924 Fire Calls Last Year
Fire brigades in B division (Newcastle district. Maitland and Coal-Field) had 924 calls during 1944. There were 39 malicious false alarms…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 22
Fire Is Out of Control in Blue Mountains
KATOOMBA.—Busloads of volunteers were rushed from Katoomba gymkhana today to fight a bushfire in the Jamieson Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greek Guerrillas Again Are Given Terms For Cease Fire
LONDON, Sunday: The reply of General Scobie to the Greek insurgents' "cease fire" suggestion is to repeat his armistice conditions. If these are accepted he is willing to receive emissaries from E.L.A.S…
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Grass and small business at Adamstown. Belmont Cardiff, New Lambton, Wasllsend and Stockton yesterday were attended by firemen…
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KATOOMBA, Monday.—Bushfires destroyed eight homes, owned mostly by professional men at Leura Falls to-day…
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SYDNEY.—Firemen and volunteers fought bushfires all last night to save property on the Blue Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfire Blame Charges Against Boy, 15
ADELAIDE, Monday.—A 15-year old boy will appear in court on charges under the Bushfires Act. It is alleged he was responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grass, Scrub Fires
District brigades were called to several grass and scrub fires yesterday. Hamilton attended a grass fire in Macquarie-street, Glebe. New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homes Saved in Fires at Katoomba
KATOOMBA, Tuesday.—Many cottages at Leura and Katoomba were saved from destruction in renewed bushfires to-day. Five separate fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sawdust Dump on Fire at Cessnock
Smoke from burning sawdust near the old bike track, West Cessnock caused inconvenience yesterday afternoon. The fire brigade, under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£1,000,000 Fire in New Zealand
AUCKLAND—Over £1,000,000 worth of military equipment was destroyed by fire last, night. The fire, with probably the heaviest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1,000,000 Army Loss in N.Z. Fire
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday.—Military equipment valued at over £1,000,000 was destroyed by fire at Palmerston North late on Sunday…
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Two small grass fires broke out at Cardiff this morning, but were out out before any damage was done. Cardiff Brigade attended…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jap Audacity Missed Fire
An audacious Japanese ruse to divert R.A.A.F. bombing attacks was neatly foiled by Australian troops recently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Residents Extinguish Grass Fire
To prevent a grass fire on a vacant allotment in Albert-street, Speers Point, from endangering their homes yesterday afternoon, residents…
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Properties in the unemployed settlements at Aberdare and East Cessnock will remain in danger of damage by bushfires unless…
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There were three grass fires in the district yesterday. One in Alice-street, Cardiff was put out by Cardiff firemen. Waratah brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Three Geelong Hotels
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Geelong City fire brigade had a busy time yesterday putting out fires, believed to be maliciously started by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tomato Sales Hung Fire
Retailers were reluctant to buy their norm week-end supplies of tomatoes at Newcastle Markets to-day. The reason was that the price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Menaced Homes at Aberdare
Several houses off Melbourne-street, Aberdare were in danger of destruction by a large scrub fire yesterday. afternoon…
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