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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
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Homes on both sides of Lake Macquarie were endangered by bushfires yesterday. Fires twice threatened homes in the Kilaben Bay area when flames swept up the hillsides towards houses along the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused this afternoon when fire gutted the two-storied factory of Abrahams Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two pictures of a fire in the scrub at Pelican, where flames 30 feet high swept across the Pacific Highway, ran to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shopgirls burst into tears when[?] fire, which broke out at the rear of O'Hearn's Markets, in High-street, West Maitland, shortly before noon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Acting under National Security Regulations which have existed since 1942, but which have not previously been invoked in New South Wales, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) last night issued an order which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Fire which scarred and badly damaged historic All Saints' Church at Woollahra yesterday, will not prevent three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY: Two great bushfires are sweeping areas of northern New South Wales already stricken by drought. Fires devastating areas around Bellingen, on the southern fringe of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY: A bushfire, estimated to have already caused more than £100,000 damage, is still sweeping on a 15-mile front towards Coraki (Northern N.S.W.). Burning since Friday, the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Greater Newcastle Council has made a reasonable proposal in requesting, that the Adamstown and Lambton fire stations should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A high fire risk will exist to-day in the Newcastle, Hunter, Hastings and Manning divisions of the State. This was stated by the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel in harbourside storage tanks were menaced by a bushfire which swept through dry scrub at Waverton this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WYONG, Monday.—Mrs. Harold Martin, 48, of Matcham, had her arms, body and legs burnt when kerosene ignited her clothing while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A five-roomed weatherboard cottage at Mulbring, owned and occupied by Mr. George Stevens was destroyed by fire about 1.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CASINO, Monday.—The police reported late to-night that the bushfires were still burning in the Ellangowan forest country, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY: Already hard-hit by drought, the northern coastal belt of N.S.W. is suffering heavily from fire losses. Bush fires have devastated stock,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Fines of up to 100 or five years' imprisonment for breaches of the law relating to bushfires are provided for in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY: A fire was started deliberately last night at the five-storey premises of Australian Wool Brokers and Produce Company Ltd., Ultimo,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Gas supplies were dislocated this morning when escaping gas from a main in the centre of the city ignited…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Bushfires Advisory Committee has given a warning that this season is likely to be the worst for bushfires in the State's history…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY. — No part of any pine plantation was burnt during the recent bushfires. said the Minister for Conservation (Mr. Weir) today…
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