Passed Burning Culvert Council Criticism of Fire Brigade
A fire engine from East Maitland had passed a burning, culvert and electric light pole near Thornton, aid its attendants had refused to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 22
Cannot Be Rebuilt Holiday Homes in Bushfire Areas
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Department of War Organisation of Industry would not dream of giving permission for the rebuilding of…
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FA stack of timber at a storage yard in Fitzrov Street. arrington caught fire this afternoon. It was extinguished by the Carrington…
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A caravan which caught fire on Stockton Beach this afternoon was extinguished by the Stockton Fire Brigade with chemical extinguishers…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The R.A.A.F. will help to fight bushfires. Special reconnaissance aircraft will patrol dangerous areas. Forestry spotters…
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The results of the two guessing competitions, conducted by Newcastle Fire Station to support their Anzac House Appeal, have been announced…
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LONDON, Monday: One of the most horrible stories of the war is reported by the Soviet Commission which investigated…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Waterloo and Botany fire brigades and a squad from headquarters were seven hours extinguishing a blaze in 200 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Pays £7989 for Fire Brigades
Greeter Newcastle Council's contribution to the maintenance of fire brigades last year was £7989. A similar amount will be payable in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Are Burning in Tokio
WASHINGTON, Thursday. — Fires were still burning in Tokio today following last night's attack by Superfortresses from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.f. Starts Big Fires in Duisburg
LONDON, December 1.A.A.P.—British bombers last night made a heavy and concentrated attack on Duisburg as part of the air offensive aimed at wiping out Germany's vast oil-producing areas…
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THE GRANDSTAND caught alight twice at Newcastle Jockey Club's greyhound meeting on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Fire on Greek Demonstrators
LONDON, December 3. A.A.P.—Government police this morning opened fire with machine-guns and tommy-guns on several thousand E.A.M. leftwing demonstrators, who defied the Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Experiments with Fire Damp As Fuel
LONDON, Sunday. — Experiments in a new liquid fuel, that may have an important bearing on the future design of motor car and aircraft engines, have reached an advanced stage (says the "Daily Telegraph,")…
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NEW YORK, Sunday: Several large fires in Tokio, started by United States Superfortress bombs today were being whipped up by high wind as the last raiding squadrons reached the city. The target was the Musashimo plant of the Nakajima…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured By Explosion In Rubbish Fire
A youth burning rubbish at Waratah Colliery this morning was injured when detonators exploded in the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seek Change in Fire Brigade Financing
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Drastic alterations in the system of financing New South Wales fire brigades and reorganisation of the Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foamite to Beat Fire at Goninan's
A broken pipe allowed oil to pour from an overhead container on to a furnace at A. Goninan and Co.'s engineering…
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When a feeder pipe burst in the rivet machine shop at A. Goninan & company's engineering works, Georgetown,…
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MELBOURNE. Tuesday.—Three bush fires, at Kiewa, near the hydro-electric works, sand near Walballa and Matlock, in…
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