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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 44
The Newbold Silica Fire-brick Company Ltd, completed another satisfactory trading year on June 30 last. Net profit for the period was £29,296, compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Thirty-six persons, who were trapped on the upper floors when a fire broke out early this morning on the ground floor of the Ben Nevis Flats, Hardy-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An outbreak of fire occurred in Denison Street, Carrington, early this afternoon and two semi-detached two-storeyed bouses were burned. They…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Criticism of what he described as "lack of cooperation" on the part of the Railway Department when a fire engine on its…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the Grafton Quarter Sessions to-day, Judge Claney upheld the appeal of Glyndwar Williams, of Coaldale, against his conviction and fine of £15 at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Damage estimated at £56,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in a lacquering machine at the Stanley-street premises of the Redbank Meatworks this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A 10-roomed brick house owned by Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bartlett was gutted this morning. It was valued at £1000. About 1.30 a.m. Bartlett woke and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Spring is coming and the fireplace, which has been a great comfort during cold days and nights, must be hidden. It can be done with bowls of flowers, or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An explosion injured four persons and practically wrecked the back portion of a house at No. 2 Livingstone-street, Merewether, last night. It shook nearby houses, and occurred when a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire gutted two buildings and badly damaged a third to-day. About 100 volunteers removed goods worth hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire occurred in a closet under the main stairway in Galton's Chambers. High-street, West Maitland. this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Myles Crowley, 22, a mechanic, of Bondi, was burned about the face and body when his clothes caught alight when he was cleaning a car in a garage at Bondi…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The store, offices and workshops of the biff Pacific Trading Company of W. R. Carpenter and Co. and all the offices In the three-storied building…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Maori children, ranging from four to nine years of age, lost their lives In a fire which burned their home lost night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire destroyed 60 feet of decking on the railway platform at Boolaroo racecourse late yesterday afternoon. Railway officials placed guards near the platform…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire in a cupboard under a stairway at Galton's Chambers, West Maitland yesterday morning, was quelled with a chemical extinguisher before the arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Radio messages received from Rabaul to-day stated that W. R. Carpenter and Company's store and workshops at that centre were destroyed by fire this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible burns were received by Mrs. Nellie Cleary, 53, a widow, in the yard of her home in Wooloowin to-day. Attracted by her cries neighbours found…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Stacks of lucerne hay were destroyed by fire on W. J. Fotheringham’s property near Wingham. A cart shed and harness were also destroyed. The hay stacks were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A remarkable story was told in the Coroner's Court, Mareeba, when an inquiry was opened into the circumstances surrounding the burning of…
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