Trades Hall View On Fire Strike
After letters had been read last night from the N.S.W. Labor Council and the Fire Brigades' Association anil a. report…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 30
Fire At Army Base Depot At Penrith
PENRITH: Thirteen volunteer firemen at 4 a.m. today fought for more than an hour to quell a blaze which swept…
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Firemen received electric shocks from the stainless-steel counter of a smoke-filled shop at Bar Beach when they were extinguishing a fire…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners will be asked by the Fire Brigades Sub-committee of Greater Newcastle Council to meet the Committee in…
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A ganger was burned on the face and both arms today when sparks from his pick ignited gas in Bridge-st., Waratah…
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SYDNEY. — The payroll of £1300, representing the wages of officers and men at Fire Brigade headquarters, was stolen…
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Cook's Hill, Hamilton and Merewether brigades attended a fire in a shed at the rear of Mr. D. Levitt's premises, Mary-street,…
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Newcastle fire brigade turned out last night to an alarm at the Civic Cafe, Hunter-street, in which a neon sign had caught alight…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Claude Clayton Simmons, 49, labourer, of Cliffside near Red Cliffs, was burnt to death yesterday when a…
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SYDNEY: Hundreds of occupants of Rawson Chambers, Sydney, fled when fire, swept through the two top floors shortly before 9 a.m. today. No one was trapped, out the wife of the caretaker, Mrs. Edna…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fire gutted the two top floors of Rawson Chambers, City, shortly before 9 a.m. to-day. Damage by fire and…
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SYDNEY: A deputation led by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Aid. H. D. Quinlan) today interviewed the Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) on the board's request for an…
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HONG KONG, Sept. 2 A.A.P-Reuter.—Two huge naval fires on the China coast in the past 24 hours destroyed thousands of pounds…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Seven brigades and a fire float to-night poured 10 tons of water a minute into a fire on board the freighter…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Newcastle district fire protection could not be regarded as adequate, the Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. Quinlan)…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Damage to records during the fire which gutted part of Rawson Chambers, Sydney, last Tuesday, delayed the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police believe a fire in the Royal Theatre, West Ryde, early to-day was started deliberately…
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Bush and scrub fires threatened homes at Kotara and Belmont South yesterday afternoon, but firemen put them out before damage…
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A fire brigade official said today that although this time of the year was not as dangerous as midsummer for bushfires, the menace was still great. He appealed to the public to…
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A fire in a large area of bush and grass off Hillcrest-parade caused anxiety to Highfields residents yesterday afternoon…
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