Fire in Mail for New Guinea
PERTH. Sunday.—The Postmaster General (Senator Ashley) announced that recently a serious fire occurred on a vessel carrying newspaper and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 22
Fire Officer's Death
Sub Station Officer James Norman Smith, who was attached to Newcastle fire station, died suddenly last night. Mr. Smith was appointed to…
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This picture was taken as a heavy cruiser opened fire on a 32-ship Japanese convoy five miles off Mindanao, in the…
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WEST WYALONG, Monday.— Damage estimated at many thousand pounds was caused by a fire which, swept through the main…
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Fire in an umbrella and button covering shop in Beaumont-street, Hamilton, last night, damaged or destroyed stock and a number of…
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Babies' frocks which had been left for hemstitching, umbrellas in various stages of repair, and quantities of stationery newly unpacked were among the stock burnt at a small shop in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, last night…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. — Removal of the temporary housing settlement known as Spoonerville at Port Kembla, and the removal of…
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WESTERN FRONT, Friday.—The first entertainment for Al-lied troops on German soil was staged under shellfire by the…
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SYDNEY.— A warning to the public to take special precautions against bush fires over the week-end was issued by the Acting Divisional…
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LONDON, Nov. 5. A.A.P.—A Swedish army patrol last night fired on a German patrol which was violating Swedish territory near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£70,000 Blaze in Brisbane Big Stocks of Food, Liquor Destroyed
BRISBANE, Sunday.—In one of the most destructive fires in Brisbane's history a three-story building owned by Walter Reid and Co. was almost…
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Many houses at Gosford were threatened for a time last night by a bush fire sweeping in two sections before a strong wind. Other bush and grass fires were reported during the day from the coalfields and Newcastle suburbs…
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GOSFORD.— When the strong southerly struck Gosford last night a bush fire, which had been raging all day around Springfield, threatened…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire started about 9 o'clock to-night in a four storied building in Marshall-street, Surry Hills. Brigade detachments…
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JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 6. A.A.P.—Several hundred police were called out to quell a riot in a Johannesburg suburb, when 2000 natives began…
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A bush fire that swept the north-east of Cessnock today gave the town a most unusual spectacle…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When bush fires broke out in the Penrith, Richmond and Holdsworthy districts, fire brigades from Penrith…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Smith Brothers' sawmill at Burrill Lakes near Milton, was destroyed by fire. Damage was estimated at £1100, including…
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SYDNEY.—Fire brigades were kept busy today extinguishing bushfires. The bigeest blaze was a defence area. where soldiers assisted firemen to…
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Reporting very low humidity yesterday, Mr. Cyril Griffiths warned that care should be taken with fires. At 2 p.m. the humidity was 23 per…
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