favoured
Apparently the directors of Newcastle Hospital Board do not favour steel ramps as a means of evacuating patients from the building in the event of fire. At any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Widow's Loss Home Damaged by Fire in Absence Wallsend Brigade's "Save"
While the aged widow who was the sole occupier, was absent her home, in a remote part of Wallsend, was damaged by fire yesterday morning, Only the timely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newtown Fire (Continued from Page One) Rescue of Girls Forewoman's Quick Action Sydney
The most dramatic tire the brigades had ben called upon to fight for years, occurred at Newtown to-day. Fires which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Workers' Peril Victorian Bush Fires Bridge Alight After Train Passes Melbourne
A serious fire at Wombat Creek, near Orbost, threatened a Country Road Board camp this afternoon and the men hurriedly gathered their belongings and left…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Fighters Are Hopeful at Waratah Pit
Waratah mine fire has now been burning for a week, and though the full extent of the damage is unknown, the fire-fighters believe that they are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Commanders Publicly Executed: Changsha Fire Chungking
The garrison commander, chief of police, and commander of the gendarmerie at Changsha were publicly executed by a firing squad for their responsibility…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Forest Fire Sweeps 500 Acres Auckland
Hundreds of acres of pine plantations in the Bay of Plenty district, owned by the Rotorua Company, have been swept by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Girls Saved From Fire Sydney Toy Factory Destroyed Sparks Fall on Houses Sydney
Blissfully unconscious that a fire had broken out on the floor beneath them, six girls employed at S. K. Corben's wood-turning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Truck on Fire
Fire-engines from Newcastle Headquarters and Hamilton answered a call when a motor-truck, the property of Lane and Trewartha Ltd., burst into flames as a…
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