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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
740 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 37
Bushfires sweeping across a wide area of the Newcastle and Coalfields districts yesterday destroyed thousands of acres of valuable hardwood limber and grass land…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush fires are still burning in the north-western and north coastal areas of N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After a save seemed to have been made early today, freshening Wind again sent three new major bush fires roaring dangerously towards…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →SYDNEY: — Firefighters battled throughout last night to save acres of wheat near Narrabri, but fire danger in most of the State eased today…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Fire Commissioners will be asked to assist residents in establishing fire-breaks in Newcastle areas which may be threatened by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lord Mayor's appeal for the Sterling family, whose home was destroyed by fire on Sunday, has…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Members of the Building Workers' Industrial Union have been asked to help convert the old Newcastle East Fire Station for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: — Firefighters battled throughout last night to save acres of wheat near Narrabri, but fire danger in most of the State eased today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local residents assisted Belmont brigade to fight an extensive grass and scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local residents assisted Belmont brigade to fight an extensive grass and scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A gas stove has been offered to the Sterling family, whose house in Fern-street, Islington, was destroyed by fire on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A bushfire yesterday threatened 10 homes at Valentine. Burning on a mile front, the blaze was controlled by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Donations to the Lord Mayor's appeal for the Sterling family of Islington have now reached…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The village of Abernethy, four miles from Cessnock, is threatened by a scrub fire driven by a gale-force westerly wind. A bushfire was out of control on a wide front in grass and scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coonabarabran is in the path of a bushfire. The fire was 25 miles off last night. A strong north-west wind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Board of Fire Commissioners found Cessnock fire station deserted yesterday. The men were fighting a bush-fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man was killed when a colliery powder magazine exploded at Redhead yesterday. Bushfires set off the explosive at Lambton B colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock was ringed by bushfires yesterday and Abernethy was seriously menaced. There were serious threats to homes and pit property at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WHEN bushfires destroyed a pole near the Hawkes-[?] at 5.30 p.m. yesterday it affected Newcastle power…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire danger throughout the Northern district has grown so acute that a period of emergency will continue until there…
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