Fire on Ship in Sydney Harbor
SYDNEY, Thursday.—With cargo in one of the after holds ablaze. an overseas freighter this afternoon is seriously menaced alongside a wharf in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 19
Blitz Cinderella Fights the Fires
LONDON, June 17 (By Air Mail).— Bunny Mallard, aged 20, is a modern Cinderella in Bristol, England. As the warning sounded in the last…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The first floor of S. R. Battle's bulk store in Mitchell-road, Alexandria, was, gutted by fire this afternoon. For several minutes…
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The rear of a house in Brunker Road. Broadmeadow, was slightly damaged by fire to-day. Cook's Hill and Hamilton brigades were called…
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No fire escape is provided at Market House, which is owned by Greater Newcastle Council. The Department of Labour and…
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A suggestion that a dog had dragged his master out of a fire into which he had fallen was made to the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at…
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A dog pulled its master, an old Digger, who lived in Council-street, Speers Point, from a fire, it was stated at an inquest the Coroner (Mr. A. G Chipiin held at Wallsend…
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With a stiff breeze blowing, Cessnock Fire Brigade to-day prevented a fire spreading to a weatherboard storeroom at the rear of the drapery…
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The fire which destroyed the joinery works of J. W. Atcheson, Wickham, broke out about 1.30 a.m. The building, which was of wood and iron, contained…
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Pattern store blazing at A. Goninan and Co. Ltd's engineering works, Broad-meadow…
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Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire which completely gutted a [?]ttern shop at the engineering works of A. Goninan and Company, Broadmeadow, late yesterday afternoon. Wooden patterns, collected over a period of 25 years, were destroyed. The glare could be seen for several miles. Fireman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Big Fires at Newcastle Goninan's Pattern Store; Wickham Joinery
Fire destroyed the pattern store at A. Goninan's engineering works, Broadmeadow, at dusk yesterday. Patterns collected over 25 years, including some used in war work, were burnt. The damage is estimated at more than £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£26,000 Damage Buildings Razed by Fire
Damage estimated at £26,000 was caused by two fires which occurred within eight hours of each other in Newcastle late yesterday…
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No unemployment will he caused as a result of the fire at A. Goninan's engineering works on Monday. The blaze gutted the pattern store. An officer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazi Guns Fire in Pre-dawn Barrage
LONDON, July 30. A.A.P.—German long-range guns fired across the Straits of Dover for a short time before dawn. It is believed that they were firing against…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Tree firemen had to be taken to hospital after extinguishing a fire in the basement of St. Mary's Cathedral last night…
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LONDON. June 31. (Air Mail).—Fire-watchers are food guards now at Britain's food depots. They are helping the police to fight the highly…
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NEW YORK. June 128 (By Air Mail). —Fireproof cushion and Beat coverings for both automobiles and airplanes have been developed by the United…
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Only a small portion of the stack of sulphur which caught fire late yesterday afternoon in the steel mill of the Commonwealth Steel Co., Ltd.,…
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