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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 33
It is learned from Berlin that 5,000,000 inhabitants of the city and suburbs rushed to air-raid shelters on the nights of June 21…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Cease fire" sounded in France to-night at 11.35 G.M.T. (9.35 a.m., Tuesday, Newcastle time). Obeying the Bordeaux Government, General Huntzinger, at the equivalent of 3.35 a.m. Newcastle time, put…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mulubinba District Scouters have arranged a rally for Saturday afternoon at Stockton ballast ground. The progranmme is—Scouts: Bridge building, knot-tying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage was done by water after a fire broke out in the public bar at the Mayfair Hotel. King's Cross, to-night. Before the arrival of the fire brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A motor-lorry was badly damaged by fire this morning when it caught slight in Zara-street. A call was sent to the Newcastle Fire Brigade which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Late last night Tighe's Hill and Waratah fire brigades attended a fire in a garage at the near of Amos's Mayfield Hotel, Maitland-road, Mayfield, and by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two women who displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the great bush fires in January, 1939, have been honoured by the King…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two dwellings were damaged by fire in Sydney suburbs to-night. When a gas copper became overheated a fire was started in a four-roomed flat in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Judge Nield also remanded for sentence William Harragon, 17, and John Edward White, 18, who pleaded guilty to arson, and breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When Jan Elmore, aged H. of Fletcher-street, Adamstown, threw kerosene on to a fire, the flames leapt up nod badly burned his face. Newcastle Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Official records reveal that Germany during the war has lost almost 2500 planes against Britain alone, says the aeronautical correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, July 14.—The efficiency of the local fire service and auxiliaries was vividly demonstrated when an enemy aeroplane crashed on a city in the north…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A small fire in the roof of a two-story dwelling occupied by J. Dobey, in Porcher-street. Newcastle West, on Saturday afternoon, was put out with chemical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Many people wonder why the British communiques nearly always record devastating results from R.A.F. raids, yet declare that the Germans have done only small damage here," states the aeronautical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BELFAST, July 15.—Armed men set fire to a Government store in Belfast yesterday afternoon. It is believed that the attack was carried out by members of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Headquarters and Newcastle East Fire Brigades were called to a fire in a bedroom of the George Hotel in Scott Street early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early on Saturday morning. Headquarters and Newcastle East fire brigades were called to a fire in a bedroom at the George Hotel, Scott-street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Four tons of sheet oxide in bags at the rear of the paint works of Blundell Spence and Co., of St. Peters caught fire to-night. Firemen from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GAZA, July 21.—It is now revealed that a party of Australian troops attending a school at Haifa were the first members of the A.I.F. to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The crouching leopard launched himself into a furious spring. With lightning swiftness. Tarzan leaped nimbly aside. As the…
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