200 Grass and Rubbish Fires in 1939
Grass and rubbish fires in the Newcastle fire district in 1933 totalled 200. The total number of calls for the year was 451 against 409 in 1038…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 33
Two Grass Fires at Week-end Brigades Had Quieter Year
West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call shortly after midday on Saturday to a grass fire in H. Capper's paddock, Paterson-road, Bolwarra. A large area of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Home Gutted Fire at Unemployed Camp
A three-roomed dwelling at the unemployed camp in Clyde-street, Hamilton, behind the Cooperative Store's bakery, was destroyed by fire on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forest Fire Kills 400 in Korea Tokio
A forest are on the Diamond Mountain or Korea has killed 400 persons and threatens shrines and temples dating from the sixth century…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fewer Bush Fires At. Cessnock
Fewer bush-fires and false alarms were features of the Cessnock fire report issued by the officer in charge of the Cessnock Brigade (Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Fewer Fires Last Year
Fewer fires occurred at Cessnock during 1939. The number of calls to the Fire Brigade was 47, of which 39 were to fires and the remainder false alarms…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Had 450 FIRES Five People Lost Lives Last Year
Fires were responsible for the deaths of five people in the Newcastle fire district in 1939. This is one more than the number of fatalities in the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Londonderry Fire Station Bombed LONDON
A bomb thrown through a window in Londonderry fire station wrecked the ceiling and fire engine shed, damaged the engine and shattered a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Art Treasures Ruined Fire in Apostolic Chancellery ROME, January 1
A fire broke out shortly before midnight in the Apostolic Chancellery and the famous adjacent Church of San Lorenz…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All on Board Rescued Spanish Liner on Fire LONDON, January 1
A message from Madrid states that a French ship has taken off all passengers and members of the crew—280 persons—from the Spanish liner Cabo San…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fought Bush Fire for Two Days Singleton
A bush fire, which started in heavily-timbered country at the back of Minimbah station, swept over approximately Station, swept over approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Motor Body Works Adelaide
Key units of the vast plant of General Motors-Holdens. Ltd.. at Woodville, were menaced by a fire which gutted the big bulk store adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£4500 Fire Damage at Motor Works Adelaide
Fire caused £4500 damage to the works of General Motors-Holden Ltd., at Woodville to-day. Kapok padding and instrument panels…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bombing of Londonderry Fire Station London, January 2
A bomb was thrown through the window of a Londonderry fire station. It wrecked the ceiling of the fire-engine shed, damaged an engine, and shattered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I.R.A. Reprisal on Fire Brigade London
The throwing of a bomb through the window of a fire Minion at Londonderry is regarded as a reprisal against the fire brigade for having turned out on Christmas Day to quell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Current Topics Bush Fire Risk To-day
The following forecasts were issued at 9 o'clock last night for the ensuing 24 hours by the Commonwealth Divisional Meteorologist—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Care Needed To-day Sydney
The State Meteorologist (Mr. D. J. Mares) to-day advised that precautions be taken against bush fires, because indications pointed to their occurring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brigade Called to Scrub Fires in Lake District
Conditions caused by the heat and recent dry weather were conducive to scrub and grass fires in the Newcastle district to-day and in several places…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →20 Killed in Hotel Fire New York, January 4
Twenty people were killed and 40 were injured when a fire destroyed the Marlborough Hotel in Minneapolis. The guests, numbering 200, found…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reds Hounded Into Battle by Fire From Their Rear London
Food riots in Leningrad and Moscow and the hounding of Red Army detachments into battle by fire from the rear are reported. Russian prisoners taken by the Finns reiterate that political…
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