665 Fire Calls in 1948
Newcastle and district fire brigades responded to 665 fire alarms in 1948. The brigades fought 371 bush…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
542 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 28
Claims Destroyed in Fire
PARIS, Jan. 2. A.A.P.—Twelve thousand war reparation claims and plans for rebuilding several war-destroyed towns in north-eastern…
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Mrs. Christina Forsyth Redman, 33, of Swansea, was killed at Lake Munmorah late last night when a piece of steel tubing blew but of a fire and shattered her left knee and left elbow. The tail shaft of a lorry was…
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Mrs. Christinia Forsythe Redman, 33, of Pelican-street. Swansea, was fatally injured when a tube holding a boiler of boiling prawns over…
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KATOOMBA, Monday.—A bushfire between Bell and Mount Wilson early to-night cut off electricity supplies to local residents…
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Despite yesterday's heat, district brigades received only three calls to small fires. New Lambton went to burning…
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BATAVIA, Jan. 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Dutch Army ordered a cease fire on the island of Sumatra at noon to-day…
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THIS WAS A FIRE—then the freeze came. Water cascading over the front of these retail stores in Minneapolis (U.S.A.), swept by fire at Christmas, transformed the ruins into a glistening ice palace…
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A lorry owned by J. Woolley and Sens was slightly damaged by fire at the Honeysuckle goods yards to day. Part of the woodwork of the…
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Cook's Hill and Merewether brigades attended a small fire in the ceiling of a bedroom in a house occupied by Mr. R. C. Corriston,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Tenants of factory premises in eight large city buildings would have to get out unless arrangements for…
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Members of the Mayfield East women's basketball teams, now playing in Brisbane, have sent back accounts of their…
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LONDON, Jan. 7. A.A.P.—The Israeli Army General Staff ordered Jewish troops to cease fire in Palestine at noon to-day. The order said the troops were…
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RAIN, a rabbit, and an aboriginal firestick were among the unusual causes of bushfires in New South Wales, a staff member of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Two fire engines manned with two officers and 12 men roared into George-street to-night to attack a reported…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Horace Stanley Mulcaby, 62, law clerk, of Danks-street, South Melbourne, was suffocated by smoke and fumes…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Damage estimated at £7000 was caused by fire on the premises of Steel improvement Company,…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Owners of eight city buildings have asked the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Finnan) to delay his…
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The Town Clerk (Mr. Miller) submitted figures to Greater Newcastle Finance Committee showing that on the ¼d rate, the council…
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Estimates of expenditure for 1949 submitted to the Greater Newcastle Council last night by the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners proved conclusively that the ½d in the £ fire rate was sufficient to meet the…
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