Fire Destroys Tent Home
A tent home on the Reserve, Swansea, occupied by a family named Turner, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The family…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
584 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 30
Jap Spy Law Under Fire
TOKIO (O.S.R.): The Japanese Press and public say a Government bill to give Japan its first anti-espionage law since the war, opens the way to suppression of the Press…
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LONDON, April 21. A.A.P. — A team of doctors and nurses fought to-day to save the lives of the two survivors…
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A fire in electrical gear on a pole at a substation near the intersection of Raymond [?]errace and Nelson's Bay Roads…
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Damage estimated at £40 was caused by a fire in the bedroom of a house at Black-alls on Saturday night. A…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—A 28-year-old New Australian woman suffering stab wounds and with her clothes on fire,…
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Gerald William Exton, 20, of Hopetoun-street, Fivedock, jumped through a window to escape from a burning room at…
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Direct Fire, a disappointment at Gosford and Newcastle, sprinted brilliantly over three furlongs in 36 10ft. from the rails on the No. 2 grass track at Broadmeadow this…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — A man was badly burnt on the hands and face to-night when he struck a match to see…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Three aged crippled people were dragged from a blazing building at Healesville early…
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Delay of two to three hours in the galvanising section at Lysaght's were caused this morning when…
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LONDON.—Mr. William Thomas Steggles, aged 77, of Hythe Hill, Colchester, was admitted…
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NEW YORK, May 2. A.A.P. — The Chief of Staff of the United States Army (General…
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Newcastle district fire brigades responded to three false fire alarms at the week-end. On Saturday Cook's Hill…
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LONDON.—Mr. William Thomas Steggles, aged 77, of Hythe Hill. Colchester, was admitted…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Charles Porter, 62, of Glebe, was seriously burned to-day when his clothing caught fire…
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Two panels of selectors—Country League and Newcastle League—came under fire at last night's meeting of the general committee of Newcastle Rugby League…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →"In The Good Old Days" Fire Engine
"The new fire engine, towards which subscriptions were collected in Newcastle last week, arrived on Monday at midday (March 5, 1866) under the charge of Mr. W. H. Lockhead, Secretary of the Newcastle Fire…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Fire in a Cremorne Plastics factory to-night caused damage estimated at £100,000. Part of the premises,…
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SYDNEY, Liquid Fire who recently scored an impressive win at Neweastle has sound…
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