Horses Panic at Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Friday.—Fire destroyed the premises of Hardiman's Central bakery, in Sarah-street, Newtown, early this morning. The Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1943
315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 16
Police Say Boys Started Fire
SYDNEY.—Two boys, aged 10 and 7. blamed each other, police say, for causing a fire which destroyed or damaged beyond repair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Observers' Corps Aid in Fire Spotting
Spotting bushfires and giving the alarm so they can be brough under control before taking tool of lives and property is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Children Die in Farm Fire
NEW YORK—Three children. Marline Clark 7. Anne Marie 2. ber sister. and Keith Parks, 6 their cousin. were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fortresses Left Big Fires at Wewak
SOMEWHRE IN AUSTRALIA, Monday.—Allied air attacks in New Guinea yesterday were directed against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Extinguished Fire in Ammunition
CANBERRA. — Great heroism was shown by a gunner from Sydney in a torpedo bomber, when, despite wounds caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two-ton Bombs Rain on Berlin German Light Dummy Fires To Foil RAF
"In the middle of the frantic ack-ack fire the big Lancaster bomber leaped upward like a surprised animal or its two-ton bomb fell towards Berlin. "We lore across the conflagration below, and none…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Mayfield Fire
A boarder had to escape in his pyjamas when a fire broke out in a house at 62 Waratah Street, Mayfield, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Very Strong, Says Minister Fire-fighting Equipment
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The firefighting equipment position in Australia was now very strong, the Minister for Home Security (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mayfield
A man who had been asleep in a room had a narrow escape when fire damaged the rear party of this house in Waratah-street, Mayfield, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boarder's Escape in Mayfield Fire
A man who had been asleep in a room had a narrow escape when fire damaged the rear portion of a house in Waratah-street, Mayfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£170,000 Damage in Two Sydney Fires
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two more disastrous fires—making the third within three days—occurred in Sydney yesterday. Damage is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Cordial Factory
Main portion of a cordial factory at Cessnock was gutted by fire on Saturday night. The premises were owned and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joan Bennett Ill After Fire
NEW YORK, May 4.—The film actress, Joan Bennett, who is expecting a child in June, suffered a nervous reaction and was placed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bizerta's Big Airfield Under Artillery Fire Road To South Cut; Nazis May Have To Withdraw
LONDON, May 5.—French and American forces are reported to be within 10 miles of Bizerta. Sidi Ahmed, Bizerta's big airfield, about six miles from the city, is reported to be already under fire by long-range guns, which only two days ago were shelling Mateur…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Fire at Copenhagen
LONDON, May 6.—Berlin Radio said a fire which broke out in Copenhagen Harbour on Wednesday caused considerable damage to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Gutted City Gymnasium
Fire last night destroyed Al Burke's Physical Culture School on the second floor of a two-story building at the rear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Night Fire in City Gymnasium Was Gutted
When a two-storied building off Bolton-street at the real of the Westminster Hotel caught fire about 8 o'clock last night, the first floor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Small Fires
Cook's Hill Fire Brigade attended two small fires yesterday and put them out before damage was done. A refrigerator motor caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Damages City Cafe
Fire caused extensive damage to the rear portion of "Tonis" Cafe soon after midnight last night…
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