Sailors Fight Bushfire At Nelson's Bay
A detachment of sailors from Nelson's Hay depot, under Lieut.-Commander Murray, fought a bushfire in Nelson's Bay district for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 30
New Lambton Bush Fire
Firemen and civilians had a gruelling time fighting bushfires in the Newcastle district today. Picture shows a…
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Wide breaks were burnt by fire-men to prevent a scrub fire from approaching too close to houses off Charlestown-road, New Lambton,…
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BRISBANE: Residents of Fairfield-rd., Dutton Park, rushed for safety when 1000 gallons of blazing motor spirit…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Pilots reaching Sydney after having flown over northern areas to-day reported an alarming chain of fierce…
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The old cemetery at Newcastle-road, Wallsend, was ready for another fire, Ald. Scott-Daisley told Greater Newcastle Council…
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A storage shed and contents at the rear of Mr. F. J. O'Brien's store at Hexham were severely damaged by fire yesterday…
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Greater Newcastle Council was advised by the Board of Fire Commissioners that it would have to decide its policy on an increased…
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A bushfire, which has menaced five homes near Gartlee Extended mine, near Teralba, being kept in check by Teralba…
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With the temperature about the century-mark, bushfires were widespread in New South Wales coastal areas yesterday. Between noon and 7.30 p.m. Newcastle…
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With the temperature soaring into the nineties again today, bushfires raged in the Newcastle district and elsewhere. Fire brigades were kept busy throughout the day…
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SYDNEY: One house was burnt to the ground and dozens more threatened when a bushfire roared down on the tiny township of Engadine, near Sutherland, today. Small fires broke out early…
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Fire brigades throughout the Newcastle district fought scrub and grass fires all day yesterday. Toronto fire brigade was fighting and standing by fires from…
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SYDNEY.—Police fired two shots at a suspect at St. Leonards last night and believe that a bullet hit him…
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A number of tool handles and portion of the upper floor of a drying room were damaged by fire at Hely Bros., Hamilton, last night…
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ADELAIDE'. Five people—three women and two men—were incinerated in a restaurant fire last night because then had no means of escaping from flames and smoke through the 100-year-old…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Six people lost their lives and many were injured in a fire which…
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Bushfires blazed yesterday in big areas of the coast from Newcastle to the Victorian border. Many homes were threatened by fires in…
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A change of wind about dusk yesterday fanned bush fires to new life. Brigades in Newcastle area were called to eight fires between…
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A fire in the switchboard of the Old Lambton colliery yesterday damaged wiring and woodwork. Waratah brigade, assisted by…
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