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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
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SYDNEY: An hour after police had restrained a man who was wreck a house at Bankstown early today the fire brigade was called to fight a in the premises. The fire. believed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE: Damage amounting to many thousands was caused by two fires in the metropolitan area last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON.—Nuns of the Franciscan Convent. Woodchester, near Stroud (Glos.), fought flames with buckets of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE. — Queensland security police are investigating a mysterious fire which caused damage estimated at £20,000 at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners and volunteers fill sandbags to isolate the fire at the pithead of Creswell colliery, England, where 80 miners were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE.—A fire which broke out in a three-storey building in a Beckett-st., City, early today caused thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): The Soviet Foreign Minister (M. Vyshinsky) today called for an immediate ceasefire in Korea and withdrawal of U.N. troops. His demand was in the form of a resolution submitted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A dog discharged a 22 rifle with its paw and shot a young man in the side, critically injuring him, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Applications for the use of the former fire station in Scott-street had been received from Newcastle branch of the Red Cross Society,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE : Melbourne's undermanned fire brigades had to fight two fires early today —one in the heart of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—The State Government will probably announce to-morrow the appointment of a private arbitrator to intervene…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NYNGAN: Councils throughout the central and far west of N.S.W. are organising fire fighting groups on the stations…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Melbourne firemen's strike will enter its eighth day to-morrow, with no sign of settlement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON.—A valuable collection of over 300 tropical fish was destroyed by a fire in a fish house belonging to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →SYDNEY.—The naval base at Nowra will cooperate with the Forestry Commission in spotting bush fires in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Talks between Melbourne Trades Hall Council Disputes Committee and the Fire Brigade Board broke down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The naval base at Nowra will operate with the Forestry Commission in spotting bushfires in the south-east…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SINGAPORE, Sat. (A.A.P.).— One of the largest oil installations in Penang was damaged last night by a fire which is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA.—A fire broke out in the kitchens of Parliament House early today. Workmen employed on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buses are gradually replacing trams in London. But while the displaced trams in Newcastle are being sold or otherwise disposed…
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