Protest Against Closing Lambton Fire Station
Citizens of the area served will be given an opportunity of joining in a protest against the closing of Lambton fire station. Leaders in the protest…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 30
Missed Eggs And An Umbrella Town Hall Blaze
SYDNEY.—The fact that the Town Hall was completely gutted by fire yesterday did not stop the Rydalmere Council staff from…
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SYDNEY.—Fire last night partly destroyed a room of a house in Rose Street, Darlington, where a woman was brutally battered to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →21 Firemen Fight Waratah Blaze At Steel Plant
Twenty-one fireman under District Officer H. Rogers, used three pumping motor to fight a fire for two hours at the Commonwealth Steel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Damage in Two Small Fires
Cook's Hill brigade attended two rubbish fires yesterday. They were put out before doing any damage. One was behind a produce store…
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The boiler-room and an adjoining room at the George Hotel, Newcastle, were extensively damaged by fire shortly after 8 o'clock this morning…
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At a meeting of the Wangi Wang Bush Fire Brigade the captain reported that helmets had been Issued to members of the brigade: also that a profit…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five Separate Fires in Prices Official's Home
ADELAIDE.—Traces of five separate fives—in four of the bedrooms and in a looby and the discovery of a forced catch on a window at the…
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SYDNEY.—Last night's spectacular fire at Matraville Royal Navy Stores is thought by police to have been started by a carelessly-thrown…
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At the request of the Newcastle District Volunteer Firemen's Association, the Deputy Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. Quinlan) will call a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Brigades At Fire In Navy Depot
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Firemen from five brigades worked for almost an hour to-night to isolate a fire in one of the biggest naval…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sabotage Suspected In Fire On Bride Ship Radio Call For Police
SYDNEY: With one of the lounges on fire on the last stage of a voyage from Liverpool with 260 passengers aboard, the liner Orbita, which reached Sydney today, wirelessed she…
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Fires at Wallsend and Waratah to-day did little damage. Brigades extinguished a blaze in the dressing shed in Wallsend Park and at…
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ATHENS, Friday.—Rocket-firing Spitfires swooped on an alleged Communist band which broke through a Cordon and escaped after firing a…
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A public meeting will be held in the former Council Chambers, More-head-street, Lambton, on Thursday night to protest against the…
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SINCE the church hall in our suburb caught fire, life at our home has undergone a great change. The whole business of the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frosts And Bush Fires In North
MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.—In the upper reaches of the Tweed River in the past fortnight fish have been killed by the unusually cold snap…
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Hamilton and Cook's Hill brigades were called to Peters Ice Cream factory in Darby-street yesterday afternoon. It "was a false alarm…
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LONDON, Monday: Elaborate anti-sabotage and fire-prevention measures are being enforced on the Queen…
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Members of the Adamstown School P. and C. Association last night decided to protest against the closing of the Adamstown and Lambton Fire…
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