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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 33
When a wind sprang up last night, fires which had died down during the day near Kotara flared up again and, burning on a half-mile front, menaced nurseries there. Volunteers assisted the police in checking the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Voting for a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales to represent the volunteer fire brigades will close on February 27…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Several homes in the vicinity of Kotara were menaced yesterday and last night by bush fires, which converged on them from three…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →[?]. Which was destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire was fanned by a strong wind and spread rapidly. The conveyor crosses the main Northern road at Hexham and traffic was held us for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire brigade officers believe that damage caused by Nicholson's fire In George Street early yesterday morning will not exceed £70,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage estimated at between £2000 and £3000 was caused by the fire which last night destroyed a woolshed at Rokeby. headquarters of the Third Division…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Members of the arson squad of the C.I.B. are investigating a fire which destroyed Nicholson's warehouse in George-street early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Hetton Bellbird Coal Company's coal-loading conveyor at Hexham was destroyed by fire early this morning. Breaking out about 1 o'clock, the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A change in the direction of the wind about 4.30 yesterday afternoon solved a stiff problem for fire-fighters when the Barnsley Public School was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men and women joined with firemen to fight bush fires which threatened houses in the Willough by district this afternoon. The flames were checked and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Verdicts of accidental death was returned to-day at the inquest on Walter Percy Crockett, 21, of Justin-street, Lilyfield, and Harold Thomas Hockley, 19, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Containing a large quantity of straw, gas masks, anti-gas and technical, equipment, motor-cars and motor-cycles, a large woolshed, at Rokeby, headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle detectives yesterday investigated the cause of the fire which damaged the Hetton-Bellbird Coal Company's conveyor on Maitland-road earlier in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The annual report of the Fire Commissioners showed that the number of fire alarms for the year reached the record total of 6343. The previous highest was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Detectives investigating a fire which destroyed Nicholson's warehouse in George-street early on Sunday morning, and caused damage of more than £100,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Infantry fire across the Rhine between Strasbourg and Lauterbach, hitherto the quietest sector, marked the end of five months of war on the Western front…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →While the present heat-wave and drought conditions continue many motorists are compelled to drive through areas where bush fires are burning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenambit has decided to form a bush fire brigade. The many fires round the district recently have caused general alarm. A meeting of citizens had the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →While most other district firemen were enjoying the respite given by Monday's rain, Cardiff brigade spent practically the whole of yesterday afternoon fighting fires…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Eight aeroplanes ana live aero engines were destroyed by a fire at a civil aerodrome at Ronford, Essex…
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