Six Small Fires at Week-end
Fire brigades were busy with grass fires over the week-end. On Saturday Belmont, Adamstown and Wallsend brigades were called to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 22
Fire Sweeps Through Belmont Scrub
A fire swept through stunted scrub between Belmont Lagoon and the sea yesterday afternoon. A "Newcastle Morning Herald" cameraman on the spot took this spectacular "shot" when the fire was at its height…
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District fire brigades attended three small fires yesterday. Wallsend firemen put out a burning shed at Wallsend-road, Cardiff…
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Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force Bomber Group in Britain demonstrate how aircraft fires are handled…
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Fourth Division marines were pinned down by Japanese fire when they landed on Iwo Jima. After bitter fighting, the Stars and Stripes now floats above the Philippine Islands…
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GUAM, Saturday: In one of the biggest incendiary raids in history Superfortresses dropped 2500 tons of fire bombs…
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NEW YORK, March 18. A.A.P.—Smoke from the great fires still smouldering in Kobe to-day prevented photo-planes from…
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GUAM, Monday: For the second time in a week, Nagoya, Japan's third city, has been left ablaze by a mass Superfortress raid. Unofficial reports say that at least 300…
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NEW YORK, March 19. A.A.P.—American Superfortresses and carried-based planes continued their attacks on targets on…
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Fire, which threatened the ammunition magazine of a large vessel berthed at an eastern Australian port, was extinguished by firemen…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A Domei news agency message picked up by the Department of Information listening post stated that Tokio…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The City Building Surveyor (Mr. J. Rankin) said there was a grave risk of serious loss of life in the event of fire…
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In support of a request for a horse box and fire-fighting equipment at Fennell's Bay, a deputation from the Progress Association told the Board of…
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When it was suggested to the Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) at East Maitland yesterday that the…
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Stating that Newcastle was "loaded to the plimsoll mark," the Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. Smith) yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a section of the big Botany works of F. W. Hughes…
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SYDNEY: The fire which gutted one of the woolcombing sections of a factory of P. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd. at Botany yesterday may have been…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Early this evening eight fire engines went to Glebe Island in response to a call. It was found a small fire had…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire broke out in the roof of the tea rooms in the flat at Randwick racecourse before lunch to-day. Soldiers used…
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ONE lone swimmer Walked along the breakwater at Bar Beach, poised for a moment and dived in The four people sitting on the beach…
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