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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 19
Left: Some of the Parliamentarians who attended the Labour Caucus at Parliament House to select the Premier and Ministers. Photo was taken before the meeting. Above: Ground floor of the Mayfield fish markets, which was gutted by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Home Security (Mr. Morrison), in a broadcast to-night, called on 40,000,000 people to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, May 18. A.A.P.—The German news agency states that a fire which started in a packing factory, destroyed two districts in Goteborg (Sweden)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Volunteer firemen from West Maitland, Lorn, Morpeth, Kurri Kurri, Abermain, Weston and East Greta and citizens paid tributes to Station Officer W. Penman, who recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London's wonder men of the Auxiliary Fire Service have become experts at "multiple fire fighting." During a heavy attack on a North-West London district they were fighting six or seven fires at one time. And while they were battling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Merewether and Cook's Hill Fire Brigades turned out last night to a chimney fire in Frederick-street, Merewether. The fire was quickly extinguished with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON BOMBED. Fires raging in Central London after Germans raided the capital during the biggest raid of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Foreign Ministry in Finland announces that the Finnish tanker Josefina Thorden (6549 tons), was bombed and set on fire in the North Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the Minister for Home Security (Mr. Herbert Morrison) claimed in the House of Commons to-day that great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Sydney's largest fire for 12 months to-night gutted a four-storied building in Kent-street, City, and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liquid fat overflowing from a large frying pan and coming into contact with the gas flame beneath, caused a fire in A. W. Jansson's fish shop. Nelson-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, May 21. A.A.P.—The Home Secretary (Mr. Herbert Morrison) said in the House of Commons that the Auxiliary Fire Service had multiplied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Preliminary steps tire to be taken by Kearsley Shire Council to form bushfire brigades in the Sawyer's Gully-Bishop's Bridge district—an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TORONTO, MAY 23. A.A.P.— On hundred lumberjacks have been reported missing. They were fighting a fire that is sweeping the Nipgon district of Ontario…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After nearly 45 years association with the New South Wales Fire Brigade Mr. A. L. Jenkins, of Boolaroo has retired because of ill-henlth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firemen from Newcastle East and Cook's Hill brigades made a good save yesterday when a fire broke out in the store of Sorby's Pty. Ltd., in King…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firemen have a tough job at any time, but in winter it gets worse than ever. If you think a fireman's job is easy, then listen to this. "The hardest part of our job isn't fighting fires," say most firemen, "it's waiting for them! Yes, the fire station house is a pretty cold place in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—When three motor-cycles collided at the corner of Burwood-road and Lakemba-street, Belmore, to-night, their riders were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, May 30. A.A.P.—Tribute to a striking act of bravery by Ronald Monson, a special correspondent of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," is paid by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEW YORK, June 1. A.A.P.—A fire, which raged over the Jersey City waterfront for six hours, was controlled early this morning. Damage is estimated at…
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