Camp Fire Ball To-night
The Camp Fire Ball, arranged by the Boy Scouts' Association, will be held to-night, under the patronage of the Governor (Lord Wakehurst), who is Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1939
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 44
Fire at Brewery: Shed Burned
A fire broke out to-day in a shed at Tooth's Brewery, Wood-street, Newcastle. The shed was destroyed, but contained nothing of value. The…
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THE Camp Fire Ball to be held at A the City Hall to-night will be staged on a very elaborate and spectacular scale. The debutantes will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breast System Under Fire Still Stage of Statements of Managers
The breast system of working coal mines was under fire at the inquiry into Health and Safety in Coal Mines at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Gangs, Two Fires, Two Billies Alderman Criticises Parks Policy
"I was told that recently in one of the suburban parks two separate council gangs were at work—almost side by side…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hundreds Perish in Big Fire Japanese Bomb Chuanchow LONDON
Hundreds have perished in a huge fire at Chuanchow. caused by Japanese bombs, says the Shanghai correspondent of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire on Steamer Passengers and Crew Taken Off COLOMBO, May 10
A fire broke out in the engineroom of the Danish steamer Alum (5812 tons) when the vessel was nine miles south of Ceylon. An S.O.S. was sent out and the P. and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Woman's Realm Camp Fire Ball Eleven Debutantes Presented to Lord Wakehurst
A bushland scene was chosen as the setting for the Camp Fire Ball, which was held at the City Hall last night. The Governor (Lord Wakehurst), who is Chief Scout for New South Wales, was present, and received 11 debutantes…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Celluloid Works Eleven Killed in Japan TOKIO, May 10
Seven factories were destroyed by an explosion and fire at the Japan Celluloid Company's works. Eleven persons were killed, 99 others…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Vice-regal Patronage for Last Night's Camp Fire Ball Boy Scouts in Guards of Honor For Governor And Debutantes
VICE-REGAL patronage of the Camp Fire Ball, held at the City Hall last night, made the function an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tempers Tested Newsboys' Licences Under Fire Charges in Assembly Amendment Allows Present Sellers to Continue SYDNEY
Tempers were tested in the Legislative Assembly to-night when that section of the Child Welfare Bill, which affects the newspaper, boys…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boy Scouts Round Camp Fire at Cook's Hill
A Boy Scout beside the bonfire…
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Fire broke out about 7.30 last night in a large pile of dry grass and tree prunings on land at the rear of premises occupied by Miss J. Wark in Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Cohen's Warehouse Might Have Caused Severe Damage Saved by Automatic Alarm
Firemen believe that severe damage would have been caused at the four-storied warehouse of David Cohen and Co. Ltd. in Bolton-street, Newcastle, if an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charges Made by Fire Chief "Discipline Undermined" Story Of Blaze At North Sydney SYDNEY
Charges that Mr. J. Piper, Firemen's Union representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners had incited unrest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →School Children Sang During Fire Outbreak SYDNEY
A mixed class of boys and girls at St. Joseph's Catholic School at Balmain calmly went on with their singing lesson to-day while firemen fought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plane Damaged by Fire Explosion in Hanger BRISBANE
Mystery still surrounds the cause of a fire which last night caused damage of £600 to a Dragon Rapide eight-passenger plane in the hanger of Aircrafts Pty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Queensland Town Brisbane
Four businesses were involved in a lire which, early to-day, destroyed a block of buildings in Monto owned by Chris Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese Factory Fire Man Admits Responsibility TOKIO, May 16
A lorry driver has confessed to have been responsible for the disastrous fire at the Japan Celluloid Company's works on May 9. in which 26 persons lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Victim Fined at Maitland Court
A charge that the Maitland Pastures Protection Board was hampering a victim of the Victorian bushfires in earning an honest living was made by…
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