Cessnock Fire
The rear portion of a house occupied by William Bender in William Street. Cessnock, was damaged by fire last night. The outbreak was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1940
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Fire Destroyed 14 Vehicles Brisbane
Fire at the premises of a carrying company at Brisbane last night destroyed six motor-trucks, two motor-cars, and six horse-drawn vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →London Fire Squad Girls Have Fast Technique in Dressing London, January 14
Four thousand London girls— typists, debutantes, telephone operators, factory workers, mannequins and others— have learned in the past weeks to be out of bed, dressed and on duty (with hair in order and noses powdered) in just under…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →House Destroyed Bush Fire Racing Toward Jenolan Caves SYDNEY
A Bathurst message says a big bushfire is travelling towards Jenolan Caves. Extensive damage has been done near Oberon, where the fire burnt through…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Many Small Fires at Week-end Old Racecourse Platform Alight
Fire which started in the thick, dry crass nearby, burnt part of the old Boolaroo racecourse platform on Saturday. Firemen from Boolaroo and Teralba…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Lambton Scrub Fire Home Was Threatened Cemetery Fire at Wallsend
New Lambton fire brigade, under Captain Anderson, fought a bush and scrub fire, which threatened Mr. J. Murray's home and the fence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cardiff Needs Fire Alarms and Bridges
A request last night to Lake Macquarie Shire Council by the Fern Valley Progress Association that street fire alarms be installed in Cardiff, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Menaces High Tension Wires Lithgow
A bushfire set alight a dump of waste coal at the State mine. The brigade spent two hours getting it under control. For some time it was feared that several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Damages Bedroom
Content of a rear bedroom at the home of Mr. C. R. Hunter, Murray-street, Hamilton, were damaged, by fire which broke out shortly utter 9…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at New Lambton Good Pressure Saves Houses
Two houses in Ridgeway-street, New Lambton, enjoyed the benefits of being near a reservoir when they were endangered by bush fires yesterday. Firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Sweeps Forster Moors Adrift Liner Hit Rock
When the fire peril sweeps across acres of country this is the spectacle it presents to those in its path. The picture was taken on Sunday afternoon when the moors near Forster were alight. Volumes of smoke billowed hundreds of feet into the air…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kapok Mattress on Fire Circus Juggler Suffocated WALCHA
A circus juggler met his death in strange circumstances last night. Although a kapok mattress on which he was sleeping caught alight, no part of his…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Airport Fire New York, March 6
A fire destroyed one of the world's largest hangars, which is nearing completion, at the La Guardia airport, in New York. The damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Weather Bureau's Bushfire Warning Sydney
The Weather Bureau has issued the following bushfire warning:—Hot conditions with strong northerly to north-west winds over inland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Early Morning City Fire Stock and Fittings Damaged Dense Smoke Hampers Firemen
A fire in Rockman's shop in Hunter-street, Newcastle, early this morning caused much damage by smoke and water to stock and fittings. Damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Small Fires
West Maitland Fire Brigade was called to three small fires yesterday. A quantity of rubbish and grass was extinguished in Roxburgh-street, Lorn. A fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Small Grass Fires
Waratah Fire Brigade had two calls to-day to grass fires. A small area of grass Blight in Georgetown Road, Georgetown, was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Help for Fire Victims
To assist Mr. and Mrs. W. Patrick and family, who lost nearly all they possessed by a fire in their home a few weeks ago, a bright benefit…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fires at Wallsend
Using 1200 feet of hose, the Wallsend Fire Brigade, under Captain W. Dobell, had a troublesome job for more than an hour yesterday, in checking a grass fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Danger of Grass Fires Is Grave" Mayor Appeals To Owners
An urgent appeal to property owners in the Greater Newcastle district that long grass and scrub should be cleared from…
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