Fell Into Fire
John Tothurst, aged six, of East-street, Warner's Boy, fell while playing near a smouldering bush fire at Warner's Boy to-day. Hew was treated…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 33
Newcastle Visit of Fire Commissioners
Volunteer long service medals and bars to those medals are to be presented to 19 firemen, including one from West Maitland to-night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Houses Menaced Grass Fire Spreads at Homeville Outbuildings Destroyed
Ten weatherboard houses and a public school were threatened by a grass fire which started in open paddocks west of the town, and was blown by a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Disastrous Fire at Bowraville Six Buildings Destroyed BOWRAVILLE
Six buildings were destroyed and two others were damaged early to-day by the fire which spread with remarkable rapidity…
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The Chief Warden (Lieutenant-Colonel E. S. Anderson) said yesterday that it was not the intention of the Newcastle district National Emergency Services'…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →City in Fire Ring Miles of Bushland Alight Brigades Had 40 CALLS
Newcastle was partially ringed by bush fires yesterday. Firemen from suburban and district stations were on duty all day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Firemen's Respite From Bushfires
After four days of almost continuous firefighting, Newcastle district brigades had a let-up to-day, the only call this morning being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burned in Ashes of Bush Fire
John Tolhurst, 6, of East-street, Warner's Bay, was walking through the bush near Warner's Bay yesterday, examining the damage done by the week's fires, when…
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Four more grass fires-two at Morpeth, one at East Maitland, and one at West Maitland—resulted in local brigades being called out yesterday and last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sabotage Theory Unsupported Fire at Paper Pulp Mill MELBOURNE
No evidence has been found by the police to support the theory that the fire which destroyed 200 tons of paper pulp at the mill of Australian Paper…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Praise From Fire Commissioners Volunteer Brigades' Work Medals for Long Service
"'The service offered by the volunteer firemen in safeguarding the property of the community is equal to any other form of service to the public," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Six Buildings Destroyed £10,000 Fire at North Coast Town BOWRAVILLE
Lack of a water supply prevented police and civilians from quelling a fire, which broke out at 3 o'clock this morning, before six buildings were destroyed and two…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bush Fire Peril Again Outbreaks Fed by Parched Growth Home Gutted Near Dudley
Stimulated by a hot westerly wind, bush fires burnt with renewed vigour through the parched bush-lands and the long, brown grass…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires Still Burning After Eight Days Many Narrow Escapes Yesterday Big Blaze Near Caves Beach
Grass fires in the suburbs kept Newcastle district firemen busy again this morning. As the temperature…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cause of Cessnock Blaze Unknown
Mrs. Lucy Goodwin, of Yilgarn-avenue, Cessnock, returning to her home on Saturday night, found the building and contents destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Interrupts Service
A small grass fire at Kilaben Bay yesterday morning caused unusual excitement. The Scouts' Own service at the 14th Divisional Corroboree of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires in Many Centres Desperate Fight at Moss Vale Whole State Felt Heat Sydney
A dense pall of smoke hung over many parts of the State to-day. Fires were reported from almost every quarter, and at one stage the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Threatened by Fire—being Probed by Police Launceston
A charred newspaper was found inside the main door of a store on Inspection Head wharf early yesterday. It had apparently been ignited and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Furniture Factory on Fire Thousands of Pounds Damage BRISBANE
Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire which seriously damaged a four-storied furniture manufacturing establishment of Garrick, Ltd., in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Townships Threatened Near Yass Fire Rages On 60 Mile Front SYDNEY
Fierce bush and grass fires on a 60 miles front are threatening three south-western townships in the Yass district—Binalong,…
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