Fire in Steamer
A steamer, with smoke rising through a hold was brought into an Australian port last night by two tugs, which picked up the vessel…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
Pilot Wounded by Fire from Ground
While flying in an R.A.A.F. training aircraft half a mile north of Parkes, New South Wales, yesterday, Sergeant Pilot Malcolm Hubert…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer's Dash for Port with Fire in Hold
When cargo in one of its holds caught on fire last night, a steamer made a dash for an Australian port…
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LONDON, Thursday: All German radio stations have broadcast warnings about British incendiary balloons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →s25 Indians Killed When Police Fire On Mob
CALCUTTA,Thursday: Twenty-five indians were killed when police fired on a mob attempting to mid the police station at Eruin…
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GRAFTON, Thursday.—Bushfires in the Grafton district swept through many miles of country in Woolgoolga and adjoining areas, a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The fire bug who last week started 30 small fires in Newtown in one night was at work again to-night, police believe…
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Firemen were helped in keeping the flames away from the inflammable liquid room by a good water pressure. Fire engines pumped…
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These pictures show the heavy damage—estimated at £20,000.—caused by the fire at the Standard Steam Laundry, Tighe's Hill, early this morning. In the bottom picture are some of the articles which had been sent to the laundry for cleaning. No employees…
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Stock, building and equipment (including irreplaceble machinery) valued at more than £20,000 were destroyed when the Newcastle Standard Steam Laundry, at Maitland Road, Islington, was gutted by fire early this morning…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The two top floors of a four-storey building in Dixon-street, near Hay-street, City, with their contents, were severely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3000 Blankets Lost in Islington Laundry Fire
About 3000 blankets were burnt in a fire which practically destroyed the Newcastle Standard Steam Laundry,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Break Out in District
Bush fires broke out in various parts of the district, but little damage was done. Behind the Convalescent Home at…
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LONDON, Sunday.— Telling women of Coventry they must take their share at fire-watching, Miss Ellen Wilkinson (Labor MP)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hindu Funeral Pyre Started Grass Fire
LISMORE: Starling from ashes blown from the blazing pyre of a Hindu cemetery, a fire swept the grass area near the Lismore…
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SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Tuesday.—The heroism of a group of American ordinance personnel in risking their lives to save valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Talking Screen "Ball Of Fire"
The [?]arious romance of a college professor and a night club queen is the theme of "Ball of Fire," romantic comedy co-starring Gary cooper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Detective Fires Two Shots
SYDNEY.—Two shots were fired by a detective at Kirribilli last night in an attempt to halt a stolen motor truck which had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smoking Fat Brought Fire Brigade
Thick smoke from a fish and chips shop at the Newcomen-street entrance to The Arcade late last night suggested a fire. Mr. Farren…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Augment Water Supplies Fire Services in Emergency
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) said to-night that a standard of efficiency had been reached in the…
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