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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 44
The United States Artillery Beard disclosed to-day that a new 155 millimetre field gun, in tests, fired a 100lb shell for a distance of more than 15 miles, and blew a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire which threatened the Country party rooms at Parliament House to-day was quickly quelled by firemen. The fire had probably smouldered for some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The West Maitland Fire Brigade was celled out yesterday afternoon to a fire at the West. Maitland branch of the Hank of Australasia in High-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reginald Reeves, a gardener of East Malvern admitted having lit about nine fires, according to evidence of the police at Caulfield Police Court to-day. He…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Just out of Williamstown there is a very thoughtful husband. Yesterday he was doing the ironing for his wife, who was out playing tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fresh outbreak of flame occurred this morning in a small section of the coal stack at Zara-street powerhouse. The flames were quelled with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Valuable machinery was destroyed when a fire gutted a three-storied building occupied by Griffiths Fruit Supply Pty. Ltd., Ultimo. to-night. Damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire which had been smouldering in a section of the 25,000-ton stack of coal at Zara-street power station for some weeks burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A huge fire, which by 9 o'clock to-night had done damage estimated at £1,000,000, is raging in the danger zone of the City of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No cause has yet been found for the fire, which destroyed six aeroplanes in a hangar at Archerfield aerodrome. It was the third…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the intensive diplomatic warfare which is now being waged in every corner of Europe the recent gains have not been wholly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The special branch of Scotland Yard, which has been investigating the activities of the I.R.A. in England, is searching the debris of a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Six planes, including several private machines, were destroyed when Qantas Empire Airways' No. 2 hangar at Archerfield Aerodrome, Brisbane, was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Smoke still rises from the tottering ruins of the warehouses in Barbican (City of London) from the fire, which caused at least…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Miss Edith Emily Perdriau, 64, of Burwood, was fatally burned when her nightdress caught fire at her home to-day. She ran screaming into the yard and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Damage estimated to exceed £1,000,00 was caused yesterday by a disastrous fire which broke out in the danger zone of the City of London. The fire vas the biggest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The technical editor of the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Mr. Eric Bird), in an article in "The News Chronicle." says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Arabs were killed when rifle shots were fired at Tel-aviv and surrounding villages to-day. A curfew has been imposed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The "Daily Mail" states that a small glass tube was discovered among the debris at the scene of the £1,000,000 fire in London on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When a fire broke out in his home in Irongate-street, Granville, to-day Leonard James Harris rescued his eight year-old son and his mother from a…
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