"A" Fire Area Extension Displeases Aldermen
The Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association has agreed to extend the area in Newcastle classified as "A" for fire insurance…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 22
Houses Menaced by Fire at Woy Woy
GOSFORD, Wednesday—Woy Woy Volunteer Fire Brigade this afternoon saved more than 30 houses at South Woy Woy…
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Considerable damage was done to the engineroom at Dark's ice Works this morning by fire following an explosion. Efforts are being made to provide temporary refrigeration, but it is expected that ice supplies will not be available for some time. The main storage area was not damaged by fire…
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Plant worth more than £20,000 was put out of operation following an explosion and fire at Dark's Ice and Cold Storage Works this morning. As a result, Newcastle will be without the bulk of its…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A man and two women were burned to death at Morwell to-day. Nearly 30 homes were destroyed. Scores of homes in various parts of the State have…
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LONDON, Feb. 14. A.A.P.—Many houses in a densely-populated London area were set on fire by German incendiary bombs last night, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gross Fire at Adamstown
Two grass fires which started Just off the Pacific Highway at Adamstown this afternoon burnt an area of bush and scrub…
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LTTHGOW.—Several hundred volunteers are making desperate efforts to stop a huge fire sweeping across grazing country…
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MELBOURNE.—At least 12 people have lost their Eves in the fires which swept through Gippsland yesterday. Probably 150 houses have been destroyed. The open cut at Yallourn is burning and thousands of…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.—A huge bush fire, the severest in the history of the district, raged around Rydal, Sodwalls and Tarada, and…
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District fire brigades attended eight grass fires yesterday. There were three at Belmont. The local brigade attended two and Charlestown…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—When a truck taking water to a bush fire near Queanbeyan to-day overturned. William Talbott, 47, married, was…
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Hundreds of volunteers are assisting firemen to fight one of the worst bushfires in the State raging in the Lithgow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gas and Fire Bombs to Add Realism to Test
Gas and fire bombs will be used to add realism to the NES trial blitz of Newcastle on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27. The gas bombs used will be harmless. Arrangements to use…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two thousand men to-day fought the fire in the open cut at Yallourn brown coalmine, which has seriously affected the supply of electric power and light to Melbourne and Central Victoria…
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Hundreds of fowls, much fencing and other property were destroyed by a fierce fire at St. Mary's yesterday. A firefighter, surrounded by flames is putting up a determined battle to save his property…
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The open cut at Yallourn, Victoria, showing coal on fire and many sprinklers in use. The fire has seriously affected the State Electricity undertaking, necessitating restrictions on electricity in Melbourne and other parts of the State…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced in the House of Representatives that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Danger at Platt's Estate
A fire at Platt's Estate would quickly raze the settlement, Ald. Cane said at a meeting of Greater Newcastle Works Committee…
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SYDNKY.—Fire destroyed most of the factory of Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co. Ltd. at Ashfield early to-day…
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