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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 22
SYDNEY: "Nine out of 10 bushfires are man-made and most of them are caused by carelessness, ignorance, or willingness to take a chance," says the Bush Fires Advisory Committee. In view of the devastation and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JACKIE MARR fights to keep the "home fires burning" while his father remains a prisoner of war in Malaya. He has assumed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The menace of bushfires should be reduced by light rain which had fallen on bushfire areas since yesterday, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—People whose homes were destroyed by bushfires will receive every consideration and assistance when applying for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—"A great job was done by boys of Gosford Farm Home fighting bushfires recently," said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Workers' Compensation (Bushfire Fighters) Act has been proclaimed. The Act provides for payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday. — William Robert Freeburn, farmer, of Mulgoa, was fined £5 at Penrith Court for having started a fire which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cook's Hill fire brigade attended grass and a pole which were on fire near Merewether Estate office yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Weather Burean predicts squally northerly winds with dust storms in the Far West, culminating in rain and thunder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislation has come into force which does a tardy justice to the thousands of men who have banded themselves together in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For five hours yesterday Belmont and Swansea fire brigades fought a bush and scrub fire over a wide-area at Belmont South. Fireman worked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Sunday: The Japanese have blasted great fire breaks across Tokio, Lieutenant-General Millard F. Harmon revealed in an interview at U.S. Army Air Force Pacific Headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY,—Air-raid sirens will summon bushfire fighters when outbreaks occur in Blacktown Shire, the Chief Warden (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A store room at the rear of Jones's Bakery. Pacific Highway, Adamstown, caught alight today and was severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recent devastating bushfires should act as a grim warning to holiday-makers who may be making fires in the open during the Christmas period,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plans to make available National Emergency Services to the Superintendent of Police and the Newcastle Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A flour store room at the rear of the bakery of Mr. W. J. Jones, at Adamstown, was damaged by fire yesterday. Cook's Hill and Adamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A scrub fire at Aberdare yesterday was put out by Cessnock brigade. Several houses were in danger for a time, but they were not damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Tuesday: Berlin rumors of a new attempt on Hitler's life are reported by the Stockholm newspaper "Afton Bladet."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A grass fire off the Pacific Highway, Adamstown, yesterday afternoon was attended by Adamstown fire brigade. There was no damage…
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