Two Small Fires
Wallsend fire brigade was called out when a boot repairing shop near the Cooperative Store caught alight The fire was quickly extinguished…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
Fire Destroyed Hospital Quarters
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A section of the employees' quarters at the Royal Hospital for Women was destroyed by fire to-night. Personal belongings…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A warning of the danger of bushfires, which may be considerable, during the forthcoming season, was given by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires Gut Docks at Saigon
LONDON, Oct. 17. A.A.P.—Fires started by Annamites yesterday gutted some sections of the dock area and warehouses in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Way Radio for Fire Brigades
SYDNEY.—Two-way wireless communication between fire stations and mobile units is part of a plan for improved fire service prepared by the…
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SYDNEY.—Two-way wireless communication between fire stations and mobile units is part of a plan for improved fire service prepared by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Flying Squads" to Fight Fires
SYDNEY, Thursday—It would be possible for "Flying Squads," established at certain central stations, to reach a fire as quickly as the local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Drum on Fire at Waratah Works
Oil in a drum and timber caught fire at the Commonwealth Steel Company's works. Waratah, last night Newcastle and Waratah brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drive to Prevent Bushfires
As part of a State campaign to prevent bushfires, a window display was opened at Winn's yesterday. Prepared by the New South…
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SYDNEY: Because off sustained dry weather over the past two months a State-wide bushfire warning was today issued by the Chief Fire Officer (Mr. W. Beare) in Sydney "Conditions to cate point to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Garbage Chute
A fire in the garbage chute at the rear of "The Moorings," off King-street, last night, was put out with a garden hose. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lorries Damaged in Morpeth Fire
Three lorries were damaged, one extensively, when a fire occurred at the Bowthorne butter factory at Morpeth last night. Morpeth and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Laundry
A small fire in a laundry in May street, Islington, yesterday afternoon was put out by Tighe's Hill brigarle. Demage was only slight…
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The danger of bushfires in Newcastle district, particularly in Lake Macquarie area, was emphasised by the officer-in-charge of Newcastle…
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Week-end cottages were in danger when a fire swept through undergrowth at Swan Bay near Marks Point, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Engine and Tram Collide
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two men were injured, and a number of persons ad narrow escapes when a fire engine and a crowded city-bound tram…
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The State Weather Burean forecast for Newcastle. Hunter and Manning is: Hot north to north-east winds at first with bushfire danger…
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LONDON, Oct. 25. A.A.P.—An Indo-China communique broadcast by New Delhi Radio reported acts of terroism in Saigon, with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Fire V-2 Rockets
Recently the British succeeded in firing V-2 rockets. Picture shows the rocket at the start of its flight. The experiments were carried out at Cuxhaven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Minor Fire Outbreaks
A bushfire occurred in scrub off Lambton-road, Charlestown, yesterday. Charlestown fire brigade extinguished the outbreak…
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