S.A. College Was Set on Fire
ADELAIDE, Friday. — A finding that a fire which caused considerable damage to the Methodist Ladies' College buildings, Adelaide, recently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1947
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 30
Fire In Plastics Factory
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which gutted the plastics factory of Tonwell Pty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1½ Hours To Fight 3ft. By 4ft. Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Firmen spent an hour and a half trying to extinguish a chemical fire confined to an area only 3ft. by 4ft. at a tyre depot,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Hotel Fires in U.s
NEW YORK, March 10 A.A.P.— Fires damaged three hotels in various parts of the United States yesterday. Three men died in a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Badly Burned in Bitumen Fire
SYDNEY. Wednesday.—A man bad the clothes burnt from his body to-day when a vat of hot bitumen and turpentine burst into flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Did Not Fire at Police, Claim Men from Dock
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Speaking from the dock at the Central Criminal Court to-day, two men who, it is alleged, figured in a gun battle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Backyard Fires
Sir,—I recently bought a fine home near Thalaba-road, only to find in that street every resident burns off leaves and grass, practically every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Was Over Their Heads
NEW YORK, Friday: Firemen at a Kansas City fire station were playing poker when a passerby rang the doorbell and said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Outbreaks on Two Trams
Brigades were called to small electric fires in two trams yesterday afternoon. In Hunter-street west a short circuit near the driver's cabin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-fighting Force for Arbitration
There are several excellent proposals in the Commonwealth Arbitration Act Amendment. The best are the provisions for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Admiral's Barge Caught Fire
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two men had to dive into the harbour to-day when Rear Admiral H. B. Farncomb's barge caught fire at Man o' War…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cottage Damaged By Fire
A cottage and its contents, owned by Mr. John Arthur Duffy, of Morris-street, Birmingham Gardens, were severely damaged by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 Fire in Girls' College
SYDNEY, Friday.—A fire which broke out in the Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood, caused damage estimated at £10,000. Fifty girls…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Workshop
Cook's Hill and Hamilton brigades attended a small fire in a workshop occupied by Mr. Robert Budden, Parry-street, Hamilton, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coffin And Body Damaged In Fire
SYDNEY:—The coffin containing the body of a 37-year-old woman was damaged in a fire which broke out in a room of a house in Short…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Cotton Loss in Port Fire
LE HAVRE, March 23. A.A.P.—Fire destroyed 9000 bales of cotton, valued at £500,000, in a port warehouse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liner in Dock Extensively Damaged by Fire
LONDON, March 24. A.A.P.—Two hundred firemen fought the flames for seven hours before they were able to bring a fire on the liner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arson Charge is Sequel to Residential Fire
SYDNEY, Monday.—Following an inquiry at the City Coroner's Court to-day into the cause of a fire in a Surry Hills residential, Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Reduces Liner To Charred Shell
LONDON, March 25. A.A.P.—The fire in the liner Monarch of Bermuda is reported to be out, and the damping down operations in the shell of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Oil Blaze at Haifa Saboteurs Used Bombs
JERUSALEM, March 28. A.A.P.—Fire after explosions destroyed large quantities of oil and benzine at Haifa to-day. An official announcement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →