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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 30
SYDNEY: Fire engulfed the large three-storied store of the N.S.W. Produce Co. Pty. Ltd., in George-st., Concord West, early today. FLAMES spread to a 33,000-volt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—A young woman hitch hiker attempted to stop a Wellington fire engine which was on its way to a call…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Valuable machinery used for dry cleaning clothes was destroyed early yesterday morning when fire broke out in a shed at the rear of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HONGKONG, Dec. 28.—It is feared that 500 persons were drowned in Hankow yesterday morning when a fire which broke out on board the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Dec. 28. A.A.P.—Headed by the huge toll of the Texas City explosion last April, fire and related disasters cost the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATAVIA, Dec. 28.—Well-informed sources here said to-day that the Dutch had replied to the U.N.O. Security Council's Good Offices…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29. A.A.P. —Five large wholesale shoe warehouses in the heart of the mercantile district of Philadelphia were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle and Hamilton fire brigades were called to extinguish a fire which broke out in the laundry of the residence of Elizabeth Watts, 71…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said to-day that the fire danger would be great in many parts of the State when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HONGKONG, Dec. 29.—A report from a reliable source in Hankow states that the fire disaster there on December 27 involved six passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle and Hamilton Fire Brigades attended a fire in the laundry of premises occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Watts, of Donald-street, Hamilton, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday—Damage estimated at £5000 was caused this afternoon when fire broke out in the storeroom of E. G. Allan Pty. Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Dec. 30. A.A.P.— The maiden name of Mrs. Mackenzie, who was killed when fire destroyed her home at Newalk. Connecticut,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—New Guinea natives who would settle in the proposed model village at Hanuabada, New Guinea, wanted fire-resisting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — A man who tried to set fire to St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral was thwarted by a young girl who went there to pray…
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