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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 30
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The bodies of six waterside workers have been recovered from the 10,000-ton ship Mahia, which was badly damaged after an explosion and fires at Victoria Dock to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, August 8. A.A.P.—A fire which broke out in the engine-room of the Pando liner Ranchi at Southampton new docks was under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, August 10. A.A.P.—Lloyd's agents at Marseilles say that a fire broke out on the Panamanian steamer Gloria, which had arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—A number of letters was destroyed by a fire in a mail box at Central Concord Post-Office to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.—More than £30,000 damage was caused by a fire which began this afternoon at the Cellulose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Attempts to stop a forest fire with an artificial fall of rain failed in southern California…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday.—Six forest fires are raging over thousands of acres of Californian forests, parched by heat waves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WERRIS CREEK, Monday.—Damage estimated at £5000 was caused when fire destroyed the Werriston Theatre at Werris Creek early this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Monday.—With a gunshot wound in the stomach, ach, a man staggered into Waterloo Fire Station to-night,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"I am alarmed at the danger of disastrous fires to which thickly populated areas of Newcastle are exposed because of the unrestricted dumping of oil," said the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. H. D. Quinlan) today. "We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Newcastle the Maritime Services Board had control over oil pumping along the waterfront, but there was apparently no regulation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cook's Hill and Carrington brigades put out with a garden hose a fire in the laundry of a house occupied by Mr. John Lobley in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A two storied boatshed and refreshment kiosk at Salmon Haul Reserve. Cronulla, were almost gutted by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—A charge against George Howard Grenfell Woodhouse, 41, gardener, of having embezzled £56 allegedly received on behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Director of Navigation was conducting a preliminary investigation into the fire and explosion on the freighter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BATAVIA, Thursday: The Republican Army in a broadcast from Jogjakarta has claimed to have a record of 252 Dutch violations of the cease-fire order between August 5 and 11…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW DELHI, August 14. A.A.P.—Fire brigades were working under a tremendous handicap to-day as they tried…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wangi Bush Fire Brigade decided to transfer the fire box from its present site to Lake View so that fire-fighting equipment could be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TAMWORTH, Thursday.—The general store of Messrs. Seymou[?] and Caisley at Wallangarra was destroyed by fire this morning. Army…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cook's Hill and Hamilton Brigades had a long fight yesterday afternoon to subdue a fire which had broken out in the old cemetery at the side…
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